City of New York

New York City, officially named the City				for high-priced clothing boutiques, and
of New York, is the most populous city				the art galleries are now concentrated
in the United States, and the most				in Chelsea. There are also large
densely populated major city in North				shopping districts found in Downtown
America. The city is at the center of				Brooklyn and along Queens Boulevard in
international finance, politics,				Queens.
entertainment, and culture, and is one				Food & Drink
of the world's major global cities				New York is the best restaurant town in
(along with London, Tokyo and Paris)				USA and one of the finest in the world.
with a virtually unrivaled collection of				New York has literally thousands of
museums, galleries, performance venues,				restaurants to choose from (more than
media outlets, international				25,000, in fact), encompassing nearly
corporations, and stock exchanges. The				every cuisine in the world. Some of the
city is also home to the United Nations,				big names are Eleven Madison Park, The
along with all of the international				River CafÃ©, Boat Basin CafÃ©,
missions associated with it.				Veritas. Like restaurants, thousands of
History				bars and cafes are there in the city. A
Long before the arrival of European				few old noteworthy among those are:
settlers, the New York City area was				McSorleys Old Ale House, Revival, Push
inhabited by the Lenape people,				CafÃ© and White Horse Tavern.
including such tribes as the				Universities
Manahattoes, Canarsies and Raritan.				New York City is served by the publicly
Major events in New York history				run City University of New York (CUNY),
includeÂ¢ In 1524 the first European				the largest urban university in the
explorer enters New York HarborÂ¢				United States, which has a number of
European settlement begins with the				campuses throughout the five boroughs.
following the 1609 voyage of Henry				The city is also home to a number of
HudsonÂ¢ Founding of the Dutch fur				other institutions of higher learning,
trading settlement in Lower Manhattan in				some of national or even international
1613 later called New AmsterdamÂ¢				reputation, including Columbia
English ships captured the city without				University, Fordham University,
struggle in 1664Â¢ The Dutch formally				Manhattan College, New York University,
ceded New York to the English in the				the Juilliard School, The Cooper Union,
Treaty of Breda at the conclusion of the				Marymount Manhattan College and The New
Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667Â¢ The				School. New York City is also a major
city was renamed New York, after James,				center of academic medicine. Manhattan
Duke of York, and became a royal colony				contains the campuses of the world-class
in 1685Â¢ After the Civil War, the				Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell
rate of immigration from Europe grew				Medical College, and Memorial
steeply, and New York became the first				Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well
stop for millions seeking a new and				as Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
better life in the United States, a role				and NYU Medical Center and their medical
acknowledged by the dedication of the				schools. New York City is home to
Statue of Liberty in 1886Â¢ In two				several of the nation's top schools of
separate actions in 1874 and 1895, New				art and design, including Pratt
York City (and New York County) annexed				Institute, the School of Visual Arts,
sections of southern Westchester County				the Fashion Institute of Technology, and
known as the BronxÂ¢ In 1898, New York				Parsons School of Design
City took the political form in which it				Sports
exists to this day.Â¢ 9/11 changed the				Although in much of the rest of the
political map of the worldPlace of				country American football has become the
interest				most popular professional sport, in New
Tourism is a major local industry, with				York City baseball arguably still stirs
hundreds of attractions and 39 million				the most passion and interest. A "Subway
tourists visiting the city each year on				Series" between city teams is a time of
average. Many visitors make it a point				great excitement, and any World Series
to visit Ground Zero, the Empire State				championship by either the New York
Building, Times Square, Radio City Music				Yankees or the New York Mets is
Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis				considered to be worthy of the highest
Island, Wall Street, United Nations				celebration, including a ticker-tape
Headquarters, the American Museum of				parade for the victorious team.
Natural History, St. Patrick's				Hotels & Accommodation
Cathedral, Fifth Avenue, and the				The City of New York is known as the
Brooklyn Bridge, among other				"city that never sleeps", but its
attractions. There are over 28,000 acres				visitors have to. The city hosts a large
(113 kmÂ²) of parkland found				number of accommodations options.
throughout New York City, comprising				Luxury Hotels
over 1,700 separate parks and				New York has many "grand dames," classic
playgrounds. The best known of these is				elegant hotels that have been around for
Central Park, which is one of the finest				years and endured majestically. The St.
examples of landscape architecture in				Regis, the Waldorf, Tribeca Grand Hotel,
the world, as well as a major source of				Ritz-Carlton New York, Sheraton New York
recreation for New Yorkers and tourists				Hotel and Towers - are some to mention
alike. Other major parks in the city				about.
include Riverside Park, Battery Park,				Budget Hotels
Bryant Park, Prospect Park, Flushing				Besides all those luxury hotels, a large
Meadow-Corona Park, Washington Square				number of budget hotels are available in
Park, and Forest Park.				New York City. They are comfortable,
Museums & Art Galleries				homely and light weight for the pocket.
New York is a city of great museums with				Some of them to mention are - The
the Metropolitan Museum of Art's				Whitehouse Hotel of New York, The
assemblage of historic art, the Museum				Pioneer, Chelsea Center, Guesthouse and
of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's				Harlem YMCA. Except these hotels and
20th century collection, and the				guesthouses, Skyline Hotel and Travel
American Museum of Natural History and				Inn are rare exception among affordable
its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the				hotels for their services and
sciences. There are also many smaller				facilities.
specialty museums, from El Museo del				Tours and Sightseeing
Barrio with a focus on Latin American				To know and see the New York City with
cultures to the Cooper-Hewitt National				no tension way, a number of tour
Museum of Design. A number of the city's				operators are there for travelers help.
museums are located along the Museum				These tours contain city and outskirt of
Mile section of Fifth Avenue.				the city sightseeing. Tours may vary
In addition to these museums, the city				from its contents or theme. It may be a
is also home to a vast array of spaces				helicopter tour of Big Apple or may be a
for opera, symphony, and dance				double-decker bus tour. Some fair tour
performances. The largest of these is				agencies are there in the city. Tours
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,				can be booked from tour agencies or some
which is actually a complex of buildings				hotels arrange them for its patrons.
housing 12 separate companies, including				Another easy way to book any of these
the New York Philharmonic, the				tours is online tour ticket booking.
Metropolitan Opera, the New York City				Some helpful websites for this purpose
Opera, the New York City Ballet, and				are:
Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other notable				Transport
performance halls include Carnegie Hall,				The airport authority owns and operates
Radio City Music Hall, and the Brooklyn				the four major airports in the New York
Academy of Music. New York City boasts a				City area, John F. Kennedy International
highly active and influential theater				Airport (JFK) in Jamaica, Newark Liberty
district, which is centered around Times				International Airport in Newark, New
Square in Manhattan. It serves both as				Jersey, La Guardia Airport in Flushing,
the center of the American theater				and Teeterboard Airport in Teeterboard,
industry, and as a major attraction for				New Jersey.Taxicabs are operated by
visitors from around the world. Broadway				private companies and licensed by the
theaters are considered to be of the				New York City Taxi & Limousine
highest quality in the world.				Commission. Other than cabs, New York
Shopping				City has a mass transit system. Unlike
Shopping is popular with many visitors,				most of America's car-oriented urban
with Fifth Avenue being a famous				areas, public transportation is the
shopping corridor for luxury items.				common mode of travel for the majority
Macy's, the nation's largest department				of New York City residents. The city is
store, and the surrounding area of				served by an extensive network of
Herald Square are a major destination				parkways and expressways, including four
for more moderately-priced goods. In				primary Interstate Highways enter the
recent years 23rd Street has become a				New York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
major location for "big-box" retailers.				The world-famous New York City Subway is
In southern Manhattan, Greenwich Village				operated by the Metropolitan
is home to hundreds of independent music				Transportation Authority (MTA). It is
and book stores, while the East Village				the most extensive subway system in the
continues to prevail as purveyors of all				world. The subway system connects all
things "strange" and unusual which you				boroughs except Staten Island, which is
can't find anywhere else. The "diamond				served by the Staten Island Railway via
district" (located on 47th Street				the free Staten Island Ferry. In
between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) is the				addition to these, city residents rely
city's main location for jewelry				on hundreds of bus lines, both publicly
shopping, and SoHo, formerly the center				and privately operated.
of the New York art scene, is now famous

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