New York Is Waiting

byNellieB37

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6 years ago

New York Is Waiting

Welcome to New York! The Big Apple! The city that never sleep. New Year Eve is a great day to visit New York. You can see the ball drop. You can share this experience with thousands of people on 42nd Street. You can bring in the New Year with us. It is the most beautiful site in the world.

I live in Manhattan, New York. Manhattan is New York City. I have lived and worked in New York City most of my life. You will never see Manhattan, New York. You will see New York, New York. Someone once said New York was so great they named it twice. People come from all over the world to visit New York. Especially on New Year Eve.

There are so many things that make New York City a great city:

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1626 - Peter Minuit bought Manhattan from the Indians for $24.

1785 - New York briefly becomes the capital of the US.

1853 - New York hosts the World's Fair.

1886 - Statue of Liberty is inaugurated.

1898 - The five boroughs were created.

1900 - New York City was declared the largest city in the world.

1904 - The subway opened.

1931 - The Empire State Building was completed.

1945 - United Nation charter was drafted.

1969 - A ticker tape parade honors the first astronauts to land on the moon.

1973 - The World Trade Center opens.

1975 - New York City goes wild with the American Bicentennial celebration

2001 - The World Trade Center or Twin Towers was destroyed.

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You can take the ferry boat to Liberty Island and the Stature of liberty. Liberty Island gives you the opportunity to examine all the strange souvenirs on display. On board the Ferry Boat keep an eye out for tug boats trudging barges against the tide. Fish, birds and buoys. At pier 86, just up the river where the Circle Line dock, step on board the Intrepid Sea - Airspace Museum (a real World War Two Aircraft Carrier). You can watch films, get the feel of a real jetfighter, or examine models of space capsules. You will see Ellis Island. Ellis Island was an immigration depot. About ten million immigrants were processed on Ellis Island. South Street Seaport offers you a chance to try out the sea legs. It was once known as the shipping capital of the world. These days there is a lot to see and do for a nautical flash from the past.

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Radio city Music opened in 1932. Americans come to Radio City Music to see showers with dancers, music and movies.

Rockefeller Center was built in 1929. John D. Rockefeller decided to build a big city within the city of New York. Some of the great shows that you can visit are: Tina, Aunt to proud to Beg, Cats

Don't forget to visit Beautiful Channel Gardens, a row of fountains and flowers that change with the season. And while you are at it take a tour of Carnegie Hall, musician of Broadcasting, Museum of modern Art, Central Park.

I have given you some practical information, vital statics, and some historical facts. You will find so much more. Don't forget to get your travel guidebook. It is a guide and a history book. Something you can keep forever. See you soon!