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The most iconic places in New York City

New York is mainly associated with skyscrapers, but not only.

Architecturally significant buildings include the Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, all built in different styles. The city is also famous for its elegant brownstone townhouses and large single-family houses in styles such as Tudor revival and Victorian architecture. 

New York has two main concentrations of skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan, each with its own uniquely recognisable skyline. Lower Manhattan has seen reconstruction in recent years, including the construction of the new One World Trade Center, with projects by architects such as Santiago Calatrava and Frank Gehry.

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The most iconic places in New York City
In New York City, architecturally significant buildings include the Woolworth Building, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, all built in different styles. New York has two main concentrations of skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan, each with its own uniquely recognisable skyline. New York is the main port of call for tourists coming to the United States and is one of the most iconic cities in the World.
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The history and the skyline
New York was founded by the Dutch in 1624 as Nieuw Amsterdam and grew to become one of the most important cities in the world. In 1664, the English conquered the city and renamed it New York. In the 19th century, the importance of New York harbour increased due to the opening of the Erie Canal, which connected it to the Great Lakes region. This made New York the main port of call for goods and immigrants from Europe. The population grew rapidly between 1874 and 1898. Due to high land prices, taller and taller skyscrapers were built, including the Empire State Building, which opened in 1931.
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Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is an Art Deco skyscraper located in New York City at the corner of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Standing 443 metres tall, it was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1970. In 2000, it was nominated as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, and in 2007 it was ranked number one on the American Institute of Architects' list of best-loved buildings.
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Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a landmark monument of New York and the United States of America, unveiled in 1886. It stands on Liberty Island in the middle of Manhattan Bay, at the entrance to the Hudson River Harbor. Built by Frenchman Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi with the collaboration of Gustave Eiffel, it was a gift from France to the American people.
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Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge, designed by German engineer John Augustus Roebling, is the world's first steel suspension bridge, connecting the island of Manhattan and the borough of Brooklyn across the East River. Construction began in 1869 and required the labour of 600 workers, but also claimed the lives of 27 people, including designers and workers due to gas embolism.
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Central Park
Central Park, the largest public park in Manhattan, is located between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side and is known as New York's 'green lung'. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it is rectangular in shape and about 4 kilometres long. Although it looks natural, the park is largely man-made, as the pre-existing land had quarries, depressions, swamps and squatter shacks.
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Times Square
Times Square is a major crossroads in New York City, bordered by seven buildings and a railway station. It stretches from West 42nd Street to West 47th Street, between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, in the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan. Although smaller than other world-famous squares, such as Moscow's Red Square and Madrid's Puerta del Sol, Times Square has become a landscape icon and a symbol of New York City, thanks to its large digital and animated billboards. It is also one of the busiest pedestrian areas in the world.
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St Patrick Cathedral
St. Patrick's Metropolitan Cathedral is New York City's principal Catholic place of worship, and was built between 1853 and 1878 in the Neo-Gothic style by architect James Renwick Jr. on the site of a former orphanage run by Trappist monks.  Work was suspended due to the Civil War but resumed later, and the cathedral was finally consecrated in 1879. The two bell towers were completed in 1888.
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Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building was built in the same Art Deco style as the Empire State Building. It was originally created as the headquarters of the Chrysler automobile company and was the world's tallest skyscraper from 1929 to 1931.
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Grand Central Terminal
The Grand Central Terminal railway station, located in Midtown Manhattan, is the largest in the world in terms of the number of platforms - no fewer than 44 - and 67 tracks. The 19-hectare building was created by the New York Central Railroad in the golden age of long-distance rail transport.
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One World Trade Center
The One World Trade Center, known as the Freedom Tower, is the main skyscraper of the new World Trade Center in New York and is 1776 feet (541 m and 33 cm) high, with 94 floors and 75 of them fully usable. This number was chosen because it represents the year of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2013 with the addition of a 100-metre-high antenna. Surrounded by other buildings, including a residential one, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum is located nearby and houses images, memorabilia and historical artefacts relating to the attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a commercial complex of 19 buildings located in Manhattan, near Fifth Avenue and Central Park. The construction of the complex was the brainchild of the Rockefeller family, one of America's most famous banking families. Construction began on 17 May 1930 and was completed on 1 November 1939, comprising 14 Art Deco buildings. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, four more towers were added on the Avenue of the Americas, on the west side of the complex. Rockefeller Center is one of the largest private complexes in the world.
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Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building, one of New York's most famous and oldest skyscrapers, is still one of the tallest buildings in the United States and New York, despite being built over a hundred years ago (1910-1913). Conceived as 'the cathedral of commerce' because of its resemblance to Gothic cathedrals, the skyscraper has been renovated twice, in 1946 and between 1977 and 1981, when it was repainted in the colours that still distinguish it today and modernised to meet new commercial standards.
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Wall Street
Wall Street is an eight-block street in the Financial District of Downtown Manhattan, New York. It was so named because it marked the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement. Wall Street is home to the New York Stock Exchange, representing the financial centre par excellence of the United States and the world.
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