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-Lenape- Indians (for 60 marbles) The Colonists named the island Nieuw Amsterdam 30 Dutch families settled on Manhattan There were chaotic conditions

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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 Nieuw Amsterdam got city rights

history 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 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 % of the population unemployed

history Central Park was created

history 1970: Much criminality 1975: city was gone bankrupt 1977: 25-hour power cut : The number of crime goes down 1990's: Population rose from 7.3 million to 8 million : 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 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: 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: Construction: 77 floors, 319.5m (1048 feet) high, 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: , towers 1888 Style: Gothic Revival construction stone Type: church

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