Transcript NEW YORK
NEW YORK Mgr. Lucia Jureňová Times Square It is the entertainment centre of New York. It is full of theatres,bars and restaurants. On New Year’s Eve, the New Yorkers come to Times Square celebrate the New Year. BIG APPLE It is the most famous city in the world. The Big Apple is New York. It is the largest city in the USA. A Dutchman Peter Minuit, bought the island from the Indians for just 24 dollars. He is called a New Amsterdam. In 1664 the British took it and they called it New York. The Empire State Building It is the most famous skyscraper in New York. It was built in 1931. It was the tallest building in the world for 40 years. It has 102 floors and on a clear day you can see for 120 km from the top. New York People from countries like Poland, Italy, China, Ireland came to find a new life there. In New York are many museums, art galleries, theatres and nightclubs, thousands of restaurants and shops, icluding the biggest shop in the world, Macy’s. Manhattan The centrum of New York is the island of Manhattan. Today is full of skyscrapes, but 400 years ago it was the home of the Delaware Indians. The Statue of Librety It was a gift from the people of France and is stands on Librety Island. It is 93 meters long. You can get a ferry to the island and visit the statue. Central Park It is in the middle of Manhattan. Here you can walk, take a boat on the lake, play baseball or just relax. Houses in New York Terraced houses from 19. century. A typical houses in New York. The twin towers The WTC / World Trade Centrum/ was a complex of 7 building in New York. The Twin Towers destroyed al Quaeda – Islamic terrorist group in the 11th of September 2001. Thank you for your attention! Sources: http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28mesto%29 http://www.topas.sk/oznamy/pekne-geograficke-prezentacie/