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New York is situated in the northeast
region of the United States of America
over 8 million people call the Big Apple
home and the city attracts up to fifty
million visitors a year
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ever since the colonists arrived in 1624
New York has been continuously shaped by
the waves of immigrants drawn here by
the promise of hope and liberty every
newcomer arrived with a cultural
suitcase that contributed to the sounds
tastes and textures of New York but it
is their dreams which built the city a
city like no other
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New York touches not only the heavens
with its mythic skyline its influence
radiates to every corner of the globe
every street corner it seems is familiar
through documentary movie and song New
York's straightforward grid system makes
it an easy City to explore by foot taxi
or on its subway which just like the
city never sleeps in Manhattan's Midtown
you'll find many of the Big Apple's most
iconic symbols
the art deco-designed empire state
building is one of the most impressive
and endearing skyscrapers ever created
the skyline may have grown up around it
but the view from the 102nd floor is as
breathtaking today as it was when it
first opened in 1931
New York has always been a place where
when the going got tough the tough got
going the Rockefeller Center a visionary
city within a city rose during the
darkest days Great Depression today it's
still a place of creativity inspiration
and even more incredible views of the
city
closer to Earth is Grand Central
Terminal step into the main concourse
and feel the echo of every tearful
farewell and joyous greeting throughout
the station's history New York has
always been the Gateway to the land of
the free but it is also the city of the
Spree the shopping spree the city is
shopaholic heaven and Fifth Avenue with
its eye-popping window displays is the
high temple of the retail world Times
Square one of the most visited tourist
attractions on the planet stand here on
the corner of Broadway and 7th Avenue
and you stand at the crossroads of the
world it's also the place to snap up a
half-price ticket to a Broadway show
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New York has been blessed with generous
Civic spaces but there is no greater
chill-out space in the Big Apple than
Central Park a beautiful 850-acre
network of meadows and lakes this is the
place where New Yorkers come to rest
romance and express themselves
over the decades many New Yorkers made
it big and much of that fabulous wealth
was reinvested into collecting some of
the greatest artworks in the planet
nowadays much of this art is available
for everyone to enjoy
a walk through the Metropolitan Museum
of Art is a walk through 5000 years of
humankind's greatest creative moments
the Frank Lloyd Wright designed
Guggenheim is a different kind of walk
one which spirals ever upward through a
dizzying collection of 20th and 21st
century masterpieces
newcomers to New York spend much of
their time looking skyward but since the
2001 attacks on the World Trade Center a
new attraction gives locals and visitors
a chance to pause and bow their heads
the reflecting absence Memorial and
Museum honors the 3000 people who lost
their lives on that darkest of September
days
New York resonates for the sounds of
over 800 language groups and nothing
epitomizes this diversity like the
city's neighborhoods Little Italy packs
all the tastes and flavors of Italy into
just a couple of streets while Soho
attracts cool cats and well-heeled
Bohemians from all over the world a few
streets away Greenwich Village proudly
retains the café's and bars for creative
residents like Bob Dylan first performed
before becoming American icons and then
there are the boroughs walk across the
Brooklyn Bridge to the melting pot of
Brooklyn
with its own distinctive neighborhoods
museums open spaces and who could forget
Coney Island's
so welcome to New York City the Big
Apple we've only just given you a
bite-sized taste of what this incredible
city has to offer but if you've got an
appetite for the very best things that
life has to offer this is the
destination for you there's enough to
feast on here for a lifetime
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