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The Empire State Building
 The Empire State Building it is likely the most well-known skyscraper of the town of New York and perhaps of the world. With the its 381 meters of height (443 m if it is considered also the television antenna on its top), it was the highest skyscraper of the world between its construction (1931) and 1973, when had been inaugurated the Towers Twins of World TradeCenter.
 Later on to the sad circumstance of the terrorist attacks of the 11 September 2001, it returned to be the highest building of the town and the highest second of the United States (after the Sears Tower of Chicago).
 It was proposed like one of Seven wonders of the modern world.
Empire State Building
Planned in Art Deco style from the architects of the Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and associates, Empire State Building fill it was began in 1930 and completed with a certain hustle, also to the purpose of to remove the elegant Chrysler Building the highest title of building of the world. Inaugurated in may 1 1931, it has 102 plans (for a comprehensive surface of 204.385 square meters) served from 73 elevators and that receive light from 6500 windows.
 In the immediately successive period to its construction, in full large depression, the offices were almost entirely empty and the evening the lights came lit specially to avoid that that it is understood: this initial situation been worth to the skyscraper the nickname of Empty State Building.
Little under its top exists an observatory that offers a considerable visa on the town submitting and that is a tourist importante goal. The same top generally is illuminated with colors that the varied recurrences correspond to (to ex., after the attacks of the September 2001 the lights are remained to long of the colors of the American flag).

In 1945 Empire Sate Building fill it was involved in an aerial accident, when a bomber B-25 Mitchell broke accidentally on its north side, between the settantanovesimo and the slow eightieth, killing 14 persons. The structure did not undergo not any damage of relief.

In the years '50 on its top the antenna for the television transmissions, high beyond 50 meters was added.

In 1994 was climbed to nude hands from the French Alain "spiderman" Robert.
palace of glass ( UN headquarters )
 The central seat of the organization of the Nations United is the so-called one "Palace of Glass", to New York (the seat nevertheless does not belong to the United States enjoying some extraterritory). he address is 760 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. The palace was inaugurated in january 9 1951.
 Was build between 1949 and 1950 on a ground near the east River to Manhattan. The project in part a donation of 8,5 transmitted millions of dollars from John was finance by D. Rockefeller Jr.; the drawing is from the architect Oscar Niemeyer.
 To make front to the ageing of the structure, that give back it progressively inadequate and insufficient to contain the numerous activity that come carried out, the Un is building a temporary seat planned from Fumihiko Maki between the roads 41st and 42nd. The temporary seat should accommodate the offices and the activity of the Un until the Palace of Glass not will come broadened.
ground zero
 Ground Zero is the name given to the place in the Manhattan center to New York City (United States of America) in which, before the terrorist attacks of the 11 September 2001, rose the World Trade Center with its Towers Twins.
 For the reorganization of the area and the new edifice of buildings a competition was announced, won from the Polish architect-American, of Israel origins, Daniel Libeskind.
 In military jargon the limit indicates the height from the ground to which happens an explosion, with special reference to the nuclear explosions.
Statue of Liberty
Statue of LibertyThe "Statue of Liberty" ( one of most famous National Monument, managed by U.S. National Park Service ), is an enormous statue (93m from land to the point of the torch and 46m from the surface of the pedestal to the point of the torch) that stands out at the entered some port of the river Hudson from the art Liberty Island to New York City, like ideal welcome to all those who arrive in the Usa. The sculpture is of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, while the metallic structure is work of Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the homonymous Parisian tower. According to some, the designers of the statue would be inspired to the well-known Giant of Rhodes, one of Seven wonders of the world, or to the Sancarlone of Arona.

There are many nicknames for The Statue of Liberty, which are "Lady Liberty", "Liberty Statue" or "Statue of Liberty".

The statue represents a woman that puts on a long gown, carries a crown and sustains proud in a hand a torch (a spacious balcony for the tourists beyond that symbol of the eternal fire of the freedom), while in the other one squeezes a book bringing the date of july 4 1776 (year of the American independence), while to the foots are some chains broken (symbol of the Crown, to whose inside is a restaurant, that the seven points represent seven seas and seven continents.

The statue was given from the France to the United States for the celebration of the centenary of the independence and was, in fact, inaugurated in 1886. In 1924 became national monument together to the island on which is mail.
brooklyn bridge
Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883 to work of the engineer German John Augustus Roebling, represents today the first bridge build in steel and represented for long time the suspended larger bridge to the world. It connects between the island of Manhattan and the district of Brooklyn (a time two different citizens of the State of New York, today two districts of New York City) go through the river East River.
 The construction of the bridge began in 1867 and asked for the labor of 600 workers. During the intense activities 20 lost their lifes, the most for gaseous niggle after they have carried out immersions in the undersea rooms of excavation. Also the ingegner Roebling rhymed a victim in 1869 of an accident during the docking of an ferry. Its place was taken from the son, Washington Roebling, that rhymed to its turns injured and paralized partially because of a gaseous niggle. Was helped in the completion of the work of the wife, Emily Warren Roebling, that operated under its supervision. The bridge definitive open was after the passed may 24 1883.
central park
central park Central Park is an immense park (3,4 km², a rectangle of 4 km × 800 m) in the district of Manhattan, to New York.
 Central Park is an oasis for the inhabitants of Manhattan that inhabit in the neighbouring skyscrapers, and is one of the city parks most known in the world, thanks also to its appearances in numerous film and made-for-tv movie.
 The park, open in 1856 was planned from Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Even if the park seems natural, is in big part opera of a man. To its inside different artificial lakes are found, extensive paths, two tracks from skating, sober games for children, meadows used for numerous sport. The park is an oasis for the migratory birds and is therefore to populate between the birdwatcher. The long road 9,7 km that surrounds the park is attended from cyclists, persons that do jogging and skaters to rollers, specially in the weekend when is forbidden the passed to the car.
 Every summer theatrical representations to the open in the Delacorte hold Theatre, to the inside of the park. Between the other events accommodated from the sober there are the goal of the Marathon of New York and the party of Mezzaestate.
chrysler building
Chrysler Building  Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building is one of the knownest symbols of New York City. High of 319 meters, it is found in the east side of Manhattan, to the crossing between the Quarantaduesima road and Lexington Avenue. Build for the Chrysler Corporation, the building today is possessed from two society property, the TMW Real Summer (for 75%) and the Tishman Speyer Properties (for the staying 25%). Lately Rising Sgr, an of the first society of management of the saving of the property area, did its entrance in the capital of this well-known building of Manhattan, with the 27,5%.
little italy
Iittle Italy Little Italy is the most well-known of the Italian districts in the United States and it is found in the southern part of Manhattan (New York). From the half of the XX century, the italo-Americans began to transfer it in other city suburbs, more suburban and since then the extension of Little Italy went reduced.
 Every September, it has place the party of San Gennaro, holy patron of Naples, that consists in popular party of duration of about two weeks with the long procession Mulberry Street.
 To New York exist other Little Italy. Of the historical Italian presence to East Harlem, known a time like Italian Harlem, remain little Italian presences. The Bronx brags its long Little Italy Arthur Avenue. The Italian population of origin resides for the more to Brooklyn where there a true district Italo-American is Bensonhurst that id in still greater measure to Staten Island (in the borough of Staten Island the Italian population of origin reaches 44%).
times square
 Times Square, one of the most famous squares of New York City.
 the area today known like Times Square, a time Longacre Square, was considered a rather dangerous zone, push of meeting of the local bands, attended for the numerous brothels. n 1904, year in which the seat of the New York Times of it became the symbol, this zone taken the name of Times Square.
 A ceremony for the awarding of the new name had place to the eve of new Year of the same year. Since then, hundred of thousands of persons bring to celebrate the night of San Silvestro and to see the traditional bright ball to lower on the crowd.
 During the First World War, Times Square was often choice like set for theatrical productions and for film. In the area of 13 blocks, were put in stage 113 productions in 42 theaters.
 From 1960 to 1970 pear tree, Times Square returned to be a busy zone, swarming of local of nude, bookstores and film salt dedicated to the eroticism. For the umpteenth time Times Square is converted in one of the most dangerous zones of the town of New York.
 Thanks to business engagement of executives and public officials, around 1990 Times Square changed again turning, converting itself in a tourist zone safety and rich of activity. It is the only zone of the town in which the signs have to be large, bright and gaudy. It receives every year visitors about 26 millions.
 The attractions include theatrical works, film and representations. The zone is rich of shops, hotel and refreshing.
broadway
Broadway Broadway, is a spacious avenue of New York and is one of the oldest north directors-south of the town, going back to the first Dutch installation of New Amsterdam. The avenue go through all the length of Manhattan, the district (borough or urban county) station of New York, and is the only road that runs almost from the southern end of the island, where begins to Bowling Green, until the northern end. Here it go through the river Harlem like Broadway Bridge and continuous across the Bronx and in the County of Westchester. (To New York there are other roads different call "Broadway", one for everyone of the other three borough: Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island; and more small than roads use such name like East Broadway, West Broadway, Old Broadway, and other in the same Manhattan.)
 Broadway continues across different passerby citizens of the County of Westchester, before becoming it "New York-Albany Post Road", and continue to north until the capital of state, Albany. Go through diagonally the diagram of the roads of Manhattan, is marked from "squares" (some are simple triangular clearings) is had persuaded the construction of some interesting architectures, like the well-known Skyscraper Flatiron.
wall street
  Wall Street is an important road artery of New York City: situated in the district of Manhattan, accommodated - and accommodates - the first permanent seat of the Stock Exchange of New York (the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE).
 It still represents the center of the financial district of New York. With the limit Wall Street is indicated - for antonomasia - the whole complex of the American financial industry.
 Wall Street takes its name from the wall of the town now for some time dismantled.
 The culture of Wall Street always was criticized as rigid. It is a stereotype that endure from decades and has the roots in the attitude to protect the actual interest of the founding of Wall Street, connecting itself to the so-called establishment WASP. More recent critics the structural problems are aimed at and to the change of will of scarcity the habits consolidated. The establishment of Wall Street resists to the supervision and to the rules of the government. To the same time, New York has the reputation to be a very bureaucratic town, the that gives back the entry in the very difficult district for the entrepreneurs of the middle classes. Finally, the New York Stock same Exchange awn the last large bulwark in which the negotiations are done in person instead than electric. There is not, ironically, some necessity for the founding of Wall Street to be situated in the same road, except perhaps for the prestige. The exchanges do a little one wherever.
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