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New York City
 New York City ... States of America. The city is a global centre both in terms of economics and industry, and culture and the arts. / New York City comprises five boroughs, (each of which are coterminous with a county): The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. About 40 million foreign and American tourists visit New York City each year. Major attractions include the Empire State Building, Ellis Island, Broadway, museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Washington Square Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, and the luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues.Newest Review: ... passing through Ellis Island and being welcomed by one of the finest and most recognizable statues in the world. And rather than branch out into the wide open lands of the United States, many of the immigrants decided to settle down in New York. Manhattan could indeed be considered as a microcosm of the world, with Italian, Chinese, Korean, Dutch and British districts being scattered amongst ... more ... the skyscrapers, with some only being divided by a single road.
My journey to America's version of St. Peter's Gates began at John F. Kennedy airport, which is actually situated 40 minutes away from Manhattan in the Queens district. You don't feel...more |
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New York City: The Big Apple Has Quality To The Core (931 words)
by dan_the_turbanat - written on 22.07.08 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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I've just walked three blocks across the spine of Manhattan, and I've been told by four different hot dog vendors they offer the best hot dogs in town. How can I cope with all that choice? With not a single Marlon Brando-esque gangster in sight, New York City has dismissed its image as being a seedy hotspot for the poor and Sicilians alike. In fact nowadays, New York is considered the place on Earth for business, entertainment and luxury. All of these attributes are squeezed into Manhattan, an island in the middle of the Hudson River, only 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. The surrounding areas of Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Staten Island each have their own ...
New York: Your Next Holiday (2913 words)
by Hadouken - written on 13.05.08 (Very useful, 187 readings)
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The island city of New York is, with a population of around eight million, the largest city in the United States. It is divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. It is one of the most beguiling places there is; life goes on at an incredible pace and one could even describe it as the epitome of everything that's wrong with America. However, spend a week here and the initial shock gives way to myth. The moment you see the twinkling lights of Manhattan's skyscrapers from your plane window, you realise that, no matter what your previous thoughts of the city, you really do have to be made of stone to not be moved by it all. ...
New York City: New York- The Ultimate City (975 words)
by jcpurpledragons - written on 08.12.07 (Very useful, 76 readings)
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New York is a city where anything can happen, and most of the time everything is happening somewhere within its boroughs. Manhattan Island is the city centre and where most, but by no mean all, things of interest are. The city is literally bursting at the seams with culture, both institutional and that of multicultural life. A good subway system and the simple grid layout of streets make for the whole city being easy to navigate. Architecturally the city is fascinating and houses some of the most iconic buildings of the 20th Century, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the morbid remnants of the Twin Towers that once ...
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