1. New York
Jana Kročilová

2. Situation Country: the USA State: New York
Nicknames: The Big Apple The City That Never Sleeps The Capital of the World
Population: 8 mil. people
Settled: 1624

3. History
1626 – bought by the Dutch from Indians for 24 dollars worth of glass beads
1664 – the British conquered it and renamed it New York after the Duke of York, the future King James II

4. N.Y. Boroughs: 5 boroughs: Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens
Staten Island

5. Manhattan a major commercial, financial and cultural centre
the city of skyscrapers
numbered streets (E – W)
numbered avenues (N – S)
Wall Street – stock exchanges, banks
Central Park – relax, free time activities
Broadway – a culture centre –theatres, cinemas, concerts

6. The Empire State Building
constructed in 1931
the tallest building to 1971
350, Fifth Avenue
height: 381 m, 102 floors
a popular meeting place
an outdoor observation
appears in many TV programmes and films (Sleepless in Seattle)

7. The Statue of Liberty
an icon of freedom and the USA
on Liberty Island
a gift from the French in 1876
height – 46 m (statue), 93 m (statue + pedestal)
a female figure (Libertas – Roman goddess of freedom) + a torch in the right hand + a book (the Declaration of Independence) in the left hand

8. The World Trade Centre (WTC), Twin Towers
built in 1970 – 1971
height 413 m, 110 floors
destroyed 11th September 2001 by a terrorist attack of Al-Qaeda, 2752 people died
currently being rebuilt with 6 new skyscrapers + a memorial to the casualties of the attack