All about NY
- Bronx: one of the five different boroughs, or area, of NY.
- The other areas are — Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the island of Man-
hattan *where the center of the city*
- Times Square: Is located in the centre of the theatre district. Most of the main the-
atres, rehearsal an audition halls are there. People go here to celebrate New Year’s
Eve.
- The building where the ball comes down during the countdown to midnight on
New Year’s Eve. There are Broadway theatres all around with rights Maarc ad-
vertising the shows that were playing in them.
- The New York Times: city’s most prestigious newspaper.
- GRID SYSTEM: It’s very easy to get around Manhattan because most of the streets
and avenues are numbered.
The only part of Manhattan that isn’t in a grid system is the most southern part. That’s
where the original settlement was located.
The grid system was stabilised in 1800 to give some sense of order to its expansion.
- the streets go north-south and increase in number as you go north.
- The avenues go east-west and increase in number as you go west.
- Hell’s Kitchen: it is a very tough neighbourhood because it was very near the piers
where the ships used to arrive and there were a lot of gangs in the area. Many of
the old buildings have also been renovated and it’s a much more expensive neigh-
bourhood now. A lot of actors and dancers still live here.
- Thanksgiving: is commemorates how the Native Americans, or Indians, helped the
first English settlers in Massachusetts survive their first difficult year in the New
World.
- They gave them food and showed them what vegetables to plant.
- The English settlers celebrated their first harvest by inviting the Indians to a big
dinner to thank them for their help.
- Families still celebrated this holiday as a day to give thanks for all the good
things they’ve goy by getting together and having a big turkey dinner.
- New York adds a special touch to this holiday by having a big parade on
thanksgiving morning that is televised nationally.
- It’s organised by a famous the Burns store and is more than three hours
along.
- Marching bands from high schools from all over the country play in it.
- there are also lots of clowns and famous people who ride in elaborate
floats.
- the most impressive things in the parade are the enormous balloons that
are part of it and can be as big as 20 metres high.
- turkey: it is a Native American bird which quickly became the main dish for any spe-
cial meal in the United States.
- Soho: it is an area with a lot of fancy stores and art galleries. This buildings were all
small factories at the beginning of the 20th century and people started converting
them into apartment buildings a few decades ago. They’re called loft apartments
and take up the whole floor.
- The Statue of Liberty: it is on an island in New York harbour called Liberty Island.
There’s a ferry service that takes tourists there from the southern tip of Manhattan.
- Was the first thing that immigrants saw when they came to the United States.
- Was a gift from the French government in 1876 to commemorate the 100th an-
niversary of the founding of the USA.
- Bronx: one of the five different boroughs, or area, of NY.
- The other areas are — Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the island of Man-
hattan *where the center of the city*
- Times Square: Is located in the centre of the theatre district. Most of the main the-
atres, rehearsal an audition halls are there. People go here to celebrate New Year’s
Eve.
- The building where the ball comes down during the countdown to midnight on
New Year’s Eve. There are Broadway theatres all around with rights Maarc ad-
vertising the shows that were playing in them.
- The New York Times: city’s most prestigious newspaper.
- GRID SYSTEM: It’s very easy to get around Manhattan because most of the streets
and avenues are numbered.
The only part of Manhattan that isn’t in a grid system is the most southern part. That’s
where the original settlement was located.
The grid system was stabilised in 1800 to give some sense of order to its expansion.
- the streets go north-south and increase in number as you go north.
- The avenues go east-west and increase in number as you go west.
- Hell’s Kitchen: it is a very tough neighbourhood because it was very near the piers
where the ships used to arrive and there were a lot of gangs in the area. Many of
the old buildings have also been renovated and it’s a much more expensive neigh-
bourhood now. A lot of actors and dancers still live here.
- Thanksgiving: is commemorates how the Native Americans, or Indians, helped the
first English settlers in Massachusetts survive their first difficult year in the New
World.
- They gave them food and showed them what vegetables to plant.
- The English settlers celebrated their first harvest by inviting the Indians to a big
dinner to thank them for their help.
- Families still celebrated this holiday as a day to give thanks for all the good
things they’ve goy by getting together and having a big turkey dinner.
- New York adds a special touch to this holiday by having a big parade on
thanksgiving morning that is televised nationally.
- It’s organised by a famous the Burns store and is more than three hours
along.
- Marching bands from high schools from all over the country play in it.
- there are also lots of clowns and famous people who ride in elaborate
floats.
- the most impressive things in the parade are the enormous balloons that
are part of it and can be as big as 20 metres high.
- turkey: it is a Native American bird which quickly became the main dish for any spe-
cial meal in the United States.
- Soho: it is an area with a lot of fancy stores and art galleries. This buildings were all
small factories at the beginning of the 20th century and people started converting
them into apartment buildings a few decades ago. They’re called loft apartments
and take up the whole floor.
- The Statue of Liberty: it is on an island in New York harbour called Liberty Island.
There’s a ferry service that takes tourists there from the southern tip of Manhattan.
- Was the first thing that immigrants saw when they came to the United States.
- Was a gift from the French government in 1876 to commemorate the 100th an-
niversary of the founding of the USA.
