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Vor 2 Tagen · In 1898 Greater New York was formed when Manhattan was joined with the newly created boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. Manhattan is considered one of the world’s foremost commercial, financial, and cultural centres. It is renowned for its many points of interest.
Vor 2 Tagen · The bustling streets of 19th-century Manhattan had a horse problem. The estimated 150,000 horses roaming the city each produced 22 pounds of waste daily. The inauguration of New York City’s ...
Vor einem Tag · The Statue of Liberty is a 305-foot (93-metre) statue located on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, off the coast of New York City. The statue is a personification of liberty in the form of a woman. She holds a torch in her raised right hand and clutches a tablet in her left.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed / suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
Vor einem Tag · Queens was established in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties of the Province of New York. The settlement was named after the English Queen and Portuguese royal princess Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705). [11] . From 1683 to 1899, the County of Queens included what is now Nassau County.
Vor 4 Tagen · Guggenheim Museum, international museum that collects and exhibits modern and contemporary art in New York City and other locations. The architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry are responsible for designing innovative buildings for the museum’s locations in New York City (1959) and Bilbao (1997), respectively.
