Big Apple, Totem, The City That Never Sleeps is all the names of New York, the most populated of the US cities, one of the world's largest megacities, a city of contrasts: architectural, ethnic, cultural ...
Walking around New York for famous tourist places, recognized sights or making your own routes is everyone's business, but there are a number of places that can not be passed by without, which Americans think you will not understand New York .And the main symbol of the city and the whole country is, undoubtedly, the Statue of Liberty, which welcomes millions of immigrants for almost a century and a half .93 meters high, she proudly bears the name of "Freedom, illuminating the world" .To climb on it, it is necessary to overcome 356 steps .
No less prominent symbols of America - the famous skyscrapers of Manhattan: Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. In memory of those killed on September 11, 2001, the Tower of Freedom is being erected on the site of the towers of the World Trade Center - it is expected that it will be the tallest skyscraper in the world, returning New York to the top of the highest city.
However, in New York, the imagination of a tourist affects not only the skyscrapers. It is known that in confirmation of the exceptional reliability of the Brooklyn Bridge, shortly after its opening in 1883, 21 elephants from a circus circus walked along it - in those years the world still did not know such majestic structures above the water. Its length is 1825 meters - the bridge still serves as one of the main thoroughfares connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan.
In New York, you can easily find small churches in the Gothic style and low buildings of the times of the original building - at first glance they even seem to be a hallucination - they do not tie in with glass and metal buildings.
In New York, a lot of parks and squares. The most famous of them is the Central Park, where everyone will find something to their liking: leisurely walks or picnics on the grass, games with children or a quiet reading of the fresh press, which you can get absolutely free of charge right there on special stands.
However, the Central Park business is not limited - in New York a lot of other interesting places with fountains and numerous monuments. For example, in mid-September, a new sculpture of the "Grandmother of an elephant" by Spanish artist Miguel Barcelolo appeared on Union Square. Similar actions, numerous art galleries and museums of New York are arranged regularly, introducing the citizens themselves and tourists with contemporary art right on the streets of the metropolis.