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Albany is the capital of New York State, but New
York City is the Big Apple.
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New York is called The Big Apple, because in
the 1920s and 1930s jazz musicians said that
the city was the best and most attractive place.
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Eight million people live in New York City
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New York has five boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn,
the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
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Manhattan is the most famous borough and its
where the tourists go!
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Four hundred years ago, the Algonquin Indians
owned the island of Manhattan.
In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter Minuit gave the
Indians 24 dollars to buy the island.
In about 1650, five hundred people lived there
and it was called New Amsterdam.
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In 1664 the British took the town from the Dutch
and changed its name to New York.
At the end of the eighteenth century, many
immigrants started to come to America..
They first came from Germany and Ireland, later
from Italy, Poland, Russia, Africa and China.
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In Manhattan you can travel on subway trains..
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on buses or in a taxi. Here taxis are called
cabs.
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You can take the Water Taxi around the island of
Manhattan
or take the free ferry from Battery Park to the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
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Ellis Island the Statue of Liberty
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Ellis Island was an immigration station in the
past it was the first stop for nearly 17 million
immigrants
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Many famous people came through Ellis Island, for
example Sigmund Freud, Charlie Chaplin and Walt
Disney.
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Until 1820, the population of new York came from
Britain and the Netherlands
Between 1820 and 1860 the city attracted Irish
and German immigrants
Between 1890 and 1919, 3.7 million Italians came
to the USA
Jews from Russia and eastern Europe followed.
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At the beginning of the 20th century millions of
black people came to New York from the southern
states to look for work.
Today immigrants come mainly from Asia and
Spanish-speaking countries, for example Cuba and
Puerto Rico.
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Every year large numbers of people still apply
for the Green Card that allows them to legally
enter the United States
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The Statue of Liberty is the first thing many
immigrants see.
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It was a gift from the French people in 1886. It
is 93 meters high and its arm is 14 meters long.
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People from the same origin often live in the
same area and create their own communities. The
Chinese community is in CHINATOWN
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Little Italy is the Italian community
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Most of the theatres in New York are near Times
Square
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and on Broadway, between 41st and 53rd streets.
There are more than thirty theatres on Broadway.
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The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan to
Brooklyn. When it opened in 1883, it was the
worlds longest bridge.
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Central Park is 6 of Manhattan.
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It has a big lake, hundreds of trees and
beautiful gardens
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The Empire State Building is NYs tallest
skyscraper. Its 381 meters tall and it has 102
floors
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The Chrysler building was built by the famous car
maker. It was finished in 1930.
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The Rockefeller Center includes many buildings,
but it is most visited in winter.
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A huge Christmas tree and a crowded skating rink
attract New Yorkers and tourists.
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But on the 11th of September 2001, (9/11) for
Americans, radical Islamists crashed two planes
into the towers. Today this site is called
Ground Zero.
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