NEW YORK CITY
1 Manhattan, 2 Brooklyn, 3 Queens, 4 the Bronx, 5 Staten Island
History Giovanni da Verrazzano (1524) Henry Hudson (1609) New Amsterdam Manhattan purchase (1626) New York (1664) The capital of the USA (1789 – 1790)
19th century A population boom A grid plan for Manhattan (12 avenues + 155 streets) The New York Stock Exchange African-Americans Gangs Carnegie Hall Central Park
20th century NYC Subway System (1904) Skyscrapers (Art Deco) Rockefeller Center Harlem Renaissance Crime
9/11
The Statue of Liberty
The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, One World Trade Center
St Patrick Cathedral
Rockefeller Center,
Central Park
United Nations Headquarters
Times Square
New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Guggenheim Museum of modern art
Carnegie Hall
Medison Square Garden
China Town, Little Italy
Brooklyn Bridge over the East River
Grand Central Terminal
JFK International Airport