Introduction to New York
People's Daily Online Real Estate Channel 2003-12-23 17:57
New York is one of the world's megacities, and the largest financial, commercial, trade and cultural center of the United States. It is located at the estuary where the Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean in the northeastern United States. The city covers an area of 945 square kilometers, including 168 square kilometers of water. Population 7.32 million (1990). Consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond. It also includes the small islands of Liberty Island, Ellis Island, Governors Island, and Roosevelt Island. Greater New York City, in addition to the above five boroughs, also includes 26 counties in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with an area of more than 32,400 square kilometers, one of the world's largest metropolitan areas; with a population of 16.8 million, it is the most densely populated area in the country.
New York has a mild and humid climate, with a frost-free period of 276 days a year, an average annual temperature of 11°C, an annual precipitation of 1,091 millimeters, and 123 rainy days.
Originally an Indian settlement. 1626, the Dutch bought Manhattan Island from the Indians at a low price, near the mouth of the Hudson River, a corner of the land opened as a trading post, known as "New Amsterdam". 1664 was seized by the British, renamed New York, the scope of the expansion of the neighboring land and Long Island and so on. 1686 set up the city. 1789 for the United States temporary capital. In 1789, it became the temporary capital of the United States (until 1796), and the first president, Washington, was inaugurated here. 1825 saw the opening of the Erie Canal, which gave New York a year-round navigable waterway to the five tidal flats, and bridged the economic ties between the Midwest and the Atlantic coast, placing New York at an important crossroads for both domestic and foreign trade. With the construction of the New York Central Railroad and a number of railroads and highways, the economy has become increasingly prosperous, and New York has become a major city and port around the world. Inhabitants, racial and ethnic composition is complex, with blacks (about 25% of the total population of New York City), Jews (20%), Italians (15%), Puerto Ricans (11%) and the Irish (10%) of the five ethnic groups descendants of the majority, accounting for a total of about 81% of the population of New York City.
New York is the nation's largest economic center and the third largest industrial center in the country after Chicago and Los Angeles. Industry is most prevalent in the garment and publishing industries, followed by chemicals, electrical appliances, metal products, food, cosmetics, toys, and oil refining. Clothing industry is concentrated in Manhattan, is one of the world's largest apparel industry center. The printing and publishing industry is concentrated in the downtown area, occupying about 1/6 of the nation's printing capacity and 1/3 of its publications. It houses the headquarters of the nation's leading publishing houses. Several counties, of which New Jersey is a part, are also major industrial areas, with industries such as motor and equipment manufacturing, aircraft parts, cosmetics, fertilizers, chemicals, textiles, and leather.
New York is the financial and stock exchange center of the United States and the world. Wall Street, located in the southern part of Manhattan Island, towers over many skyscrapers, concentrating on dozens of large banks, insurance companies and stock exchanges, as well as hundreds of large industrial companies and transportation companies, the general manager's office. New York is also the most developed region of the United States transportation industry, the New York port area shoreline total length of more than 1,200 kilometers, mainly by the lower Hudson River, Long Island Sound and Staten Island west of the waters; water depth of 9.13 meters berths more than 400, with modern loading and unloading, dry dock and storage facilities. Cargo volume ranks 2nd in the country (after New Orleans), but foreign trade is the first in the country (accounted for l / 5 of the country). The port and the river, rail, road and air constitute an integrated transportation system, counting 200 water routes, 14 rail lines, 380 kilometers of underground railroads, three modern airports and a dense network of roads. John F. Kennedy International Airport at the southern end of the Quince area is one of the world's largest airports in terms of passenger and cargo traffic. The islands that are part of the Greater Downtown area are connected by a number of bridges and river tunnels, including the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel (connecting New Jersey and the island of Manhattan), and the Brooklyn Tunnel (connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn), which are important tunnels for automobile traffic. The river is narrower between Manhattan and Brooklyn, with three famous bridges and five underground trolley tracks.
New York is also a national center for culture and education and for television and radio. It has 94 universities and colleges, 976 public schools, and 914 private schools. The City University of New York (CUNY) is the largest, with 17 colleges and a graduate school and 177,000 students enrolled. Columbia University is the city's earliest colleges and universities (founded in 1754), is the most famous private university; followed by New York University and so on. Fuerteheim and St. John's University are famous Catholic schools. There are also numerous museums, art galleries, libraries, research institutes and art centers. The most famous of these is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest in the Americas. The Museum of Natural History is also renowned. New York has the largest number of parks, playgrounds, beach resorts, theaters, opera houses, concert halls, and galleries in the country. There are more than 100 parks alone. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island is regarded as the "landmark" of New York City, built in 1886, is a gift from the French people to commemorate the American War of Independence and the friendship between the two peoples. The Statue of Liberty, with its base, is about 100 meters high, and there are spiral steps and an elevator to the head of the Statue, which is an observation room with a capacity of more than 40 people and a panoramic view of the harbor.
Manhattan is the most important of the New York City boroughs and is known as the "heart of New York City". It is located on the island of the same name and covers an area of 80 square kilometers, the smallest of the five boroughs. Broadway Street is southeast of a northwest diagonal across the island, the island's famous hotels, restaurants, department stores, specialty stores, theaters, concert halls and museums are mostly concentrated here. The central part of this district has Rockefeller Center, gathered many skyscrapers. Located in the southern part of the district on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street at the mouth of the Empire State Building, completed in 1931, the building height of 381 meters, 102 floors. 1973 and built the "World Trade Center" building, and stand two square column-shaped building, 419 meters high, 110 floors, is currently New York's tallest building. Southwest of the Central District is the "Garment District". North neighbor for the commercial prosperity of Times Square. Central District in the west, the Isthmus River, is the seat of the United Nations Headquarters, stands 39 floors of the United Nations Secretariat Building (United Nations Building); its north is the United Nations Conference Hall, south of hundreds of thousands of books for the United Nations Library. Central Park is north of the Central District, the park west of the "Lincoln Center", covers an area of about 6 hectares, is the United States of America's arts and cultural centers, the world's most famous symphony orchestra, opera and ballet troupes often perform here. The southern tip of Manhattan Island is concentrated in the City Hall and the federal, state, city and county offices. Its southeast is Wall Street, east-west, and Broadway Street diagonal intersection. The northern end of Manhattan Island is the black neighborhood of Harlem, filled with dilapidated slums. To the south of the island is the small island of Coney, separated only by a narrow waterway, one of the areas thought of for holiday trips.
Northeast of Manhattan across the narrow Harlem River is the Bronx, an area of about 140 square kilometers. Three sides of the water, west through the Haarlem River through the Hudson River, south across the East River with Long Island, east of the Long Island Sound. Only the north connected to the mainland, is the only district in New York on the mainland. There is a large-scale modern train passenger and freight stations, industry and commerce are very developed.
Brooklyn and Quince both boroughs are located in the western part of Long Island. The former, at the western end of the island, is the most populous of the five boroughs; it covers an area of 231 square kilometers. Its western part is a major port and industrial point. The center of the borough is well developed commercially. Quince, east of Brooklyn, is the largest of the 5 boroughs, 329 square kilometers, with underground tunnels and bridges to Manhattan boroughs, an extension of Manhattan's economic development. Air, land and sea transportation are well developed. The main industrial and commercial centers are located near the East River, which is known as the essence of Long Island. In the center of the district is Forest Hills, which is surrounded by the park of the same name, which was built in 1913 and offers beautiful views.
Richmond is located on Staten Island. Northeast across New York Bay with Manhattan and Brooklyn, an area of 166 square kilometers, is the least populated district, but also the smallest of the five districts in the economic scale. There are oil refineries and other facilities. The southeastern and southern shores are full of parks, beaches and retreats.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building
The 102-story skyscraper that has long symbolized New York's skyscrapers. The top floor reaches a height of 1,250 feet (381 meters). On the 86th floor, there is an observation deck, which, on a clear day, provides a view of the surrounding area for up to 50 miles.
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center
The center of commerce and entertainment is quintessentially American and of great interest in urban architecture. The Promenade Gardens on Fifth Street, between 49th and 50th Streets, is a picturesque place where flowers and plants flourish in all seasons, and the park is surrounded by emblematic buildings such as the PCA Building, the Radio City Music Hall, and the Center Theatre, etc. The production studios of NBC and ABC are located on the 70th floor of the RCA Building. The production studios of NBC and ABC are on the 70th floor of the RCA Building.
Statue of Liberty
The world-famous Statue of Liberty is located on Libertine Island in the New York Bay and is about 46 meters tall. The interior of the Statue of Liberty is hollow, so you can take an elevator right up to the head of the statue. There's also the new Immigration Museum.
The United Nations
New York's history is rooted in Manton, and the history of the modern world is closely tied to the United Nations. The famous UN building was built on an 18-acre site from 42nd Street to 48th Street. The U.N. allows visitors to see the meetings in the order in which they arrive.
Chinatown
Chinatown has a history of more than 100 years and is home to about 6,000 second-generation Chinese. Chinatown is located on the west side of Chatham Square, and the main street in the city is Mott, which houses the Chinese Museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest art museums in the world. It presents the most important issues in the history of art, from the free East to the modern era. There is an American Pavilion where you can get a glimpse of what life was like for Americans in the early days.
Wall Street
Wall Street is the world's financial center. In addition to the world's largest bank building, Chase Bank, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the National Memorial Museum and the Federal Hall, which collects historical evidence of Washington's inauguration as the first president of the United States in 1789, are all located on this street.
World Trade Center
The World Trade Center
is one of New York's newest attractions and is one of the world's leading high-rise buildings with 110 floors. In this high-rise building, in addition to trading companies, there are transportation companies, communication agencies, banks, insurance companies, customs and other public and private institutions, and all activities related to trade and port activities are concentrated here. There are 120,000 people working in the buildings. The World Trade Center occupies an extensive 16-acre site.
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Natural features: New York State covers an area of about 49,576 square miles, with a land area of 47,939 square miles and rivers and lakes covering 1,637 square miles, making it the largest state in the United States bordering on the Mid-Atlantic region (Middle Atlantic State) and the 30th largest state in the nation in terms of area, with a population of about 18.196 million (2000). (2000), winter temperatures of about 40-55 degrees Fahrenheit, summer temperatures of about 70-85 degrees Fahrenheit, in addition to coastal areas, New York State, the average annual snowfall of 40 inches.
Capital: Albany.
Industrial and commercial centers: New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany.
Race: 75% white; 25% non-white, according to the 2000 census, there are about 360,000 Chinese in New York State; New York City non-whites 48 percent.
Politics: New York State is a federal state, with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, and Attorney General being directly elected. There are 20 departments and bureaus under the governor. The State Legislature is divided into the Senate and the Assembly, with 60 State Senators and 150 State Representatives. New York State has 11 judicial districts.
Natural resources: The most valuable mineral resources are non-metallic minerals, including cement, sand and gravel, and gypsum. Metallic minerals include lead, zinc, iron and silver. Hydraulic resources are abundant, and hydroelectric power accounts for one-fourth of New York's total statewide power generation.
Economic overview: New York State's annual GDP is about $668.5 billion (second only to California), accounting for about 8% of the U.S. annual gross domestic product (New York State's population accounts for 7% of the U.S.), with a working population of 8,957,000, of which the non-agricultural working population is about 8,730,000, and an unemployment rate of 4.3% (April 2001), which, if New York State is considered to be a country, can be ranked as the 10th largest economy in the world. largest economy.
According to Fortune 2001, 55 of the nation's 500 largest companies are headquartered in New York State, including 40 headquartered in New York City.
New York City is the world's financial center, with the New York Stock Exchange accounting for more than $1 trillion in daily trading volume, or about 85% of the U.S. financial turnover.
In 2000, the average national income in New York State was about $34,946, ranking fifth in the United States (after Connecticut, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and Massachusetts).
Investment authority: Empire State Development, New York State Department of Economic Development, located in New York City, with 10 branch offices in New York State and offices in London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Montreal and Japan.
New York State has 314 colleges and universities (second only to California's 346), with about 25% of the adult population having received a college or university education, and a highly qualified labor force, which is a major factor in New York's status as a high-tech state. Labor laws and regulations are strict, with 590,000 union members, accounting for 48.2% of the total manufacturing workforce, second only to Michigan's 53.6%. The average hourly wage in manufacturing is $12.50, the 23rd highest in the U.S., and Social Security benefits are about 30% of wages.
Public ****facilities and rates: New York State is located in the Great Lakes region, where hydroelectricity accounts for one-fourth of the state's energy supply, with hydroelectricity and nuclear power generating the rest (New York State has six nuclear power plants).
New York State has a well-connected transportation network, with 16,400 miles of interstate highways and 4,000 miles of railroads, 1,018 long-distance freight carriers, 330 airports, and 94 heliports, transporting 60 million passengers annually, and handling $204 billion in goods through the Port of New York each year, accounting for about 20 percent of U.S. international trade, with one-third of all U.S. air cargo exports coming from the Port of New York. One-third of all U.S. air cargo exports are shipped through New York's international airports.
Important industries:
1. Manufacturing
Electrical appliances, electronic machinery, professional scientific instruments, chemicals, fashion and apparel, fabricated metal products, transportation machinery, printing.
2. Agriculture
Cereals (corn, wheat), grapes, apples, cheese, wine.
3. Services
New York is now the world's largest financial services and business center, other information software and hardware, optical and image processing, information and media industry is also very developed.
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New York is the largest city in the United States and is the economic and financial center of the United States.
On arriving in New York, you can't help but be shocked by the towering buildings. Walking in the street, the first feeling is, more cars, more people, more cabs, more one-way streets; as if into the jungle of skyscrapers. However, the subway station in New York is extremely bad, dirty, not to mention, actually no air-conditioning! The subway stations are dirty and uncooled, which makes summer tourists sweat like a pig, under the heat of the air. But overall, New York's transportation system is quite impressive.
New York City is located in the northeastern part of the United States, Hudson River (Hudson River) into the Atlantic Ocean estuary, for a long, narrow island, an area of about 946.9 square kilometers. The city consists of Manhattan (Manhattan), Brooklyn (Brooklyn), the Bronx (Bronx), Queens (Queens), Richmond (Richmond) and other five boroughs.
Manhattan (Manhattan) is the symbol of New York City, is located in Manhattan Island, an area of 57.91 square kilometers, from north to south can be roughly divided into Harlem (Harlem), Uptown (Uptown), Midtown (Midtown), Downtown (Downtown). Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough and one of the largest black communities in the world, spans 209.7 square kilometers across the southwestern tip of Long Island. The Bronx is located in the northeastern part of Manhattan, across the Harlem River, between Long Island Sound, the East River, the Harlem River and the Hudson River, with an area of 107.3 square kilometers. Queens (Queens) is located in the northeastern part of the island of Manhattan, immediately north of Brooklyn, an area of 307.3 square kilometers, most of the white-collar class working in Manhattan live here, and within the Flushing (Flushing) is in recent years the emerging Chinese community. Richmond (Richmond), also known as Staten Island (Staten Island), is located in the southwest of Manhattan, it and other boroughs are separated by the New York Bay, and New Jersey is also isolated by a narrow waterway. Most of the coast is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the island is 21 kilometers long from north to south and 11 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of about 150 square kilometers, which is the most sparsely populated quiet residential area in New York City, with the majority of residents of Dutch descent.
As early as 1609, the Dutch West India Company on behalf of Henry Hudson (Henry Hudson), sailed into the local harbor, found this place. 1626 Dutch American governor of New Netherland to the equivalent of $24 items, from the Indian hands to buy Manhattan, and in 1653 became the capital of the province of New Netherland, called Amsterdam. The British occupied it in 1674 and renamed it New York. After American independence, New York became the first capital of the United States in 1789. With a population of 33,000 in the next year, it was the largest city in the U.S. In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened, connecting New York, Buffalo, the Great Lakes, and the West, making New York a prominent seaport and a center of world commerce. 1898 saw the merger of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond to form the Greater New York City, and the city began to develop into a global metropolis. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was a large influx of Italian and Eastern European immigrants, and the city's transportation, industry, and education, and economy flourished even more.
"Fifth Avenue" can be said to be synonymous with fashion, ladies, aristocrats and yuppies, the world's most popular commodities can only grab a place here (refers to the Rockefeller Center above the Central Park to Central Park), a variety of window design is a major feature of the street, the end of the century of the glamorous decadence and the vision of the minimalist proposition of the divided up the style of this place, the last few years less than in the past. In recent years, there have been fewer Western ladies in wide-brimmed hats and white gloves, and more hot Japanese girls in heavy foundation.
Central Park: known as New York's "backyard" of Central Park, an area of 843 acres, is a completely man-made natural landscape, every day there are thousands of citizens and tourists engaged in various activities in this area, in 1857, the decision makers of the city of New York will be the city's public use of the green space set aside for the busy and tense life of a place to relax. In 1857, New York City policymakers set aside green space for public use in the city to provide a relaxing place for busy, stressful lives. The park is beautiful in all seasons, with red and green in the spring, sunny and bright in the summer, red maple in the fall, and silver and white in the winter.
The Metropolitan Opera: In 1883, the Metropolitan Opera moved to the corner of Broadway and 40th Street, which led to the development of theaters and restaurants, and in 1920, the rise of film art painted a rainbow of glory, but in 1929, after the collapse of the stock market fell into the abyss of the downturn until the 80's, the splendor of Broadway was gradually restored, and now, this triangle has once again become the focus of New York's entertainment business. Now, the Triangle is once again the center of attention for New York's entertainment business.
Lincoln Center: Located on the Upper West Side, Lincoln Center is the world's largest arts venue, and composer Leonard Bernstein's famous musical "West Side Story" (West Side Story), which is the backdrop for the creation of the Lincoln Center, was built before the completion of this area was New York City's poor. The area was a slum in New York City before the construction of Lincoln Center, but it is now an important stage for the performing arts and one of the city's most coveted residential neighborhoods.
The Tweedledums: The Tweedledums is a small area, just six blocks up and down, with more than a hundred galleries within two or three avenues! The galleries are concentrated between 10th and 11th Avenues, from 20th to 26th Streets, one after the other, so you can spend a whole day strolling around! The galleries in Tweedledum are more avant-garde than those in SoHo, and the works on display are very surreal and otherworldly.
Suwu District: Broadway Street as the center, north of Houston Street, south of Kennedy Street as the boundary, the western part of the ugly duckling into a swan of the Suwu District, the eastern part of the immigrants from China and Italy to gather, the successful transformation of the Suwu District is now everywhere is a high-level boutique display racks, compared to the flagrant Fifth Avenue, the Suwu District is more than a few points from the ease of the design of the emerging new talent in the cast-iron Woody. The building is a battleground for a new generation.
The Statue of Liberty, a 19th-century gift from France to the United States and symbolized by the Statue of Liberty, stands at the entrance to the island of Manhattan, holding a torch and a statue of the Constitution and watching immigrants from across the globe enter the area over the past century and coalesce into a diverse, rich, and energetic new world.
"Upper East Side" for New Yorkers (New Yorker), symbolizing a special class, is to drive a stretch limousine, children wearing expensive private school uniforms, the nanny pushed the exquisite doll carriage shopping, the gate locked inside the courtyard of the mansion, which is now called the "Art Museum Avenue". "In addition to being a millionaire's street, Fifth Avenue, now known as Museum Mile, is the Upper East Side's crown jewel for its rich art assets and elegant, quiet landscape.
Midtown: missed the midtown, equal to miss 2 points 1 of New York, if every city should have its own totem, such as the Greek Parthenon (Parthenon), Rome's Coliseum (Coliseum), the representative of New York is the Rockefeller as the center of the skyscraper complex, this piece of steel and concrete towards the sky race, highlights the 20th century mankind's commitment to the cutting-edge technology of drilling. The skyscraper complex is a symbol of the 20th century's ambition to conquer the skies as mankind endeavors to develop cutting-edge technology.
South Street Seaport: The success of the 11-block South Street Seaport, like many of Manhattan's more gentrified neighborhoods, is a testament to the restoration of the riverfront buildings and piers that were planned as a recreational trail area in 1967, including an old boat moored at Pier 17 and the red-brick warehouse flat-roofed Schermerhorn Row houses ("Schermerhorn Row"). Schermerhorn Row, and the Fulton Fish Market, which smells of fish, present a nostalgic and romantic side of the traditional seaport after the filth and fishy smell is removed.
Washington Square, located midway between Greenwich Village and the East Village, is surrounded by the most bohemian freedom and decadence of New York City, with Greenwich Village on the west side becoming the home of writers and artists since the square was established. The East Village is a little lower in stature, where punks and experimental theater hang out. Within a one-mile radius centered on Washington Square, there are good cafes, pubs, restaurants and all-night jazz bars.
Chinatown: Go to New York Chinatown natural can not go, looking at and you are the same yellow skin of the Chinese, the heart of an indescribable affection and joy, of course, here shopping is also a thing of the past. PEARL is a must for creators of art, "comprehensive supermarket. But even if you don't like art, you'll love Pearl.