Otázka: Washington, D.C. and New York
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): DedecekHribecek
NEW YORK:
- The most populous city in the USA (8 mil inhabitants, 1/3 were born outside)
- Most densely populated in USA
- Located on the east coast in the state New York
- Commercial, financial, industrial, business, cultural centre
- “The Big Apple”, “the Melting Pot”, “the City which never sleeps”
- Home to the headquarters of the United Nations – centre for international diplomacy
HISTORY:
- Under Dutch control in 17th century – New Amsterdam (Dutch bought Manhattan Island from Native Americans)
- Under English control from 1664 – New York
- Capital for 2 years (1789 – 1791)
- 1973 the Twins were built – 11/9/2001
BOROUGHS:
- Manhattan – the oldest, smallest, Downtown, Midtown, Uptown, Central Park, The High Line (Park, Greenway), Wall Street – stock exchange
- Queens – J. F. Kennedy Airport, Flushing Meadows Park (Corona Park)
- Bronx – prestigious private schools, ZOO
- Staten Island – residential, the Statue of Liberty
- Brooklyn – the most populous, Coney Islands, Manhattan + Brooklyn Bridge (fishmongers, warehouses)
CULTURE:
- Broadway – theatre
- Metropolitan Opera
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- American Pop Art Movement – Andy Warhol
WASHINGTON D. C.:
- Capital city of the USA, D. C. = district city
- Seat of the president (Donald Trump), the US congress, the Supreme Court
- 700 000 inhabitants
HISTORY:
- Established in 1790 after American revolution
- War of 1812 – burning of Washington
- Pierre Charles planned the city
- Classicism, The Greek revival
- Art deco, Modernism
SIGHT OF WASHINGTON:
- The National Mall – from the capital to the Lincoln Memorial, NP, in the middle Washington Monument (large white coloured obelisk)
- The U.S. Capitol – home for the U.S. Congress, seat of federal government,
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial – ancient Rome style, in West Potomac Park on the shore of Tidal Basin
- The White House – official home and principal workplace of president, late Georgian style, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- The Vietnam Veterans memorial – commemorates Vietnam war veterans
- Arlington National Cemetery – lots of soldiers are buried here
