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SituationSituation
• Country: the USA• State: New York• Nicknames:
The Big AppleThe City That Never SleepsThe Capital of the World
• Population: 8 mil. people• Settled: 1624
HistoryHistory
• 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
Manhattan 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
TThe Empire State Buildinghe 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)
TThe Statue of Libertyhe 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
TThe World Trade Centre (WTC), Twin Towershe 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