Manhattan is the borough most closely associated with New York City; even residents of New York City's
outer boroughs will describe a trip to Manhattan as "going to the city".
A commercial, financial, and cultural center of the world, Manhattan has many famous landmarks,
theaters, museums and universities. It is also home to the Statue of Liberty, the headquarters
of the United Nations and the seat of city government.
Landmarks
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal statue given to the United States by France in 1886, standing at Liberty Island, New York in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations.
The broken shackles lying at Lady Liberty's feet signify liberation from oppression and tyranny.
The USIA states that the seven spikes in the crown represent the seven seas and seven continents.
As the statue's name indicates, the torch signifies enlightenment. The tablet in her hand shows the
date of the nation's birth (July 4, 1776).
Since 1903, the statue has been associated with Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" and has acquired
a new meaning as a symbol of welcome to immigrants.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York, NY. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1972, and is now once again the tallest building in New York after the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1988. It is the largest privately held complex of its kind in the world, and an international symbol of modernist architectural style blended with capitalism.
Saint Patrick?s Cathedral
St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated Neo-Gothic-style Catholic cathedral in North America. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located at 50th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, just across the street from Rockefeller Center.
Lincoln Center
The city's foremost performing arts center is Lincoln Center, home to the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Ballet. In 2004, the center opened up its first new venue in decades -- Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick Rose Hall.
Guggenheim Museum
Founded in 1937, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a modern art museum located on the Upper East Side in New York City. It is the best-known of several museums owned and/or operated by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and is often called simply The Guggenheim. It is one of the best-known museums in New York City.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as "the Met", is one of the world's largest and most important art museums. It is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, United States. The Met also maintains "The Cloisters", which features medieval art.
The Met's permanent collection contains more than two million works of art from around the world.
Times Square is the heart of New York's theater world. In its neon-splashed center presides the Times
Square Ticket Center (TKTS) booth, where same-day theater tickets are sold for half price. On the square's
side streets are the famous Broadway theaters -- the Shubert, the Belasco, and the like. Most smaller
and more experimental Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theaters are located downtown, where you'll
also find modern dance and art-house movie theaters.
If you love playing golf then you?re going to love playing in New York City. With public golf courses scattered throughout the boroughs lush fairways abound minutes away from the concrete towers, noise and bustle of Manhattan.
Golf Course Information
The New Yoark City Parks and Recreation department maintains 14 miles of beaches, all of which are open from Memorial Day weekend (Saturday, May 27) through Labor Day (Monday, September 4). Lifeguards will be on duty daily, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
With about twenty-five million visitors annually, Central Park is the most visited city park in the United States,[1] and its appearance in many movies and television shows has made it among the most famous city parks in the world. It is run by the Central Park Conservancy, a private, not-for-profit organization that manages the park under a contract with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Though it is known as "the subway", implying underground operations, about 40% of the system runs on above-ground right-of-way (the system is almost entirely underground in Manhattan, as well as portions in the other boroughs), including steel or cast iron elevated structures, concrete viaducts, embankments, open cuts and surface routes
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The Statue of Liberty is a colossal statue given to the United States by France in 1886, standing at Liberty Island, New York in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations.
The broken shackles lying at Lady Liberty's feet signify liberation from oppression and tyranny.
The USIA states that the seven spikes in the crown represent the seven seas and seven continents.
As the statue's name indicates, the torch signifies enlightenment. The tablet in her hand shows the
date of the nation's birth (July 4, 1776).
Since 1903, the statue has been associated with Emma Lazarus's poem "The New Colossus" and has acquired
a new meaning as a symbol of welcome to immigrants.
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