PowerPoint about New York, grade 7.

1. THE BIG APPLE

2.  ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CITIES IN
THE WORLD
 THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS
 CITY AREA: 1,214.4 km2
 POPULATION: 8,175,133 (JUST THE CITY)

3. IT IS LOCATED
IN THE NORTH
EASTERN PART
OF THE
UNITED
STATES, IN
NEW YORK
STATE, AT THE
MOUTH OF THE
HUDSON
RIVER.

4. IT HAS 5
BOROUGHS:
MANHATTAN,
BROOKLYN,
BRONX,
QUEENS AND
STATEN
ISLAND.

7. BRONX

8. STATEN ISLAND

9. QUEENS

11. HISTORY
 400 YEARS AGO IT WAS THE HOME
OF DELAWARE INDIANS
 THE FIRST EUROPEAN ARRIVED FROM THE
NETHERLANDS
 IN 1626 DUTCH EXPLORER PETER MINUIT
PURCHASED THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
(REALLY ITS SOUTHERN PART) FROM THE
ALGONQUIN TRIBE FOR TRINKETS AND
TOOLS WORTH ABOUT $24 AND BUILT SOME
HOUSES THERE – CALLED IT NEW
AMSTERDAM

13.  IN 1664, THE BRITISH TOOK IT AND CALLED
IT NEW YORK AFTER THE DUKE OF YORK,
THE KING’S BROTHER
 OVER THE NEXT 300 YEARS IT GREW INTO
THE LARGEST CITY OF THE USA
 MANY IMMIGRANTS CAME TO LIVE THERE
(FROM GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, POLAND
AND CHINA) ----------> LITTLE ITALY,
CHINATOWN...

14. ELLIS ISLAND
 FROM 1892 TO 1954, IT
WAS THE IMMIGRANT
GATEWAY TO AMERICA
 TODAY IT IS AN
IMMIGRATION MUSEUM
AND IS PART OF STATUE
OF LIBERTY NATIONAL
MONUMENT

15. LITTLE ITALY

16. CHINATOWN

17. MACY’S – THE
BIGGEST SHOP IN
THE WORLD

19. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

20. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

21. THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY
IT WAS A
GIFT FROM
FROM THE
PEOPLE OF
FRANCE IN
1886 AND
IT STANDS
ON
LIBERTY
ISLAND.

22.  HEIGHT: 93m, STATUE ITSELF:46m
 WEIGHT: 205 TONS
 IT WAS PACKED IN 350 PIECES AND IN 214
CRATES
 REPRESENTS THE ROMAN GODDESS
LIBERTAS
 HAS A TORCH AND THE BOOK OF LAWS,
UNDERNEATH IS BROKEN CHAIN
 HAS A CROWN WITH 7 BRANCHES WHICH
ARE SYMBOL OF THE FREEDOM NEED TO
BE SPREAD OVER 7 SEAS AND 7
CONTINENTS

23. THE EMPIRE
STATE BUILDING

25. TIMES SQUARE
 THE ENTERTAINMENT
CENTRE OF NY – FULL OF
THEATRES, BARS AND
RESTAURANTS
 PEOPLE CELEBRATE NEW
YEAR THERE

26. CENTRAL PARK

27. SOME INTERESTING FACTS
 New York City was the U.S. capital from 1789 to 1790
 New Yorkers travel an average of 40 minutes to work each day.
 More than 47 percent of New York City's residents over the age of 5
speak a language other than English at home.
 New York's Central Park is larger than the principality of Monaco.
 The average sale price of an apartment in Manhattan during the 4th
quarter of 2007 was a whopping $1.49 million.
 New York's Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz, the
company's founder, learned from a study that yellow was the easiest
color for the eye to spot. He was right.

28.  In 2007, 46 million international and domestic visitors came to
New York City. They spent approximately $28 billion while there.
 More than 18,600 restaurants and eating establishments do
business in New York City, and the average cost of a dinner in
2006 was $39.43. That includes a drink, tax and the tip (approx.
15 %).
 Approximately 790,000 companies operate in New York City.
 Although many legends exist about the origin of New York City's
nickname, the Big Apple, most historians agree that it can be
traced back to a writer who covered horse racing in the 1920s. In
The Morning Telegraph, he wrote that stable boys often referred
to New York as the Big Apple, meaning that all horsemen aspired
to race at (and the winner horse got apple at the end of the race).

30. More information on:
 http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc.htm
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
 http://www.nycgo.com/
 http://newyork.citysearch.com/