we pass the Statue of Liberty, donated by France and build by Gustave Eiffel
there are long lines for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty
looking out at Newark on the other side of the Hudson River
looking down on Macys
the Panam building seen from the Empires State building
sorry, Wallstreet is closed for the day
looking south towards the WTC towers
With almost 9 million citizens
New York City is the most populous place of the USA.
The city sits at the mouth of the
Hudson River that empties in a large natural harbor.
Today NYC is the financial, economic and cultural center of the USA.
It
al started in Lower Manhattan as a Dutch trading settlement called
New Amsterdam. In 1667 the Dutch formally ceded the
place to the English in exchange for the Spice Island Run. It was renamed New York.
Historically New York is
the entry point for immigration to the USA. By the end of the 19th century many millions of European immigrants had passed the
Statue
of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island for disembarkment and screening.
New York continued to grow, skyscrapers were build like the
Empire State Building (1931) and the two towers of the World Trade Center.
We visited New York City several times, the pictures are from
1988 and 1990.
the Empire State Building reaches a height of 443 meters
on top of the World Trade Center at 415 meters
the aging Brooklyn Bridge from 1883 and Manhattan Bridge from 1912
from the Staten Island Ferry you had a nice view of lower Manhattan with the WTC towers
in Central Park