New YorkNew York

Jana Kročilová

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

N.Y. Boroughs:N.Y. Boroughs:

• 5 boroughs:– Manhattan– The Bronx– Brooklyn– Queens– Staten Island

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