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2017 EOI de Lugo – English Department

From 27th February to 6th March

STUDENT'S NAME: GROUP: NEIGHBOURHOODS IN

SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH DURING THE TRIP

• Speak in English at ALL times (even with the other students from your school)!

• Ask questions and talk with as many native speakers as possible.

• Take notes each day of what you see, what you do, what you eat, how you feel...

• Take photos of all the places that catch your attention.

• Write down the new words in English that you see written or that you hear.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Hotel → THE ROW NYC HOTEL 700 at 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10036, USA Phone: +1 212 869 3600

Teachers' contact number → Fátima Fugarolas López: +34 630480763 Verónica Gaute Montes: +34 655672104

METRO IN NYC → *Remember that there are LOCAL trains (that make all the stops) and EXPRESS trains (that only stop at the stations indicated with a white circle on the map). *Some stations have separate entrances depending if you are going UPTOWN or DOWNTOWN so pay attention before entering the station or you will go in the opposite direction.

*At the weekend, times may change so pay attention to the signs at the station. DAY 1: Monday 27th February TRIP

– 3.30 am → Bus EOI de Lugo – A Coruña airport – 6.40-8.00 → Flight A Coruña – Madrid – 12.45-15.15 → Flight Madrid – New York – Bus from NY airport to hotel – Check in at The Row NY Hotel – Visit: (1km) – Dinner

DAY 2: Tuesday 28th February TOUR OF UPPER & + DOWNTOWN

– 8.00-12.00 → Tour of Upper & Lower Manhattan (Visiting , the Lincoln Center and the Dakota building where John Lennon was assassinated. Walk to to Strawberry Fields. The tour also includes the National History Museum, Columbia University, Harlem, Millionaire's mile, and the . Towards the south, Greenwich Village, Soho, Little Italy, , Chinatown, Wall Street and Battery Park).

Walk around downtown: 3km – Battery Park + viewpoint – Financial district: Charging bull, New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, , statue of , Trinity church and cemetery, St Paul's Chapel, City Hall, ... – 9/11 Memorial – 9/11 Museum (access with CityPass or 24 dollars)

* METRO from 9/11 Memorial to hotel: Cortland Street – Times Sq 42St → line 1 (red)

DAY 3: Wednesday 1st March MIDTOWN

9.00 → Walk around midtown: 7km – Empire State Building – – Bryant Park – – – UN Headquarters – St Patrick's Cathedral – Top of the Rocks (access with CityPass or 24 dollars) – Times Square (+TKTS office for tickets for shows) DAY 4: Thursday 2nd March STATUE OF LIBERTY + ELLIS ISLAND +

8.00am → METRO to South Ferry Station: Times Sq 42St – South Ferry → line 1 (red)

- Ferry to Statue of Liberty + visit to Ellis Island and Immigratin Museum (access with CityPass or 18 dollars)

Walk to Brooklyn: 5km - Pier 17 (views of Brooklyn Bridge) - Cross Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn: Jane's , DUMBO, Pier 1 (views of Manhattan)

– METRO from Brooklyn to hotel → – High St – 42St Port Authority Bus Terminal Station → line A, C (blue) York St – 42 St Bryant Park → line F (orange)

DAY 5: Friday 3rd March TOUR OF CONTRASTS + CHINATOWN + LITTLE ITALY + SOHO - 7.50-12.00 → Tour of Contrasts (visit of the different boroughs of New York. In , the Yankee Stadium and the southern part of the borough. In , Forest Hill, Flushing Meadows and the US Open venue. In Brooklyn, the Jewish quarter and Brooklyn Heights). - Walk around Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho (3.5km) *Chinatown: , Eastern States Buddhist Temple, Mahayana Temple, Grand St *Little Italy: Mulberry Street *SOHO: Green Street, , New York University, From here you have several options: MOMA (free entry on Fridays from 16.00 to 20.00); continue another 2.5km walk to Park and Chelsea Market; or shopping in SOHO and NOHO

*METRO to hotel: -From Mulberry Street → Grand St – 42 St Bryant Park → line B, C (orange) Canal St Station – 42 St Port Authority Bus Terminal Station → line A, C, E (blue) -From Washington Mews → 8 St NYU – 49 St Subway Station → line R, W (yellow) West 4 St Washington Square Street – 42 St Port Authority Bus Terminal→ line A, C, E (blue) -From Chelsea Market → 14 St Station – 42 St Port Authority Bus Terminal → line A, C, E (blue) -From the end of the High Line Park → 34 St Hudson Yards Subway Station – Times Square 42St → line 7 (purple) 34 St Penn Station – 42 St Port Autority Bus Terminal → line E (blue) MOMA is at METRO station 5Av/53St → line E (blue)

DAY 6: Saturday 4th March CENTRAL PARK + MET/AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

9.00 a.m. → Walk along 5th avenue to Central Park (6km) – 5th avenue: Apple Store, Tiffany's, – Central Park: The Pond, Gapstow Bridge, The mall and literary walk, Bethesda Terrace and fountain, Hans Christian Anderson's statue, Conservatory water, Alice in Wonderland's statue and Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) or the American Museum of Natural History (access with CityPass or a donation of 25 dollars is recommended).

– *METRO from MET or from American Museum of Natural History → 81 St Museum of Natural History – 42 St Port Authority Bus Terminal → line C (blue)

DAY 7: Sunday 5th March FREE TIME + BACK TO SPAIN FREE TIME. Options in the morning: – Gospel mass in Harlem at 8.00am (Abyssinian Baptist Church)

– * METRO to Harlem and back to hotel → Times Sq 42 St – 135 St → line 2, 3 (red) Exit the station, go north along Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd towards W136th St. Turn left at W138th St/Odell Clark Pl. Church is on the left.

– 16.30 → Bus from hotel to airport – 20.35-9.40 → Flight from NY to Madrid DAY 8: Monday 6th March TRIP TO LUGO – 9.40 → arrival at Madrid airport – 11.40-12.55 → Flight from Madrid to A Coruña – Bus from A Coruña airport to EOI de Lugo (approximate time of arrival: 14.30h)

* The itineraries proposed may be modified slightly for a better organization of the group.

SCAVENGER HUNT

There is so much to see and do in NYC. Get ready! You’ll need your eyes, brain and ears to complete the challenges. You are going to have a great time exploring the city!

How it works: There are many fun challenges for you to complete during your trip to NYC! Work individually or in teams to find the objects and answer the questions for each location. Take photos (if the site allows) of each object to document what you find! Don’t forget to include team members in the photos!

Where to find help: -Pay very close attention to what the tour leader and your teachers tell you at each location. They may reveal an answer! -Ask the staff at the museum or site’s information desk to point you in the right direction. -Check out the maps at each location for clues. -Read signs and plaques very carefully.

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GENERAL QUESTIONS 1. Why does the Flatiron building have the shape it has? 2. What does SOHO stand for? And NOHO? What about NOLITA? And TRIBECA? 3. What word do Newyorkers usually use to refer to American dollars? 4. How are bagels prepared? 5. What ingredients does a Manhattan cocktailhave? 6. How many metro lines are there in NYC? TIMES SQUARE

- Nicknamed ‘The Crossroads of the World’. -This is the site of the annual ball-lowering on New Year’s Eve. The first was in 1907.

1. Find the 50-foot-wide, two-story-high wall of chocolate in M&M’s World, the largest candy store in NYC. ANSWERS 1.______2. Sit on the bleachers in the center of Times Square and take in the sites.

2.______

BATTERY PARK - Battery Park is one of the oldest places in New York. Here Dutch settlers landed in 1623 to establish New Amsterdam. It is named for the rows of cannons (artillery batteries) that stood to protect the early settlement.

1. Before Ellis Island was founded, this sandstone fort served as the immigration station. What is its name? ANSWERS 1.______2. Find the sculpture The Immigrants by sculptor Luis Sanguino. The sculpture depicts figures of various ethnic groups. 2.______

WALL STREET - Wall Street is the financial district of and the financial center of the United States. -Wall Street got its name from the wall buildt in 1653 by Dutch colonists to protect their settlement.

1. Why is there a bull in Wall Street? 2. Have your picture taken in front of the New York Stock Exchange, the ANSWERS largest stock exchange in the world. 1.______3. Find the Federal Hall National Memorial. Whose statue can we see in front of it? 2.______

3.______9/11 MEMORIAL -This memorial is a tribute of rememberance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. -The twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. ANSWERS 1.______1. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels around the Memorial pools. Why do some 2.______of them have a rose? 2. Find the ‘Survivor Tree’ that withstood the attacks on the World Trade 3.______Centre. 3. Find the Freedom Tower. How tall is it?

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING -The Empire State Building opened in 1931. -It is struck by lightning up to 100 times each year! -It has 103 floors and stands 1,453 feet tall. There are 73 elevators in the building and they can travel up to 1,000 feet per minute!

1. What is the zip code of the Empire State Building? 2. View the building at night. What colours are the floodlights? ANSWERS 1.______

2.______

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY -The NY Public library, with nearly 53 million items, is the second largest public library in the US. -It opened in 1911 and had 50,000 visitors on its first day. -It is the largest building constructed in marble in the United States.

1. Which animals can we find in the entrance? What are their names? 2. Visit the children's center. What famous bear can you find there? ANSWERS 3. What famous manuscript written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 can we 1.______find here?

2.______

3.______GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL -Every day, more than 750,000 people pass through Grand Central, which is more than the entire population of San Francisco. -The boards show wrong departure times. All trains leave one minute later than indicated! -Outside the station, the clock facing is known for having the world's largest example of Tiffany glass.

1. In the main concourse look up at the ceiling. What can you see? 2. Grand Central Terminal was renovated in the 1990s as the ceiling was ANSWERS black due to smoking! Can you find the black brick in the ceiling that shows 1.______how dirty is was before? 3. What does the acorn on top of the information booth clock represent? 2.______4. Find the Whispering Arch and share a secret.

3.______

4.______

SAINT PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL - Largest gothic style Catholic cathedral in the United States. - The cathedral is made of white marble and is longer than a football field! - The Cathedral has 21 altars and 19 bells, each named after a different saint.

1. Find St. Patrick in the enormous bronze cathedral doors. 2. Find the replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta sculpture. It’s three times the size of the original in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. ANSWERS 3. What can you find in the basement of St. Patrick's Cathedral? 1.______

2.______

3.______

ROCKEFELLER CENTER -This building complex was developed during the and was named after its developer, John D. Rockefeller Jr. -Home to , NBC studios, and the seasonal ice skating rink.

1. Find the statue of the Greek god Prometheus. 2. Find the Atlas statue. What does he have on his shoulders? 3. Find the plaque in the plaza with John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s ANSWERS principles. Complete: ‘I believe that ……………….. is the gretest thing 1.______in the world; that it alone can overcome .…..…….…….; that right can and will triumph over might.’ 2.______

3.______STATUE OF LIBERTY AND LIBERTY ISLAND - In 1886, the statue was given as a gift to the United States from the people of France. - The green colour of the Statue of Liberty’s copper is the result of oxidation, a chemical reaction between metal and water.

1. Take a picture of the Statue of Liberty from a ferry. 2. Find out what Lady Liberty is holding in her left hand.

ANSWERS

1.______

2.______

ELLIS ISLAND - From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the immigrant gateway to America. More than 40% of all Americans have a relative who passed through Ellis Island.

1. Visit the Ellis Island Immigration History Museum and find the Great Hall, where immigrants were processed. 2. Find the statue of Annie Moore, the first immigrant ANSWERS to pass through Ellis Island in 1892.

1.______

2.______

BROOKLYN BRIDGE -It was the first bridge in the United States to be made of steel, it was once the largest suspension bridge in the world. -When first completed in 1883, it included two outer lanes for horse-drawn carriages, two middle lanes for cable cars, and an elevated center walkway. -Con man William McCloundy ‘sold’ the Brooklyn Bridge to a tourist in 1901 and was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.

ANSWERS 1. How long is Brooklyn Bridge? 2. Photograph the NYC skyline from the elevated walkway. 1.______

2.______CHINA TOWN - In the 1800s immigrants from China began settling in this area. Today, Chinatown is home to one of the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere.

1. Find the Kim Lau Memorial Arch erected in 1962 in memory of the Chinese Americans who died in WWII and fighter pilot Benjamin Ralph Kim Lau, the first reported casualty. 2. Find Columbus Park. You can often see people doing Tai Chi in ANSWERS the morning or playing table games.

1.______

2.______

LITTLE ITALY - Unemployment and poverty in Italy in the late 1800s forced many Italians to start a new life in America. - At the end of the 19th century Little Italy was populated with more than 40,000 Italians who lived in cramped houses.

1. Visit an Italian grocery and take in the aromas of cheeses, olives and ham. 2. Indulge in a cannoli, gelato, or tiramisu from one of the street ANSWERS vendors or one of the more than three dozen Italian restaurants. 3. Find Lombardi’s, the first pizzeria in the US. 1.______

2.______

FIFTH AVENUE - Located in the heart of . - Home to many well known shops.

1. Find a building with an apple on it. 2. Have your picture taken with a street performer on . 3. Have your picture taken with a real-life Toy Soldier at FAO Schwarz (the oldest toy store in the US).

ANSWERS

1.______

2.______

3.______CENTRAL PARK - First Public Park built in America and the most visited urban park in the United States. - Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and a New York City Landmark in 1974.

1. Take a picture on or of Gapstow Bridge. It is located on The Pond. ANSWERS 2. Find the historic Carousel and take a ride on one of the 57 hand-carved horses or two decorative chariots. When it first 1.______opened in 1871, it was powered by horses or mules that were kept underground. The animals were trained to start and stop 2.______with a foot tap from the ride’s operator above ground! 3. Find the 11-foot tall statue of Alice in Wonderland. Meet the 3.______Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter and climb on the statue for a photograph. What is Alice trying to get from the White Rabbit? 4.______4. Find the Bethesda Fountain in the center of Bethesda Terrace. What figure sits atop the Bethesda Fountain?

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (THE MET) - One of the premier art institutions in the world, containing works from prehistoric times to the present. It includes two million works of art, including Picasso and Van Gogh.

1. Visit the Temple of Dendur that once stood on the bank of the Nile River in Egypt around 15 B.C. 2. Find the painting of George Washington’s crossing of the ANSWERS Delaware River on December 25, 1776. 3. Find Gilbert Stuart’s painting of George Washington. This 1.______image has been on the US one dollar bill for over 100 years.

2.______

3.______

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY - This museum opened in 1871 and has 25 interconnected buildings that cover four city blocks. - This museum has over 32 million specimens in its collection!

1. Find the slice of the giant sequoia in the Hall of North American Forests. How tall did it stand before it was cut down by lumberjacks in 1891? ANSWERS 2. Find the Star of India, the world’s largest gem-quality blue star sapphire. What mineral gives the gem its milky quality and star 1.______effect? 3. Find the world’s largest fish (clue: don’t be fooled by its 2.______name!). What is the name of this fish?

3.______MY TRAVELOGUE OF NEW YORK

Each day, write a summary of what you've done, what you've seen, what you've learnt, your favourite moments, the food and drinks you've had, etc.

DAY 1 → Monday 27th February

DAY2 → Tuesday 28th February

DAY 3 → Wednesday 1st March

DAY 4 → Thursday 2nd March DAY 5 → Friday 3rd March

DAY 6 → Saturday 4th March

DAY 7 → Sunday 5th March

Overall opinion

The best of the trip was....

The worst of the trip was...

Back home... Once back at home, take a look at your notes and think about the things you have learnt during your time in New York. Enter the 'aula virtual' of the EOI de Lugo and share your experience (you can add a photo too!). Simply go to the following link: https://www.edu.xunta.gal/centros/eoilugo/aulavirtual2/course/view.php?id=92 LANDMARKS Times Square Known colloquially as the Crossroads of the World and The Great White Way, Times Square proper encompasses 42nd to 47th Streets, from Broadway to Seventh Avenue—but people commonly refer to the area from around 40th to 53th Streets, between Sixth and Eighth Avenues, as Times Square. Times Square is big, bright and unforgettable. Its main junction is filled with popular retailers—plus the TKTS discount booth, which offers up to 50 percent off theater tickets. Walk to the top of its red steps—you may know them from the "Empire State of Mind" video—for a sweeping view of the area, including , the building from which the ball drops on New Year's Eve. It acquired its name in 1904 when Albert Ochs, publisher of , moved the newspaper's operations to a new on what was then known as Longacre Square. The name stuck, even after the newspaper moved their headquarters across Broadway in 1913.

Hell's Kitchen It's a gayborhood and prime budget-dining destination. Its origins are unclear, but they are know to have aroused from an Irish-mob-dominated neighborhood in the 19th century. Columbus Circle Opposite the four corners of rectangular Central Park, four individual plazas and squares mark unique transition points between city and park. In the southwest corner, across from the Maine Monument (1912-13) is the Columbus Circle rotary. About ten thousand people—including Italian, Spanish, and American dignitaries—gathered in Columbus Circle on October 12, 1992, the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) in the New World. Together they dedicated the Columbus Monument, designed by Sicilian sculptor Gaetano Russo and donated to the City of New York by the Italian- American community. The monument consists of a statue of Columbus posed on a column mounted on a base surrounded by fountains; an allegorical figure depicting the Genius of Discovery stands on the base. Both Columbus and the latter figure are carved of Carrara marble. Columbus Circle is remarkable not only for its central monument but also for the subways beneath it and the collection of buildings clustered around it.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Acts It is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, in the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan. It is the world's largest art centre and it hosts many notable performing arts organizations, which are nationally and internationally renowned, including theNY Philarmonic, The Metropolitan Opera and the NY City Ballet. Dakota Building Also known as Dakota Appartments, it is a Gothic-Style cooperative apartments building located on the northwest corner of 72nd street and Central Park West in the Upper West side of Mahnattan. Built in 1884, it is considered to be one of Manhattan's most pretigious and exclusive cooperative residential buildings. It got its name from its far-west location and It is famous as the home of former Beatle John Lennon from 1973 to his death outside the building in 1980. Yoko Ono is still living there. Strawberry fields Located near Central Park West between 71st and 74th streets, it is a 2.5 acre area of the Park that pays tribute to the late Beatle, John Lenon. Lenon and his wife Yoko Ono lived in the Dakota Apartments adjacently located to this area of the park. It was here, walking home, o DeCember 8, 1980, that John Lenon was shot dead. To commemorate his life, talents and memory, on March 26, 1981 a City Council Member, designated the area as Strawberry Fields. Named after the title of the Beatles song “Strawberry Fields”. In the centre of SF lies a black and white Imagine mosaic, designed by a team of artists from the Italian City of Naples. Named after another famous song by John Lenon, “Imagine” evokes a vision and hope for a new world without war. Additionally, there is a bronze plaque that lists the more than 120 countries that planted flowers and donated money for the maintenance of the area. They have also endorsed Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace. Museum of Natural History It is the largest museum of natural history in the world spanding 4 city blocks and consisting of 25 interconnected buildings. Though today the phrase "natural history" is restricted to the study of animal life, the museum—founded in 1869 on the heels of discoveries by Darwin and other Victorians—uses it in its original sense: that is, the study of all natural objects, animal, vegetable and mineral. Columbia University Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Columbia University is a private Ivy League* research University. It was established in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of George II, but after the American Revolutionary war, King’s College became a state entity, and was named Columbia University in 1784. Famous alumni of this university inculde: Warren Buffet, Chelsea Clinton, Barack Obama, Alicia Keys, Amelia Earhart, Sean Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, Neil de Grasse Tyson, J.D Salinger, Langston Hughes, Anthony Perkins, Lauryn Hill, Mario Puzo and many others.

*Ivy League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern US. It includes: Brown U. Columbia U., Cornell U., Dartmouth U., Harvard U., the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton U. and Yale U. The term Ivy League has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. Harlem It’s a large neighbourhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The first settlers of the area were Dutch pioneers, and it got its name after the Dutch city of Haarlem. In 1873 it became part of the city of New York. Since the 1920s it has been known as a major African- American residential, cultural and business centre. In fact in the 20s and 30s it witnessed an outpouring of artistic work without precedent in the African American community known as Harlem Renaissance*. However, with job losses in the Time of the Great Depression and the deindustrialization of NY City after WWII, rates of crime and poverty increased. *Harlem Renaissance aka the New Negro Movement, it is considered to be a re-birth of African- American Arts. The renaissance was mainly literary with figures such as: Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Rudolf Fisher… Despite not being included in the Renaissance some prominent figures of jazz music contributed to push art to its limits at this time, to name a few: Duke Ellington, , Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong.

Museum Mile It is a lovely stretch along 5th Avenue full of museums and other fine arts institutions. The museums to be found along the Mile are: , Museum of the City of New York, Jewish Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan , Goethe House German Cultural Centre.

Empire State Building It’s a 102 story skyscraper located on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It has a roof height of 381m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443m high. Its name derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Centre’s North Tower in late 1970. It is an American cultural icon. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style.

Flatiron The Flatiron building was originally named the and it isa triangular 22 story steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue. It was completed in 1902 and it sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street.

Greenwich village Often simply referred to as The Village is a largely residential district of Manhattan, one ofthe boroughs of the City of New York. The neighbourhood is roughly bounded by Broadway on the east, the Hudson River on the west, Houston Street on the south, and 14th St on the north. The neighborhoods surrounding it are the East Village to the east, SoHo to the south, and Chelsea to the north. Note that the "East Village" was not historically part of Greenwich Village and is still considered by many New Yorkers to be part of the , but the term "West Village" is synonymous with Greenwich Village, or at least that part of the neighborhood that is west of 6th Avenue or so. In the 19th century, the Greenwich Village district was better known as Washington Square. Washington Square Park remains a neighborhood landmark, but the terms "The Village," "Greenwich Village," and "West Village" are practically interchangeable. It was once a large industrial park but later on it was colonized by bohemians, beatniks, artists and literary greats squatting in abandoned factories. It was also the main setting for the TV series Friends. Soho

The historic SoHo neighbourhood (South of Houston) is bounded by Houston street to the north and Canal Street to the south. Originally known as the Cast Iron District due to the many buildings with such facades, its historic roots date back to the mid-19th century,, when cast iron was discovered as an architectural material that was cheap, flexible yet sturdy enough to use to build decorative building facades. SoHo today still exhibits the greatest concentration of cast iron architecture in the world. SoHo’s decorative facades, ornate fire escapes, Corinthian columns, oversized windows, and beautiful lobbies are its signature features. Little Italy

Immigrants from Naples and Sicily ventured to Little Italy, a neighbourhood in lower Manhattan- NYC in the 1880s, and the area once stretched from Canal to Houston Streets, between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, and Mulberry Street.

It was the locale of the fictional Corleone family depicted in the novel The Godfather and the three movies based on it. West Village Much of the West Village’s charm rests in its 19th-century townhouses and cobblestone streets, which look much the same as they did when the neighborhood was at the center of some of history's most influential social and countercultural movements. Just over the past half century or so, those have included the breakthrough of experimental theater and Beat literature in the 1950s; the fight for housing preservation in the '60s; and, in 1969, the Stonewall Riots that spurred the national gay liberation movement. Those moments still characterize the West Village today, as the neighborhood proudly displays its diversity and dedication to tolerance and inclusion.

Chinatown Home to a dense population of Asian immigrants, Manhattan’s Chinatown is one of NYC's most evocative neighborhoods. Walking its busy, narrow streets reveals surprise after surprise: Chatham Square’s statue of Lin Zexu, a Qing dynasty official who led the fight against Britain’s illegal importation of opium; the odd pagoda-style roof and Buddhist temple; and atmospheric Doyers Street, with its basement bars and a speakeasy among them. Financial district

Aka FiDi is a neighbourhood located at the southern tip of the borough of Manhattan in NY City which comprises the offices and headquarters of many of the city’s major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Anchored on Wall Street, New York City has been called both the most financially powerful city and the leading financial centre of the world, and the NY Stock Exchange is the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization. The neighborhood roughly overlaps with the boundaries of the New Amsterdam settlement in the late 17th century.

Battery Park It’s a 25 acre (10ha) public park located at , the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City, facing New York Harbour. The area and park are named for the artillery batteries that were positioned there in the city’s early years to protect the settlement behind them. The area’s strategic location was recognized by Native Americans and Dutch settlers. Near this point, the colonists of the Dutch West India Company began the settlement of New Amsterdam in 1625. As the colony grew and its commerce expanded, piers, wharves, and slips rose along the coastline. The Dutch constructed Fort Amsterdam as early as 1626, and around 1683, the first of a series of gun batteries was constructed around the shore. 9/11 Memorial Plaza A tribute to the past and a place of hope for the future- the 9/11 Memorial Plaza is alive with twin spirits of remembrance & renewal. The 8-acre park is a supremely contemplative sanctuary, composed of a grove of nearly 400 white oak trees, and the largest manmade waterfalls in the US. Set within the footprints of the original Twin Towers, each pool is aprox. 1 acre in size. The names of every person who perished in the terror attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 are honored in bronze around the twin memorial pools.

9/11 Memorial Museum The National 9/11 Memorial Museum is located within the archaeological heart of the original WTC site. The Museum serves as the country’s principal institution concerned with exploring the historic implications of the tragic date, through state-of-the-art multimedia exhibits, archives and monumental artifacts. Paying reverent homage to the nearly 3.000 victims of the attacks, the museum also recognizes the thousands who survived, and all who showed extraordinary courage & compassion in the catastrophe’s aftermath.

Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in inNew York City. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation, and it was for a time the leading tourist destination in the city. Its interior was declared a city landmark in 1978. Radio City Music Hall is the largest indoor theatre in the world. Its marquee is a full city-block long. Its auditorium measures 160 feet from back to stage and the ceiling reaches a height of 84 feet. The walls and ceiling are formed by a series of sweeping arches that define a splendid and immense curving space.

Rockefeller Centre It is a large complex consisting of 19 highrise Art Deco commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m2) between 48th and 51st Streets in New York City. Commissioned by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. It is famous for its annual Christmas tree lighting.

Built in 1939, Rockefeller Center was the vision of famous NY businessman and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller. This iconic NYC landmark has been featured in dozens of films and TV shows over the past century, and is home to the legendary NBC Studios and Saturday Night Live. With its serene statues and beautiful art nouveau murals, Rockefeller Center is also a popular destination for art enthusiasts in NYC. With so much history and culture surrounding it, the Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan is a must-see NYC attraction for first-time visitors in New York City.

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral

The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick's Cathedral) is a decorated Neo-Gothic- style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States and a prominent landmark of NYC. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of NY and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in Midtown Manhattan, directly across the street from Rockefeller Center and specifically facing the Atlas statue.

It is the largest gothic Roman Catholic Cathedral in the US and the cornerstone of the Cathedral was laid in 1858 and was named after Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, in response to the increasing number of Irish immigrants in the city. Its new organ, which was replaced in 1930, has 7,855 pipes. The Cathedral has 21 altars, 19 bells and more than 2800 stained glass panels.

Gran Central Terminal

It is a commuter, rapid transit (and former intercity) railroad terminal at 42nd Street and in Midtown Manhattan in NYC. Built by and named for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world.

Its platforms, all below ground, serve 41 tracks on the upper leveand 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. Grand Central Terminal has intricate designs both on its inside and outside. In addition, it contains a vast interior main concourse. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with 21.9 million visitors each year. Unlike other Metro-North stations, Grand Central Terminal is not owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but by a private company known as Midtown TDR Ventures.

Chrysler building

It is an office building in NYC, designed by William Van Alen and often cited as the epitome of the Art Deco skyscraper. Its sunburst-patterned stainless steel spire remains one of the most striking features of the Manhattan skyline. Built between 1928 and 1930, the Chrysler Building was briefly the tallest in the world, at 1,046 feet (318.8 metres). It claimed this honour in November 1929—when the building was topped off with a 180-foot (55-metre) spire—and held the record until the Empire State Building opened in 1931. The decorative scheme of the facade and interior is largely geometric.

Fifth Avenue

It starts just north of Washington Square and goes all the way north up to 143rd street in Harlem. It is one of the world's most expensive streets, in particular the area between 49th and 59th Streets where some of the most prestigious stores can be found. However, Fifth Avenue is not just a shopping street. Along Central Park, which borders Fifth Avenue, the street becomes more residential. Here you'll find palatial homes, grand churches and other historic buildings. You'll also come across numerous museums. In fact, there are so many of them that the area between 82nd and 104th Streets is known as the 'Museum Mile'. In addition, you'll find many other interesting sights along Fifth Avenue, such as the magnificent St Patrick's Cathedral, located between 50th and 51st streets.

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in NYC. With nearly 53 million items, it is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress), and fourth largest in the world. It is a private, non-governmental independently managed, nonprofit corporation operating with both private and public financing. Bryant Park It's a 9.603-acre (38,860 m2) privately managed public park located in the NYC borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. The Main Branch of the New York Public Library is located within the park. Bryant Park is located entirely over an underground structure that houses the library's stacks, which were built in the 1980s when the park was closed to the public and excavated; the new library facilities were built below ground level while the park was restored above it. Tower The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park was designed to set a new standard in high-performance buildings, for both the office workers who occupy the tower and for a city and country that are awakening to the modern imperative of sustainability. Drawing on concepts of biophilia—or humans’ innate need for connection to the natural environment—the vision at the occupant scale was to create the highest quality modern workplace by emphasizing daylight, fresh air, and an intrinsic connection to the outdoors. At the urban scale, the tower addresses its local environment as well as the context of midtown Manhattan, to which it adds an expressive new silhouette on an already-iconic skyline

Statue of Liberty Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with 1876 in mind for completion, to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. The Statue was named “Liberty Enlightening the World” and was a joint effort between America and France. It was agreed that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States. However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In France Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) was commissioned to design the massive iron pylon and secondary skeletal framework which allows the Statue's copper skin to move independently yet stand upright. Architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the Statue of Liberty's granite pedestal in 1884, donating his fee to help fund the Statue. The Statue was completed in France in July 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor in June 1885 onboard the French frigate "Isere." In transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The Statue was reassembled on her new pedestal in four months’ time. On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland oversaw the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in front of thousands of spectators. She was a centennial gift ten years late. Ellis Island

Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the US nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.

South Street Sea Port and pier 17

The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the NYC borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District. The Seaport is a designated historic district, and is distinct from the neighboring Financial District. It features some of the oldest architecture in downtown Manhattan, and includes the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. This includes renovated original mercantile buildings, renovated sailing ships, the former Fulton Fish Market, and modern tourist malls featuring food, shopping, and nightlife, with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-suspension bridge in NYC and is one of the oldest bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3m) and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed.

Central Park

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan. It's the most visited urban park in the US, with 38 million visitors a year and one of the most filmed locations in the world. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. It took 20 years and thousands of workers transporting 10 million carts of soi to transform the original rocky terrain into today's oasis. Today it counts with more than 24,000 trees, 500m2 of forests, 21 leisure areas and 7 bodies of water.