NEIGHBORHOODS
The city consists of five neighborhoods called "boroughs"
LOCATION AND AREA
New York is located on the east coast of the United States at the mouth of the Hudson River. The city is open to the Atlantic Ocean and is 165 kilometers from Philadelphia, midway between Washington and Boston (about 360 km), 1,271 miles from Chicago and 4,490 miles from Los Angeles. The city is located at about the same latitude as Madrid or Rome (40 ° 43 'N) and the same longitude as Santiago de Cuba (74 ° 0 ° W).
WEATHER
ENVIRONMENT
The use of public transportation in New York is the highest in the United States and the fuel consumption is comparable to the national average of 1920.39 The New York dense population and low automobile dependence has helped place the city among the most effective greenhouse gas greenhouse energy consumers are relatively low per capita measured at 7.1 tons per person, below the national average, New Yorkers are responsible 24,5.41 one percent of greenhouse gas in the country, despite being 41 2.7% of the national population. The average New Yorker consumes less than half the electricity that the resident of San Francisco and nearly one-quarter of the energy consumed by a resident of Dallas.
The city has recently tried to reduce their environmental impact. Large amounts of pollution in New York led to a high rate of patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases in its habitantes.43 New York also has the largest fleet of buses with hybrid or compressed natural gas in the country, as some of the first hybrids taxis.
New York City is supplied with drinking water from the Catskill Mountains source. a natural filtration process, done at New York is one of five cities in the United States with drinking water pure enough not to need treatment purification treatment plants agua.
TRANSPORT
Transport in New York
New York has a highly efficient public transportation network that allows travel through the city very quickly.
The price of public transport is relatively affordable and has nothing to do with cities like London. With daily bonuses, in particular 7 days, transportation is very cheap.
Main transportation in New York
Metro New York
Although his age is more latent, subway is the most convenient and fastest way to travel long distances in New York.
bus
In combination with bus metro can take you anywhere you want. They are the best choice for small trips observation of life in New York.
Taxi in New York
It's to get from the airport or avoid the rain, taxis always end up being needed sometimes. Meet your rates.
The transport of the card
MetroCard
What do save on shipping or the only way to access the MetroCard subway is imperative.
Car rental
To move around Manhattan rent a car is a poor choice. A New York are frequent traffic jams and parking prices are prohibitive. In fact, many people who make a road along the east coast chooses to leave the car outside Manhattan and move to the center by public transport.
Renting a car is the best option to visit the nearby towns, as the price of public transport is high.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE
the main buildings in New York skyscrapers. Buildings must be higher than the population of the city may have the workspace
the tallest buildings in New York are:
WORLD TRADE CENTER
It is the fourth tallest building in the world and the tallest building in the United States since its coverage May 10, 2013 and is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the tallest building in all offices of the world too.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
Build 23 highest in the world, ranked fourth in the United States; construction of the first world to contain more than 100 floors. Built in just 14 months during the Depression, it was the tallest building in the world since its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center was completed in 1972 and was the tallest building in the new town New York from 2001 until 2013 after the World Trade Center was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
BANK OF AMERICA
29 tallest building in the world, the fifth largest in the United States; first skyscraper to receive LEED Platinum certification
CHRYSLER BUILDING
57th-largest building in the world, the seventh largest in the United States; Construction of the first in the world to climb more than 1,000 feet (305 m); stood as the tallest building in the world from 1930 until 1931; the tallest brick building with steel structure in the world
BUILDING NEW YORK TIMES
57th-largest building in the world, the seventh largest in the United States; also known as Lap time
ATTRACTIONS
1 Times Square
Neon is the heart of the city and the center of the theater district. There are a number of restaurants, shops, street performers, and obviously, the theaters of Broadway.
2 Statue of Liberty
And the United States - the most representative symbol of New York. Tourist barges depart from Bowling Green, Castle Clinton. The price of admission is: Adults $ 10, children $ 4.
3 Central Park
The park has large expanses of grass covered areas, squares, mini-zoo, a skating rink, a carousel, an outdoor theater, trails for walking, biking, skating, horseback riding, and many sculptures and water sources.
4 Brooklyn Bridge
It is the favorite in New York and was the first suspension bridge steel bridge in the world. You can walk through it in about 30 minutes. The view is incredible.
5 Empire State Building
You can see a great view of New York from the lookout on the top floor. Admission is $ 11 for adults, $ 6 children.
6 World Trade Center
The twin towers were the tallest buildings in New York, and the second largest in the world. September 11, 2001, a group of terrorists hijacked two airliners, crashing, hitting and destroying more than 5 buildings in the same complex ... Read Article
7 St. Patrick's Cathedral
It is the largest Catholic cathedral in the United States Gothic decorated.
8 Rockefeller Center
It consists of a set of 19 commercial with an area of 11 hectares buildings. It is also the industrial capital of the communication, which is the headquarters of NBC, some of the largest publishers (Time-Warner, McGraw-Hill, Simon & Schuster), and ... Read Article
9 Chinatown
Walk on Canal Street at the Bowery Avenue and enjoy the flavors of the fish market, fruit and vegetables.
10 Chrysler Building
Art Deco force chief built in 1930, which became one of the most admired structures Manhattan with its gargoyles and stainless steel tips. Tourists can visit the lobby.
MODE
Today fashion is relevant because the city is essentially the center of the fashion world
Here we find the most prestigious agency models, and of course the models most prestigious .Since 1943 celebrated the new Fashion Week Mercedes-Benz york track where fashion designers of Paris, London, Milan and all other fashion capitals together for the biggest event in the world of fashion
designers like Michael Kors and Nanette Lepore are the leaders of the New Yorker design
New York is recognized for all the eccentricities of people's lives and their expression in trivial things like music, art in all cultures, but the identity of New York is in the style of people like
* Hair
* Clothing
* Shoes
* Bags
MUSIC IN NEW YORK AND URBAN TRIBES:
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New York is an important area in the world of music. House of many popular genres such as jazz, rock, blues, classical, hip hop, Latin freestyle, bebop, disco, punk rock, salsa, folk, and so on. New York was an important part of the American music industry.
Many bands and singers were born in the city of New York. It may prove the great influence that New York has been in the music industry. We can mention some of them as: Audio Two, Lana del Rey, Nuclear Assault, Ramones, The Pretty Reckless, Alicia Keys ... and so on.
Hipsters / Hipster Culture
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Rap:
East Coast Rapp
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Origens culturais tardias 1970, New York
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Hip hop:
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Culture of Jazz:
During its history, jazz has evolved from a popular dance music with a unique Difficult recognized and celebrated worldwide art form.
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Hipsters / Hipster Culture
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Rap:
Rap de la côte Est
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Origines culturelles fin des années 1970, New York
Instruments communs Drum Machine, platine, rap, sampler, piano, basse, beatboxing
Pendant soutenue grande popularité 1990.1 En 1980, le hip-hop:
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culture de Jazz:
Au cours de son histoire, le jazz a évolué à partir d'une musique de danse populaire avec une forme d'art unique Difficile reconnue et célèbre dans le monde entier.
La musique de l'identité de jazz est complexe et ne peut pas être facilement isolé ou confiné. Tout d'abord, bien que le terme est souvent utilisé pour désigner un système de langage musical (comme on le fait, par exemple, dans la discussion de la musique classique), le jazz est en fait une famille de genres musicaux membres partagent des caractéristiques communs de placement, mais ne représente pas individuellement la complexité du genre dans son ensemble; deuxième, ses différentes «fonctions sociales» (Jazz peuvent servir de musique de fond pour des réunions ou comme musique de danse, mais l'ONU certains types de jazz exige une écoute attentive et profonde concentration) nécessite un angle différent de l'étude; et troisièmement, la question de la race a toujours été une discussion approfondie de jazz, de mise en forme de la réception publique des IST
