Transcript Diapositive 1

NEW
YORK
CITY
New York City is
composed of 5
boroughs:
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Bronx
Brooklyn
MANHATTAN
Manhattan is the
center of New York
City. It’s an island
between the
Hudson River and
the East River
BRONX
Bronx is the most
northern borough of
NYC and the only
one on the
continent. It’s also
the poorest. Its
population is mainly
composed of black
and hispanic
people. It’s the crib
of hip hop music.
BROOKLYN
Brooklyn is the most populated borough in
New York City. It is situated on Long Island,
south of Queens. It is separated from
Manhattan by the East River. People go
from Brooklyn to Manhattan via
the Brooklyn Bridge.
QUEENS
Queens is on Long
Island. It’s the largest
borough in NYC. It’s
also the most multiracial. It’s the home of
Kennedy and laGuardia
airports,
the two major airports in New York City. It’s
also the location of Flushing Meadows Park,
the US open tennis tournament.
STATEN ISLAND
Staten Island is
separated from the rest
of New York City by New
York Bay. Until 1975 it
was called
Richmond. It’s the most suburban district.
It’s accessible to Brooklyn via the
Verrazzano Bridge.
The Statue of
Liberty
The Statue of
Liberty is situated
on Liberty Island in
New York City
harbor. It welcomes
people coming from
Europe by boat.
It was a gift for the American people by the
French people in 1886. It was designed by
Gustave Eiffel and sculpted by Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi.
Ellis Island
Ellis Island, facing Liberty Island, was once the
building where people who immigrated from
Europe to the States in the 19th century had to be
inspected. It closed on November 12, 1954
and today it’s a
museum
dedicated to
the emigrants
who peopled
the USA.
Broadway
Broadway is the longest
street in Manhattan. It
goes from north to south
and crosses the whole
island up to the Bronx.
It’s the place where you
must go if you want to see
shows and plays.
Central Park
Central Park is the
largest park in New York
City. It is in the center of
Manhattan. It’s the
place where New
Yorkers love to
run and walk. People can skate on the lake
in winter. Central Park is the lung of New
York City out of the polluted streets.
Chrysler Building
Chrystler Building is one
of the most famous
buildings in NYC. It was
built between 1928 and
1930. It was the highest
building in NYC between
1930 and 1931, before
the construction of the
Empire State Building.
Empire State
Building
The Empire State Building was
built between 1930 and
1931and was then the highest
building in the world. After
9,11 2001 it once again
became the highest building
in NYC and the 2nd in the USA
after the Sears Tower in
Chicago. It has got 102 floors.
The Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building or
Fuller Building was built in
1902. It’ s one of the
symbols of NYC and it’s
frequently seen on tv and in
commercials. It has got 25
floors and is only 285 ft
high (87 meters)
WORLD TRADE CENTER
AND GROUND ZERO
Ground Zero is the place
where The Twin Towers or
WTC which were destroyed
on September, 11 2001
after a terrorist
attack. Now there stands a memorial.
The Twin Towers used to be the highest
towers in New York City. They were
completed in 1970 and 1971.
ONE WORLD
TRADE CENTER
It was built from 2006 to
May 2013 where the
Twins once stood. It is
541 m tall and it is the
tallest building in the
Western Hemisphere.
It was built to resist
any attacks.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a
large commercial
center situated on
Manhattan island. It’s
a complex of 19
buildings which were built by the Rockefeller
family in 1939. Rockefeller plaza is the
heart of the center.
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge is one
of the oldest
suspension bridge in
NYC. It crosses East
River between
Manhattan and
Brooklyn. It opened in
May 1883 after 13
years of construction.
Verrazzano Bridge
It’s a double-decked
suspension bridge
between Staten Island and
Brooklyn. It is named after
Giovanni Da Verrazzano,
the first European to enter
NYC harbor. At the time of
its completion in 1964, it
was the biggest
suspension bridge in the
world.
Wall Street
Wall Street stands in
the financial district of
Manhattan, in the
south of the island. It’s
the home of the New
York Stock Exchange. It
was built in 1914 and
knew the Great
Depression following
the crack of 1929.
Chinatown
Chinatown is the Chinese
district in New York City. It’s
the 2nd largest Chinatown in
the USA after San Francisco.
The first immigrants arrived
in NYC in the 1850’s. Most
of them arrived after having
faced racial discrimination
on the western coast.
Little Italy
Little Italy is in the south of
Manhattan, north of
Chinatown. Italian immigration
began in the late 1800’s when
unemployment and poverty in
Italy forced them to move.
Little Italy is smaller today than it once was
because of the constant expansion of
Chinatown.
Harlem
Harlem is the black and latino
district of NYC. It knew the
« Harlem renaissance »,
an artistic movement in the
1920’s and 1930’s. But with
the great depression and
WWII, crime and poverty
increased significantly. In the
late 20th century, the city of
New York led a renewal in
Harlem, which mainly remains
a black area today.
Greenwich Village
Greenwich village is
situated in lower
Manhattan. Today it’s the
home of the upper
middle class but in the
mid 20th century it was a
bohemian district with
painters, sculptors and
dancers and in the
1950’s the capital of the
beat movement.
Soho
Soho was originally
associated with the Arts
in the 1960’S and
1970’s. But today it’s a
place where people go
shopping along
Broadway.