New York

It is said, New York is one of the most exciting city in the world. Every year, is visited by twenty million people from all over the world. Tourist know many streets, avenues and buildings before they come. Although New York is more famous, Albany is the capital of New York State.
It is called ¨The Big Apple¨, due to the fact in 1920s and 1930s jazz musicians in the United States, all wanted to work in New York and they said: ¨There are a lot of apples on the tree, but when you take New york city, you take ¨The Big Apple¨.
Lots of famous singers, actors, etc, live or have lived there. Usually, when people think of New York, think of Manhattan, but New york has got five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.
The Manhattan Island was the home of the Native American people called the Algonquin Indians, four hundred years ago. In 1626 the Dutchman Peter Minuit, gave the Indians about twenty four dollars for the island, and built some houses, and it was called: the little town of New Amsterdam. In 1664 the British took the town and changed its name to New York.
In (1775-1783) there was the War of Independence, between the British and people from North America. Finally, the British left and U.S.A had, its first president: George Washington. In 1790, millions of people from all over the world, came to America, nowadays seven and half a million people live in New York.
Travel is easy in Manhattan, subway trains are the main transport in New york. Although they are dirty and noisy, they are cheap and quick too. Another very well known transport is yellow taxis, called yellow cabs; even there is also a ferry too, to see and learn a lot, about the city.
New York is famous for their skyscrapers. Empire State and the World Trade Center had been the tallest buildings until a nasty attack in September the eleventh, when planes crashed into the two towers, of The World Trade Center.
The Statue of Liberty ( a present made by France) is all a symbol of the city, Wonderful views can be seen from it.
Places as Chinatown and Rockefeller Center must be mentioned too, where you can find interesting shops, restaurants and cafés.
A quiet place to get away from the noise of the city, is Central Park, with beautiful gardens and a Lake.
There are more than sixty museums in Manhattan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the biggest, others are special and original like Museum of moving Image or the New York City Police Museum.
Shopping, eating and going out at nights are other ways of entertainment.
Many theatres take place on Broadway, ¨ the city never sleeps¨.
Americans love sports too; baseball, ice hockey and tennis. They make New York, very famous by their two baseball teams: the Mets and the Yankees.
Finally, parades are very celebrated by New Yorkers, there is always one in some part of the city most months of the year. ¨St Patrick´s day Parade¨ is the biggest. American´s Independence Day and Halloween Parade are known all over the world and even one of this, has left some influence, in many countries.