Manhattan Landmarks

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High Line Park NYC

The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated linear park, created on a former elevated railroad on the west side of Manhattan.

Guggenheim Museum

It collects and exhibits modern and contemporary art. There is a spiraling ramp that circles the entire height of the building.

Brooklyn Bridge

It connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, spanning the East River.

Statue of Liberty

It holds the tablet of law its left hand. It has the date of American Independence July 4, 1776, written on it in Roman numerals (July IV, MDCCLXXVI)

Empire State Building

It is a 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. It stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years.

Rockefeller Center

It is a complex of Art Deco buildings from the Great Depression era. It is also famous for its ice-skating rink and its Christmas Tree.

Times Square New York

It is a major intersection in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

Flatiron Building

It is a triangular 22-storey, steel-framed building located on Fifth Avenue. The name "Flatiron" derives from its resemblance to a clothes iron.

Chrysler Building

It is an Art Deco-style skyscraper located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan.It is well recognised for its terraced crown.

Central Park

It is an urban park in Manhattan. Its size is 3,41 km² (4 km×800 m)

Wall Street

It is famous for being America's financial center. The name of the street was derived from a wall on the northern boundary of New Amsterdam. It was built to protect against Native Americans, pirates, and the British.

The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

It is located in the Main Building of the former immigration station complex and tells the moving tales of the 12 million immigrants who entered America through Ellis Island.

Manhattan

It is often referred to locally as the City. It is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collection includes more than two million works of art.

Grand Central Terminal

It is situated in Midtown Manhattan. It is the largest train station in the world in terms of area occupied and number of platforms (44). It is also a shopping, dining, and cultural destination.

Freedom Tower (One World Trade Center)

It is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. One WTC is the tallest building in the United States.

Broadway

It is the oldest north-south main road in New York City, dating back to the first New Amsterdam settlement.

Headquarters of the United Nations

It is the world's largest intergovernmental organization. It maintains international peace and security and develops friendly relations among nations. It has 193 member states.

5th Avenue

It runs along the eastern side of Central Park. It is considered one of the most expensive and elegant streets in the world.

9/11 Memorial and Museum

It tells the story of September 11, 2001, through artifacts, first-person accounts and multimedia displays.

the 5 boroughs

Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island

the NY city grid

There are 12 main North-South avenues and a series of East-West perpendicular cross streets, with Broadway being the only angled road, crossing from the NW of Manhattan to the SE.


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