a tour of new york

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A TOUR OF NEW YORKMICHAEL DIOGUARDI

FACTS AND INFOPOPULATION: 8 MILLION (CITY), 30 MILLION (METROPOLITAN)

FOUNDED IN 1624 AS A DUTCH TRADE ROUTE CALLED “NEW AMSTERDAM”

WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE USA BETWEEN 1785-1790

LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA

OVER 800 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN – MOST LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE CITY IN THE WORLD

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

FAMOUS SKYSCRAPERSEMPIRE STATE BUILDING CHRYSLER BUILDING THE FREEDOM TOWER (WORLD TRADE

CENTER 1)

LANDMARKS

THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

TIMES SQUARE

STATUE OF LIBERTY

CENTRAL PARK

ART AND CULTURE

STARRY NIGHT – VINCENT VAN GOGH

LES DEMOISELLES D’AVIGNON – PABLO PICASSO

ART AND CULTURE - CONTINUEDTHE NAKED COWBOY BROADWAY

SPORTS

WALL STREET

LONG ISLAND

THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS

Come visit!

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