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New York City Attractions
The "Big Apple"
attracts over 55 million visitors per year. The visitors and
tourists are eager to enjoy shopping, the theater and visit the many
New York City Attractions. Some of are as follows:
New York City Attractions
Central Park
● Battery Park ● Chinatown ● New York Stock Exchange
● The Met ● Times Square ● Brooklyn Bridge
● Statue of Liberty ● The Tenement Museum
● Broadway ● Ellis Island ● Coney Island
● Carnegie Hall ● Grand Central Terminal
● Grant's Tomb ● Bronx Zoo ● Flatiron Building
● The Yankee Stadium ● Madison Square Garden
● Wall Street ● Chrysler Building ● Empire State Building
● The Rockefeller Center ● Radio City Music Hall
● One World Trade Center ● 9/11 memorial
● Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch ● Soldiers' and
Sailors' Memorial Monument ●
New York City Attractions
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New York
City Facts - 1: The Pequot and Mohican (Mohegan) Native American tribes
originally inhabited the upper Hudson River Valley in
present-day New York.
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2: The New York Colony was founded in 1626 by Peter Minuit
(1580-1638) on Manhattan Island and a large settlement
was established as part of New Sweden. Peter Minuit
bought Manhattan from the Native American Indians for
various trinkets and goods, worth about $24.
New York
City Facts - 3: In 1655 the Dutch colonists defeated the Swedes and Peter Stuyvesant
(1602-1672) became Dutch Governor of the New Netherlands and
Manhattan was named New Amsterdam.
New York
City Facts - 4: In 1664 the Dutch lost New Amsterdam to the British which was
re-named as New York, after the Duke of York, the brother of
King Charles II of England.
New York
City Facts - 5: The New York colonists prospered, the population reached 18,000, and
industries sprang up included the production of iron ore, lumber,
textiles, furs and shipbuilding. The War of Independence (1775-1783)
resulted in the separation from British rule and the New York Colony
was the 11th of the original 13 colonies to become a state on July
26, 1788.
New York
City Facts - 6: New York City served as the capital of the newly formed
United States of America from 1785 to 1790.
New York
City Facts - 7: The
First Bank of the United States opened a branch in
New York in 1792 and started the banking and financial
traditions that famously continue ib New York City to
the modern day.
New York
City Facts - 8: The Park Theatre, originally known as the New Theatre,
was the first playhouse in New York City and opened in
January 1798.
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9:
New York City became the most import port in the United
States and the gateway to European trade. In the 1800's
Steamboats
revolutionized river travel and river trade and
residents of New York City began to discuss the
possibility of building a canal that linked the Atlantic
coast and New York City to the Great Lakes.
New York
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On August 17, 1807 John Fitch launched a steamboat
called the 'Clermont' which carried passengers from New
York City 150 miles to Albany.
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11: New Yorkers began to
consider the advantages of connecting routes on the
Hudson River with other routes on the Great Lakes via a
canal and construction on the
Erie Canal
started in 1817 and this great feat of engineering
was opened on October 26, 1825.
The 363-mile Erie Canal was the reason that New
York City became the center of trade and finance in the
United States.
New York
City Facts - 12: The original design plan for the
streets of Manhattan was established by the Commissioners Plan of
1811 who put in place the grid plan for Manhattan. In 1800
the population was 79,215, in 1810 it was 119,734 and by 1820 the
population had grown to 152,056.
New York
City Facts - 13: New York Stock Exchange:
The New York Stock Exchange was established on March 8, 1817 and
became the leading US money center for international financial
activities.
New York
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The American railroad era exploded when the
Railroads in the 1800s were established. The Erie Railroad and
the Albany & New York Central connected New York City with the Great
Lakes. Prior to the railroads, stage coaches were the only way to
travel overland. Railroads cut travel time by 90% and would
eventually link New York City to all the major cities in the United
States.
New York
City Facts - 15: The omnibus appeared in New York City in the 1820's but
the New York and Harlem Railroad company wanted to
introduce a street carriage on rails (pulled by horses)
to New York City. Banker John Mason gave an order to
John G. Stephenson to build the first
Horse Car as an
early form of public transport
and a horse car route opened on 26 November 1832 from
Fourth Avenue and the Bowery north in Lower Manhattan to
the Harlem River.
New York
City Facts - 16: The population of New York City began to grow. In 1800
the population was 79,215, in 1810 it was 119,734, in
1820 it was 152,056, in 1830 the population grew to
242,278, in 1840 it was 391,114 and in 1850 the
population was 696,115.
New York
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Central Park: In the early 1850's
the idea of a central park was conceived by the high
society of New York city, promoted by Anna Minturn.
Central Park
was built on 778 acres of land and construction work
began in 1857,
it was the first
landscaped public park in the United States.
New York
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Battery Park: Battery Park a 25-acre public park
located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New
York City, facing New York Harbor was opened in 1855.
The name derives from the 1700's when an artillery
battery was located in the area to protect the seaward
approaches to the town.
New York
City Facts - 19:
Chinatown: Chinatown, Manhattan, a neighborhood
in Lower Manhattan, New York City on the Lower East
Side, was established by Chinese workers after many
moved to the city after the completion of the
Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 that joined the Atlantic coast
to the Pacific coast.
New York
City Facts - 20: The Met: Metropolitan Museum of Art, "the Met" was
established April 13, 1870 and became the largest art
museum in the United States.
New York
City Facts - 21: Broadway: After the Civil War
(1861 - 1865), the center of New York City theater moved
from Downtown to Midtown Manhattan because of their
cheaper rates on NY real estate and Broadway was born.
At this time entertainment in New York City was divided
along class lines. Opera was mainly for the upper
classes, melodramas and minstrel shows were for
the middle class and variety shows were for the working
class. Broadway is now famous for spectacular
Broadway musicals.
New York
City Facts - 22: In the late 1800's
Urbanization in America
was fueled by the Industrial Revolution and
Industrialization and the massive influx of immigrants to the
cities. The population of New York city rocketed from
1,478,103 in 1870 to 3,437,202 by 1900.
A new form of cheap tenement housing developed that were
typically 4 - 6 stories high and divided into small
apartments where a whole family might live in one small
room in unsanitary conditions..
New York
City Facts - 23: The Tenement Museum: Tenement
Museum New York City preserves the history of
Urbanization. The tenement building brings Lower East
Side immigrant stories to life.
New York
City Facts - 24: Grand Central Terminal:
Grand Central Terminal was opened in 1871 and became the
busiest train station in the country.
New York
City Facts - 25: Times Square:
By 1872 Times Square, located in Midtown Manhattan, New
York City had become the center of New York's carriage
industry. Times Square is now famous for its many
Broadway theatres, cinemas and electronic billboards.
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New York
City Facts - 26: Madison Square Garden:
Madison Square Garden, a multi-purpose indoor arena for
sports and entertainment, in the New York City borough
of Manhattan, New York city had different locations in
1879, 1890, 1925. It is now located in Midtown Manhattan
between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets
New York
City Facts - 27: Brooklyn Bridge: In 1883 the
Brooklyn Bridge was opened that connected the cities
of New York (Manhattan) and Brooklyn.
New York
City Facts - 28: Statue of Liberty: The iconic
landmark of New York City is the
Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island in New
York Harbor. It was built by France to celebrate
America's first 100 years as a nation and the tablet
held by Lady Liberty is inscribed with the date of
American Independence. The massive statue, with its
distinctive green patina, soars above 300 feet. The
dedication of monument took place October 28, 1886
New York
City Facts - 29: Ellis Island: In the 1880's
immigration to the United States reached a staggering
5.2 million and in 1890 Congress made the decision to
build the first Federal immigration station on
Ellis Island
and the Ellis Island Immigrant Center was opened on
January 1, 1892. The Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island
Foundation completed a major restoration program and in September 1990 an immigration
museum was opened and now receives almost two million visitors a
year.
New York
City Facts - 30: Coney Island: Coney Island, the home of a beach,
amusement parks and a seaside resortin the southwestern
part of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City, began
attracting visitors in 1880. The current amusement park
rides include three rides, Wonder Wheel, the Cyclone and
the , Parachute Jump that are designated as New York
City landmarks and are listed in the National Register
of Historic Places.
New York
City Facts - 31: Carnegie Hall: Carnegie Hall, located at 881
Seventh Avenue, opened in April 1891 as a concert venue
in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
New York
City Facts - 32: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Brooklyn, New
York was dedicated "To the Defenders of the Union,
1861-1865" on October 21, 1892.
New York
City Facts - 33: Grant's Tomb: The General Grant National
Memorial, Grant's Tomb, was completed in 1897 and is the
final resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and
his wife, Julia Dent Grant (1826–1902). Grant's Tomb is
located on Morningside Heights on the banks of the
Hudson River in Upper Manhattan, New York City, was
undertaken in 1897 upon the completion of Grant's Tomb.
New York
City Facts - 34: Bronx Zoo: The Bronx Zoo was opened on November
8, 1899 featuring 843 animals in 22 exhibits and is now
one of the largest city zoos in the world.
New York
City Facts - 35: Skyscrapers:
Skyscrapers revolutionized architecture and
the age of steel enabled the massive buildings to be
built. The first skyscraper in New York City was the
Tacoma Building on lower Broadway that was built in 1899
by George Fuller.
New York
City Facts - 36: The Soldiers' and Sailors'
Memorial Monument was dedicated on Memorial Day,
1902 commemorating Union Army soldiers and sailors who
served in the American Civil War. It is located at 89th
Street and Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side and
was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1902 with President
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
City Facts - 37: Flatiron Building: The Flatiron Building,
originally the Fuller Building, opened in June 1902. The
triangular 22-story steel-framed building a
groundbreaking skyscraper and is located at 175 Fifth
Avenue, Manhattan, New York City
New York
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38: The Subway: The opening of the subway in 1904
helped to unite the new city even further to become a
world center for industry, commerce, and communication.
New York
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39: The Yankee Stadium: The Yankee
Stadium located in The Bronx, New York City is the home
of baseball's New York Yankees and Babe Ruth. The Yankee
Stadium was built in 1927 which accommodated the
growing demand for spectator
Sports in the 1920's and the massive sports stadiums
to host the events.
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40:
Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo
flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to
Paris, in May 1927 in the Spirit of St. Louis. New York
now has three main airports, John F. Kennedy
International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty
International Airport (EWR) and La Guardia Airport (LGA),
through which millions of people pass each year.
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41: Wall Street:
The
1929 Wall Street Crash
occurred on Tuesday, October 29, 1929 (nicknamed Black
Tuesday) during which a massive 16,410,030 shares were
traded on the New York Stock Exchange and between
$10-$15 billion was lost in a single day
New York
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42: Chrysler Building: The
Chrysler Building was opened in 1930. It is a Shimmering
Art Deco style skyscraper located on the East Side of
Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
New York
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43: Empire State Building: The 102-story skyscraper, the Empire
State Building was opened on May 1, 1931 in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue
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44: The Rockefeller Center: The Rockefeller Center, a complex of
19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres, located
between 48th and 51st Streets in New York City.
Construction started in 1930 and completed in 1939,
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45: Radio City Music Hall:
Radio City Music Hall, the “Showplace of the Nation,”
and the largest indoor theatre in the world, opened on
December 27, 1932 located in Rockefeller Center in New
York City.
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46: The original Twin Towers World
Trade Center in New York City were opened on April 4, 1973 and survived the
1993 World Trade Center Bombing
but just a few years later were totally destroyed on
Tuesday September 11, 2001 by the
9/11 Terrorist Attacks.
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47: 9/11 memorial: The 9/11 memorial (National
September 11 Memorial & Museum), was opened on September
11, 2011 to commemorate the September 11, 2001 terror
attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
New York
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48: One World Trade
Center: Once known as the Freedom Tower, the
One World Trade Center (1WTC) was opened on November
3, 2014. The One World Trade Center, is symbolic of the
nation's commitment to rise above the 9/11 terror
attacks and established a new architectural landmark and
icon for New York city.
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