NEW YORK,THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS!

New York City,with its over 8 milion inhabitants,is the capital of the USA. It is known as "the Big Apple" because it offers huge opportunities to people who settle or work there. Another nickname is "the city that never sleeps", because of its frantic and exciting life night and day New York is also called "the melting pot" because it is a cosmopolitan multiethnic and multicultural city,where about 200 languages are spoken! In a neighborhood with the aim of perseving their cultural identity.The most popular neighborhood are Chinatown,Little Italy,Greenwich Village,Soho and Harlem. New York is divided into five boroughs:Manhattan,Brooklyn,Queens,Staten Island and The Bronx. Manhattan is the heart of New York City. Despite its small area,there is the highest concentration in the world of restaurants,hotels,museums and theaters. Fifth Avenue,with its elegant buildings

and glittering shops,is one of the most famous streets in the world. Another well known place is Time Square,the heart of the theater discrit Broadway. Wall Street there is the most important Stock Exchange in the world. Central Park,the "lungs" of the city,is the largest park in New York,very popular all over the world. The Empire State Building is one of the highest skyscrapers in the world. In the area where the Twin Towers stood,commonly called "Ground Zero",the One World Trade Center is now under construction.