New York

Lera Bliznyuk
Form 11-A
New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 784 square kilometers (302.6
square miles), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.
A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world.
New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway
between Washington, D.C. and Boston.
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Most of New York City is built on the
three islands of Long Island, Manhattan,
and Staten Island.
The highest point in the city is Todt Hill
on Staten Island, which, at 124.9
meters (409.8 feet) above sea level, is the
highest point on the Eastern Seaboard
south of Maine.
New York is composed of five boroughs:
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx
and Staten Island; each of which is a
separate county of New York State.
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In 1789, New York city
became the first national
capital of the United States
for a year.
In the 19th century, the city
was transformed by
development relating to its
status as a trading center, as
well as by European
immigration.
New York has several unofficial names, here are the most interesting of them:

• Imperial City, one of the Chicago newspapers described this city as "Rome of America,
Imperial City of the New World".
• Big apple. In the 1930s, one black jazz ensemble liked to call the city where they
performed "the apple." During their performance in Manhattan, these guys did not decide
to call New York an apple, they called it "The Big Apple".
• The city that does not sleep. In one of the magazines in 1012, it was published that "the
largest gas plant in the world will allow New York to add to its name the city that never
sleeps, the title of a place over which darkness does not descend.
• City of fear. In 1975, at the height of the economic crisis, the city was engulfed in a wave
of affordability. Outraged by the cut in wages, policemen distributed leaflets on the streets
with the title "Welcome to the city of fear", which described tips for independent survival.
The Statue of Liberty 

The Statue of Liberty is another

iconic landmark. It is a colossal
neoclassical sculpture on Liberty
Island in New York Harbor. The
copper statue, a gift from the
people of France to the people of
the United States, was designed by
French sculptor Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi and built by Gustave
Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on
October 28, 1886.
The Empire State Building 
The Empire State Building is an
iconic 102-story skyscraper in
Midtown Manhattan. It was the
tallest building in the world from
1931 to 1972. The building has a
roof height of 381 meters (1,250
feet), and with its antenna spire
included, it stands a total of 443
meters (1,454 feet) high. The Empire
State Building is in the Art Deco
style, characterized by decorative,
geometric designs.
One World Trade Center 
• One World Trade Center also
known as the Freedom Tower is
the main building of the rebuilt
World Trade Center complex in
Lower Manhattan. The supertall
structure has the same name as the
North Tower of the original World
Trade Center, which was
completely destroyed in the
terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001. At 541 meters (1,776 feet),
One World Trade Center is the
tallest building in the Western
Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest
in the world.
Thank you