New
York City – Wow! New York City is the
apple of many an eye. This is the city that never
sleeps and that houses our nation’s freedom
symbol, The Statute of Liberty , which stands at 305
feet tall from her foundation to her torch and weighs
in at 450,000 pounds. Her waist is 35-feet, and her
index finger is 8 feet long.
New York City is made up of five
boroughs-Manhattan and Staten Island are islands;
Queens and Brooklyn are on the western tip of Long
Island and the Bronx is part of the mainland.
This
monumental powerhouse of a city has 6,374.6 miles
of streets and 578 miles of waterfront and is proud
to boast that The New York Stock Exchange
is the world's largest exchange doing an annual volume
of trading at $5.5 trillion. The subway in New York
is the world’s largest carrying over 4.5 million
people per day on its 656 miles of system. The world's
largest gothic cathedral under construction since
1882, Church of St John the Divine, 215 different
bird species in Central Park, and amazing boardwalks
at Coney Island and other places. Beach’s boardwalk
is 2 ½ miles long.
On Friday, January 1, 1892 Ellis Island
opened its doors and from 1892 to 1924, 12 million
immigrants entered the United States. It’s no
wonder that 8,000,000 people, 1.5 million in Manhattan
alone (that amounts to 67,000 people per square mile),
call New York City their home.
Wonder
of Wonders, New York, NY encompasses Broadway
and Times Square and the best nightlife and
entertainment in the nation. There’s all this
and much more in one big city that never sleeps. On
September 11, 2001 3,000 of our fellow Americans died
tragically in the bombing of the World Trade Center
so be sure to pay respects as you visit the newly
erected memorial. Remember our troops fighting for
our freedom with a moment of silence and prayer.
If that’s not enough to keep you coming back
again and again then think of the best restaurants
and shopping this nation has to offer. Come see New
York, it’s all this and a whole lot more! After
you’ve decided to extend your stay you’ll
be walking around singing, “I love New
York”!
