Welcome to New York
This is New York – the city that never sleeps, the city, which is the exact reflection of the World, with the variety of lifestyles and striking diversity. Even the real New Yorkers admit that the city always has something unexpected to offer. The “unique experience” attracts record high number of visitors from around the world each year. No other city in the world but New York offers the visitors such a wealth of cultural diversity, shopping or dining opportunities and sightseeing experiences. Find out for yourself just what New York , the proud, welcoming Big Apple, has to offer you.
NY TIMELINE
The first recorded discovery of the of New York Harbor dates back to 1524, when Italian explorer of North America, Giovanni Verrazano was making his voyage across Atlantic. The river, however, was named after English Sea Explorer sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who began explorations of the river in 1609.
In 1624, first permanent European settlement in New Netherland started with the foundation of a Dutch fur trading on Governors Island . Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island , later called New Amsterdam ( Nieuw Amsterdam ), was chosen as the site of Fort Amsterdam , a citadel for the protection of the new arrivals; its 1625 establishment was recognized as the birth date of New York City . In 1626, Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from native people in exchange for trade goods, often said to be worth $24.
In a couple of years in 1647, Peter Stuyvesant was assigned as the last Dutch Director General of the colony, which later on became independent and New Amsterdam was officially granted the status of a city on February 2 , 1653 . Under the British dominance the city was renamed " New York " after the English Duke of York and Albany .
Stuyvesant and his council negotiated 24 articles of provisional transfer with the British, which sought to guarantee New Netherlanders liberties, including freedom of religion , under British rule.
In 1784, New York became the first capital of newly born country under the enacted Constitution of the United States and four years later George Washington was inaugurated the first President of the U.S. In 1780s, the population of the capital was around 33.000 people, though only Manhattan was considered New York at that time. The City of Greater New York was formed in 1898, with Manhattan and the Bronx were established as two individual boroughs .
The Capital of the World
It is world known fact that New York is a capital of the world. At the beginning of the 20 th century, New York topped the list of the tallest cities in the world. The higher the new buildings were the more one would realize that New York is indeed center of the world. First of all the city is the financial center of the world as well cultural, art, fashion and most of all center of tourism. It was widely agreed to select New York as home to the United Nations.
People of all nations come to New York in search of better life and wishing to make their dreams come true. Millions of people managed to find their relatives and ancestors in this City.
Millions more come to this amazing city in order to make their dreams come true.
New York is truly the city that never sleeps. Everyone who lives, breaths and experiences it knows that the energy that runs through this place is unlike any other place on earth. You have to be ready for every challenge that comes your way and the words of Frank Sinatra ring true “If you make if here, you'll make it anywhere” .
New York is famous of its luxury department stores to the arrays of flea markets, from exclusive boutiques to massive discount stores, there is no better place to experience miles of shopping for every taste and budget…
The New Yorkers
Residents of this dynamic city are both shark of Wall Street and girls from “Sex and the City”. The artists and musician s of the Village, aspiring actors on Broadway in a nutshell New York is a home to talents of all sort, including thousands of New Yorkers who the city running: from subway workers to policemen and firefighters to the guy who sells the best falafels in town.
New York is home to 8 million people and most of them are immigrants from over 180 countries who help make it a powerful, dynamic and colorful place that it is. New York is also the only place in the world where various nationalities and religions coexist under one roof.
BOROS & MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOODS PROFILES
Great New York consists of five districts Manhattan , Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens and Bronx . Each of them is worth visiting as they have as fascinating history as Manhattan .
Midtown is the parts if Manhattan that stretches between 34 th and 59 th streets including such famous tourist sights such as Empire Sate Building , Rockefeller Center , Chrysler Building and Times Square with all its lights and Broadway theatres, among dozens of skyscrapers.
SoHo is abbreviation for South Houston . This neighborhood is one of the hippest and fashionable in Manhattan , filled with exclusive boutiques, art galleries and famous restaurants.
China Town is home to hundreds of shop lines in the street, where you can find anything from variety of souvenirs, discounted electronics and designer knock offs. If you like authentic Chinese Cuisine and don't want to travel to China to get it- travel to China Town in New York .
Little Italy is full of little street cafes. This charming neighborhood will offer you the best cappuccinos and espressos in the town, not to mention the most delicious Italian desserts.
Chelsea Around 7 th Avenue a.k.a. Fashion Avenue one will find the “Sewing Heaven” whose streets are filled with specialty sewing stores where one can purchase a variety of textiles, knits, buttons and upholsteries.
Upper East Side is located between 59 th and 97 th streets, along 5 th and Madison Avenues. Luxurious designer stores and most elegant boutiques and restaurants are here. This is one of the most expensive areas of Manhattan which houses part of Central Park and the Museum Mile . [link to museum mile para]
Upper West Side begins on the border of Central Park West and stretches to the banks of Hudson river . The famous Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Opera are located here. Columbia University and American Museum of Natural History add to the appeal of this charming neighborhood.
Harlem is the Northern part of Upper Manhattan , which is center for black culture and business. For much of the 20 th century it was associated with black culture, as well as crime and poverty, it now is experiencing a social and economic renaissance.
TriBeCa is a syllabic abbreviation of “TRiangle BElow CAnal Street”. It runs roughly from Canal Street south to Park Place and from the Hudson River east to Broadway. Once an industrial district mostly occupied by warehouses, the area has undergone a major revitalization. Warehouses are now being converted into luxurious lofts and new businesses emerge.
ESSENTIAL NEW YORK
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Battery Park, The Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Times Square, Wall Street, Union Square Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frick Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, American Museum of Natural History, Museum of Primitive Art, National Museum of the American Indian , Madam Tussaud's New York Museum, Broadway, Brooklyn Bridge, Greenwich Village & SoHo, Carnegie Hall, Chrysler Building, Cathedral St. John The Divine, Central Park, United Nations Building, Museum of Modern Art, New York Public Library, Jewish Museum, The Children's Museum of the Arts, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York Botanical Garden, New York City Fire Museum.
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