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Albany is the capital of New York State, but New York City is known as the "Big Apple". New York City has a population of over 8 million people and is made up of 5 boroughs - Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Manhattan is the most famous and touristy borough.
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- 3. Albany is thecapital of New York State, but New York City is the “Big Apple”.
- 4. New York iscalled The “Big Apple”, because in the 1920’s and 1930’s jazz musicians said that the city was the best and most attractive place.
- 5. Eight million peoplelive in New York City
- 6. New York hasfive boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
- 7. Manhattan is themost famous borough and it’s where the tourists go!
- 9. Four hundred yearsago, the Algonquin Indians owned the island of Manhattan.In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter Minuit gave the Indians 24 dollars to buy the island.In about 1650, five hundred people lived there and it was called New Amsterdam.
- 10. In 1664 theBritish took the town from the Dutch and changed its name to New York.At the end of the eighteenth century, many immigrants started to come to America.. They first came from Germany and Ireland, later from Italy, Poland, Russia, Africa and China.
- 11. In Manhattan youcan travel on subway trains…..
- 12. On buses orin a Cab
- 13. You can takethe Water Taxi around the island of Manhattan……or take the free ferry fromBattery Park to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
- 14. Ellis Island theStatue of Liberty
- 15. Ellis Island wasanimmigrationstation in the past; itwas the first stop fornearly 17 millionimmigrants
- 16. Many famous peoplecame through Ellis Island, for example Charlie Chaplin and Walt Disney to name but a few.
- 17. Until 1820, thepopulation of new York came from Britain and the NetherlandsBetween 1820 and 1860 the city attracted Irish and German immigrantsBetween 1890 and 1919, 3.7 million Italians came to the USAJews from Russia and eastern Europe followed.
- 18. At the beginningof the 20th century millions of black people came to New York from the southern states to look for work. Today immigrants come mainly from Asia and Spanish-speaking countries, for example Cuba and Puerto Rico.
- 20. Every year largenumbers of people still apply for aGreen Card that allows them to legally enter the United States
- 21. The Statue ofLiberty is the first thing many immigrants see.
- 22. It was agift from the French people in 1886. It is 93 metres high and it’s arm is 14 metres long.
- 23. People from thesame origin often live in the same area and create their own communities. The Chinese community is in “CHINATOWN”
- 24. Little Italy isthe Italian community
- 25. Most of thetheatres in New York are near Times Square…
- 26. …and on Broadway,between 41st and 53rd streets. There are more than thirty theatres on Broadway.
- 27. The Brooklyn Bridgeconnects Manhattan to Brooklyn. When it opened in 1883, it was the world’s longest bridge.
- 28. 6% of CentralPark is in Manhattan.
- 29. Ithas a biglake, hundredsoftrees and beautiful gardens
- 30. The Empire StateBuilding is NY’s tallest skyscraper. It’s 381 metres tall and it has 102 floors
- 31. The Chrysler buildingwas built by the famous car manufacturer. It was finished in 1930.
- 32. The Rockefeller Centreincludes many buildings, but it is mostly visited in winter.
- 33. A huge Christmastree and a crowded skating rink attract New Yorkers and tourists.
- 35. But on the11th of September 2001, (9/11) for Americans, Terrorists crashed two planes into the towers. Today this site is called “Ground Zero”.