New York City
This is the soul of New York, a tourist Mecca, shining around the clock with a sea of light. A grandiose ensemble of avant-garde grotesque, literally stunning anyone who comes here. It is here that Time begins each year, is born, and the initial counting of time takes place. When the New Year comes, two million people gather here to see a crystal ball high above, descending on a pole.
It is also the birthplace of a special national genre - the musical, the theater of the spectacle. Therefore, the Broadway Theater District is located here, and in terms of the number and variety of theaters it has no equal in the world.
The most famous skyscraper, has 102 floors. Being built in 1931, then for 41 years it remained the tallest building on Earth, until here, in New York, the 110-story twin towers appeared. A very slender, elegant and well-built building (an accident with an airplane also took place here, the building stood up with dignity). Observation decks are located on the 86th and 102nd floors.
The architectural ensemble in the middle part of Manhattan, (Midtown), "a city within a city", a magnificent example of Art Deco style. It is considered the greatest achievement in modern urban planning. Perfect harmony in the ratio of spatial structures vertically and horizontally. Strikingly beautiful design of various portals of buildings. The epitome of majestic peace in the bustling heart of one of the world's most energetic super-cities.
Central street of New York, the main axis of the ideal geometric grid of optimally planned infrastructure. The most fashionable neighborhoods and shops are the front window, the best part of the most developed consumer society.
The neo-Gothic Cathedral of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland - the cathedral (main) Catholic church. All city parades take place in this place, unusually colorful and crowded. Especially the most popular, on St. Patrick's Day. This parade is held under the motto: "You don't have to be Irish to take part in our celebration."
The main diplomatic center of the world, the meeting place of all political leaders of mankind. A symbol of the united will of all peoples. A very impressive attribute of New York, where the global problems of the present and future of the entire planet are largely solved.
The world's largest complex of theatrical and musical art. Urban zone, magnificent halls where the best artists, orchestras, theaters from all over the world perform. In the evenings, the Center looks like a magical casket of light filled with music. The main building is the famous Metropolitan Opera. Not far away - Central Park, the pearl of New York, a colossal green rectangle (44 hectares), the focal center of the most elite residential area.
A majestic monument in the image of the tomb of the ancient king Mausolus (Seven Wonders of the Ancient World). Here rests General Ulysses Grant, who was compared with Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon. He commanded the northern government army during the Civil War of 1861-65. Subsequently, he became the 18th President of the United States.
Nearby is the most beautiful street, Riverside Drive, as if descended from the postcards of Parisian boulevards. On the other side of the Mausoleum is a grove of sakura, Japanese cherries.
Student city-campus. Included in the most famous university association, the Ivy League. A huge but compact area that adorns the city with its stylish look. Nearby is the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the world's largest building in the Gothic (neo-Gothic) style. A hospitable temple that proclaims itself "the home of all peoples", an addition to the UN.
The best museums in New York, mainly along Fifth Avenue and Central Park, quarters in the aristocratic, most prestigious area of the city - the Upper East Side. It houses art treasures such as the Solomon Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. This is the swan song of the brilliant American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The building looks like an overturned shell, an overturned volumetric spiral. In the middle of the 20th century, this innovation simply blew up the world of architecture.
Another contemporary art museum, "MoMA", is considered the largest and most important collection of its kind in the world. Further, the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, in terms of level and scale, corresponds to a unique galaxy of encyclopedic art collections (Louvre, Hermitage, British Museum), representing the entire human culture from antiquity to the present day.
On the other side of the park stands out the bulk of the world's largest Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Nature. An entire floor is occupied by dinosaurs (live!), a beautiful planetarium and a modern IMAX cinema system.
Here, almost 4 centuries ago, the Great City was born. Once a European colony at the end of the Middle Ages, it is now a National Historical Park with dozens of monuments, among them the impressive memorials of the Defenders of the Atlantic Coast and the Merchant Marines who died in World War II. This is the place where the East and Hudson rivers meet the ocean. From here you can visit Liberty Island to enjoy the sight of the colossal statue, the pop symbol of America.
Where the tragedy of September 11, 2001 took place, life is returning. Built "New BTLS", even higher and better than before. Now the complex includes a mournful and beautiful memorial. An extended zone is again functioning, which includes four buildings of the neighboring World Financial Center, which also amaze with their scale and extraordinary beauty.
A canyon-like street, a gorge, narrow and short. The first boundary line of the old, still Dutch "New Amsterdam". Which was the beginning of the modern powerful metropolis. Now - the heart of the "Financial District", the largest banks, the richest center of all the treasures of the world. Together with the Exchange and the largest branch of the Federal Reserve System (the country's central bank), it is one of the most important command posts that determines the temperature of the country's economy, and not only.
The retro-zone "Seaport of South Street", where the atmosphere of sea romance of the century before last is reproduced, against the backdrop of large real sailing ships. The coast offers the best panorama in the whole city, including a view of the legendary bridges. The ancient Brooklyn Bridge is considered the beginning of all the most heroic in the creative urban history, entire poems are devoted to it.
