Transcript Cities A city is a big town. Many people live in cities. They are crowded.

Cities
A city is a big town.
Many people live in cities.
They are crowded.
The center of a city is called
downtown.
Here is downtown [big city near you]
There are many tall buildings
downtown.
A very tall building is called a
skyscraper or a tower.
Here is a skyscraper, called the
Sears Tower, in the city of Chicago.
Here is downtown Chicago.
Here is the Empire State Building,
in New York City.
This is downtown New York City,
in New York state,
downtown Los Angeles, in
California,
downtown San Francisco, in
California,
downtown Seattle, in Washington,
and downtown Tokyo, in Japan.
In old cities in Europe, the city
center doesn’t have skyscrapers.
Here is the city center of
London, England,
and Paris, France,
and Berlin, Germany,
and Moscow, Russia.
There are very big churches in the
center of old cities, like Notre
Dame Cathedral in Paris,
or Saint Paul's Cathedral,
in London.
The city government, where people
enforce laws, is called City Hall.
Here is the
City Hall of Los Angeles,
and here is
the City Hall of Columbus.
There are famous monuments in
cities, like the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow,
the Statue of Liberty
in New York City,
the Hollywood sign
in Los Angeles,
the Golden Gate Bridge
in San Francisco, and
the Space Needle in Seattle.
The End