Transcript meinreferat.de

New York City
outline

history

general facts

buildings of New York City (NYC)
history

In 1524 and 1609
were the first
expeditions to
america
In 1610 Dutch coat
(Fell) traders
started to trade
with the Indians
(native americans)
history

1624:




Peter Minuit bought the island
Manna-Hatta from the Lenni-LenapeIndians (for 60 marbles)
The Colonists named the island
Nieuw Amsterdam
30 Dutch families settled on
Manhattan
There were chaotic conditions
history
history
1647
The Dutch West India Company established
order in Nieuw Amsterdam
history
1647
Petrus Stuyvesant established order during
his 17 years of mandate, in which the first
school, the first prison and the first hospital
were founded
history
1652
He built a wall through the city to protect the
city from robberies (place of the street is
named Wallstreet today)
history
27.02.1653
Nieuw Amsterdam got city rights
history
27.04.1664
the city was handed over, without violence,
to the Englishmen during the second
English-Dutch sea war
The city was named New York
history
1776
George Washington took quarter in NYC
history
1783 and 1785
city was destroyed by a fire
history
1788-1790
capital of the USA
1789
Washington became the first President of the
USA
1797
Albany became capital of the USA
history
1832 and 1849
Cholera Epidemics
1837 and 1842
Typhus
1837
10% of the population unemployed
history
1858-1866
Central Park was created
history
1970: Much criminality
1975: city was gone bankrupt
1977: 25-hour power cut
1990-2007: The number of crime goes down
1990's:
Population rose from 7.3 million to 8 million
11.9.2001: destruction of the World Trade
Center with two hijacked planes
general facts
country: USA
state: New York, New York
mayor: Michael Bloomberg
general facts
-city with the largest population in the USA
-population: more than 8 million people
-5 different parts: Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Queens, Bronx, Staten Island
general facts
-at the east coast of the usa
-the most famous city in the world
-"world city"
-new home for many people
General facts
-chinatown
-founded in 1624
-sister city from: Budapest, Jerusalem,
Johannesbourg, Kairo, London, Madrid,
Rom, Santo Domingo, Tokio
buildings of New York City
Empire State Building:
Architect:
Shreve, Lamb und Harmon, William F. Lamb
Location:
350 Fifth Ave.
Date:1930-1931
Style:
Art Deco
Art Deco construction:
Steel frame 102 floors, 1252 feet, 381 meters high,
6,500 windows
Effective use of setbacks to emphasize tower.
The building is clad in Indiana limestone and granite,
with the mullions lined in shiny aluminium.
Type:
office building
buildings of New York City
Chrysler Building:
Architect:
William Van Alen
Location:
405 Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street
Style:
Art Deco
Date:1928-1930
Construction:
77 floors, 319.5m (1048 feet) high, 29961 tons of steel,
3,826,000 bricks, near 5000 windows. Cost: $
20,000,000
The building is clad in white brick and dark gray
brickwork is used as horizontal decoration to enhance
the window rows.
Type:
office building
buildings of New York City
Statue of Liberty:
Architect:
sculptor: Auguste Frederic Bartholdi,
structural Engineer: Gustave Eiffel
Location:
Liberty Island, New York Harbor.
Date:1884
Style:
realistic sculpture
Construction:
iron frame, copper cladding
Type:
monumental statue and observation tower
Buildings New York City
St. Patrick`s Cathedral:
Architect:
James Renwick Jr. and William
Rodrigue
Location:
Fifth Avenue
Date: 1851-79, towers 1888
Style:
Gothic Revival construction
stone
Type:
church
sources

www.wikipedia.de

http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/

www.newyork.de

nycarchitecture