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NEW YORK and WASHINGTON

VY_32_INOVACE_15-03. NEW YORK and WASHINGTON. History Geography Sights Culture and Sport. Autor: Bleff , Název: NYC Montage 2011.jpg Zdroj : http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:NYC_Montage_2011.jpg. New York. History of New York. 1524 – G. Verrazano - landed

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NEW YORK and WASHINGTON

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_15-03 NEW YORKandWASHINGTON History Geography Sights Cultureand Sport

  2. Autor:Bleff, Název: NYC Montage 2011.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:NYC_Montage_2011.jpg New York

  3. History of New York • 1524 – G. Verrazano - landed • 1609 – H. Hudson - explored • 1614 – Dutch – colonizedWall Street • New Amsterdam • 24$ fromIndians • 1664 Charles II gaveit to brotherDukeof York, 1669 – English N. York • thelargestUS city • thefirstcapitalaftertheConstitutionwasaccepted • a seaport, financial, business andcultural centre • 4 airports (JFK, Newark…), thelargestsubwaysystem

  4. Geographyof New York • The City of New York (state New York) • north – eastofthe USA • ‘between’ Washington and Boston • Hudson, Eastand Harlem Rivers • environmentally friendly city: • public transport • modern ecological buildings and skyscrapers • 5 areas: • Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island(Richmond) • Long Island, Liberty, Ellis, Roosevelt Islands • more than 8 mill. inhabitants

  5. Sights of N.Y. • Manhattan‘Heavenly Land’ • oldest, most important part, tallestbuild., expensiveshops, schools, financialandcultural centre, streets and avenues • WallStreet: • 1792 open-air money market • 1929 – WS Crash • 1930s Great Depression – Washington Bridge, Chrysler, Empire StateBuilding, … • WWII – refugees: Einstein, Chagan • 1953 UnitedNations, 1973 WTC- 09/11/2001, Ground Zero • Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick´s Cathedral • Central Park, Lincoln Center, Statue of Liberty, New York Stock Exchange • Harlem – poor, unemployed people

  6. Autor:David Shankbone, Název: Empire State Building by David Shankbone.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Empire_State_Building_by_David_Shankbone.jpg Empire StateBuilding

  7. Culture and Sport in N.Y. • Columbia and N.Y. Universities • Broadway, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center • Metropolitan Museum ofArt • GuggenheimMuseum • Metropolitan Opera House, NY State Opera • Stadiums: • Yankee, Shea, MadisonSq. Gardens

  8. Autor:Bruin, Název: Rockefeller-ice.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Rockefeller-ice.jpg Rockefeller Center

  9. History of Washington D.C. • from 17th cent. firstsettlements • as thecapitalchosen in 1790 (plannedandbuilt) – by G. Washington • destroyedduring Br. – Amer. War • A. Lincoln assassinatedhere • namedafterthefirstAmerican president • no skyscrapers

  10. Autor:U.S. Census Bureau, Název: Washington, D.C. locatormap.svg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Washington,_D.C._locator_map.svg Washington - map

  11. Geography of Washington • on thePotomacRiver • easterncoastofthe USA • Districtof Columbia • legislative, administrative, judicial center • 600,000 inhabitants • 4 sections: • NE, NW, SE, SW • fromtheCapitol: • NS – numbers, avenues • EW – letters, streets

  12. Autor: Epicadam, Název:DCmontage4.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DCmontage4.jpg Washington

  13. Interesting places in Washington • TheWhite House • TheCapitol • CapitolHill • SeatofCongress, House ofRepresentatives, theSenate • LibraryofCongress • Pentagon • TheMall – a 2 mile park line • TheCapitol – Washington Monument • Washington Monument • 170m high obelisk, the tallest structure, 50 flags around • panoramicview • The Supreme Court, the Arlington National Cemetery • Lincoln Memorial, JeffersonMemorial, Americansoldiers` memorials

  14. Autor: Matt H. Wade, Název:WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG TheWhite House

  15. Culture in Washington many museums: • National Air and Space Museum • Br. Wrights, Ch. Lindberg, moon rocks… • JFK Center for Performing Arts • Opera House, Concert Hall, Am. Film Institute Theatre • Museum of African Art • Smithsonian Institute • National Gallery of Art • West and East Potomac Parks, Constitution Gardens

  16. Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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