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Central Park was founded in 1858 by Lava Frederick Olmsted and
Calvert Vaux on neglected areas and wetlands, which in the nineteenth
century there was not anything beyond szopami and workshops. It
is hard to imagine today to look at this 340-hectare area in the
center of Manhattan, full of picturesque hills, lakes, meadows,
skałek and, above all, filled with half a million trees and shrubs.
Various smaller and larger streams and ponds through the more than
30 bridges and bridges, and the total length of lanes and alleys
is over 93 km. Here are children's playgrounds, artificial skating
rinks and tennis courts. It is also a favorite destination for
cyclists and wrotkarzy because every weekend here in force a ban
on vehicle traffic.. more
Sport and recreation
Americans are crazy to the point of recreation and sport. Sporting events are
held here almost every day - from small (private) and bulk (massive) - such
as the New York Marathon, which takes place on the first Sunday in November
and involving more than 25 thousand. hundreds of thousands of athletes and
spectators. For American viewers the most common disputes include: - baseball,
American football, basketball, boxing, golf, tennis, ice hockey, horse racing
and athletics. The biggest sports in New York takes place at Madison Square
Garden in early February - Millrose and at the end of this month - Amateur
Alhletic Union. Tennis is first and foremost a U.S. Open takes place in August
at the National Tennis Center. A tennis tournament in November at Madison Square
Garden.. more |
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Crane has destoryed building, 4 persons killed
 Measuring the lift has laid a few dozen meters on Saturday at the residential
building in Manhattan, killing at least four people and injuring 10 others
- informed the City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The lift was attached to
a wall that is under construction wysokościowca, who has completed 19
out of 44 target floor. The accident occurred during the lengthening
of the crane, to allow the construction of another floor. In the case
killed at least four people, possibly construction workers. In addition,
10 people were injured, including three seriously.. more
Invasionof beetles over Manhattan
 More than 700 thousand beetles released in two residential districts
in New York. They have to deal with local insects, because they did not
want to use conventional pesticides. Beetles comes from the slopes of
Sierra Nevada in the western part of the United States and - in the understanding
that the brains behind the scenes. Insects with the
newly appointed housing for New York Manhattan. This insect can eat greenfly
50 a day and much more of their larvae. Biedronki captures the states
of Oregon, California and Montana, and then are stored in the cold. And
he brings it to its original temperature. When you come to Manhattan,
was "very alive and willing to eat anything that was not only able
to escape" - a participant has a share.. more
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The capital of
the State of New York is Albany, not as many people think of New
York.
New York is the largest city of the United States.
Only 44% of NYC residents are white.
City is visited by nearly 40 million tourists a year.
The are 1700 parks in the city.
Turning on private cars posesjach is a violation of privacy. Property Owner
has the right even to use the weapons. |
| Earth, which is located on New York, in 1524 was discovered
by Giovanni Verrazano years. These areas have long been interested
in the European powers. In 1614 the Dutch set up a trading
post (village commercial), in which mainly the fur trade. In
1624 Dutch Zachodnioindyjska Company is building the first
permanent settlement and merchant called it New (Nieuw) Amsterdam,
and had the New Netherlands colony. The main inhabitants of
the area were the Indians Algonkinowie. The original inhabitants
came from Asia by the Bering Sea a few thousand years earlier,
then rozprzestrzenili along the east coast of the continent.
Consent to settle the Dutch, Indians received the beads and
other trumpery and their value was estimated at about 60 guilders.
In 1626 Peter Minuit buys from Indian górującą the island over
the rocky area known as "Manahatta" (present-day
Manhattan), for 24 dollars. The flowing white settlements and
the settlers brought with them, the black slaves from Africa.
The houses were built then, without any plans. Breed Wegh (today's
Broadway), was created by an Indian trail, known as Weekquaesgeek.
In the village mess and chaos reigned until 1647 when he arrived
in the new Governor Peter Stuyvesant. Cologne, however, does
not bring the expected income. In 1664 virtually without a
fight New Amsterdam passed into possession of the English,
who change his name to New York. At the rise of new governments
settlements, increasing population and the emerging financial
elite. New York becomes the second biggest settlement in 13
British colonies and in 1683 obtained its town charter. Main
source of income were: the exclusive right to export and grain
milling and shipbuilding. Imposed on residents of high taxes
and widely hated even though New York was the total number
of English Crown, to increase resistance. During more than
a century of governance, pro-vided a more English on its own
profits than the welfare of the colony. In the year 1689 becomes
merchant Jacob Leisler rebellion at the head tax and the city
is ruled by two years. Lost by the English for treason.
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