Washington and NY

Washington, D.C. – District of Columbia

• Named after the county’s first president G. Washington

Location

• On eastern coast of the United States

• Situated on the Potomac River

• Located in a special district - “The District of Columbia”

• Divided into four sections

Population

• 623 000 inhabitations

River

• Potomac River

Transport

• Subway – 5 lines

• Taxis, buses

• 3 airports

History

• Became the capital after the Compromise – Moving the capital from Philadelphia to the Southern U.S.

• Designed by the French architect – first city in the world to be designed and newly built as the capital

The White House

• The official residence and workplace of the President of the USA

• Built between 1792 and 1800

• 132 rooms, partly opened to public

• Not always white, painted white after the War with British of 1812

The U.S. Capitol

• Seat of the Congress

• The highest building in Washington – congress has highest power

• The House of Representatives and Senate

• Library of Congress (Thomas Jefferson building)

• No taller building than the Capitol

National Mall

• A large open area in the centre of the city

• Starts at the Capitol and extends for two miles ending at W. Monument

• W. Monument, Jefferson Memorial, National WW II. Memorial

• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

  • The newest memorial

  • In honour to Martin Luther King and his fight for racial equality

Lincoln Memorial

• Form of Greek temple

• American National monument

• Site for Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech

Washington Monument

• 170 m tall obelisk

• Surrounded by fifty flags

• Elevator inside – the top offers a panoramic view

The Pentagon

• The centre of military forces

• Pentagonal shape

New York City

• “The Big Apple” or “The City That Never Sleeps”

Rivers

• The Hudson river forms the border between the states of NY and New Jersey

Population

• 8 500 000

Transportation

• Subway system

• Grand Central Station – world’s largest railway station according to number of platforms

• Yellow cabs

• Three main airports

5 boroughs

• Queens – rich people, JF Kennedy Airport

• The Bronx – centre of crime, Bronx ZOO – the biggest in the world

• Staten Island – ferry to Manhattan

• Brooklyn – Coney Island

• Manhattan

The Brooklyn Bridge

• One of the oldest bridges in the U.S

• Over the East River – connecting the Manhattan and Brooklyn

Manhattan

• Times Square, Empire State buildings, Central, Chinatown

• Statue of Liberty – symbol of democracy and American independence

  • Has torch in her right hand, in her left hand there is a table with date of the Day of Independence – 4.7.1776

  • Given to the USA by France

Times Square

• Symbol of the city

• Has commercial part

• Digital advertiser

Wall Street

• Street in Manhattan

• Financial centre of the U.S

Broadway

• Its symbol of theatre

The Central Park

• Biggest park in the NYC, located in downtown, contrast between surrounding and the beauty of nature

Ground Zero

• It’s the point on the Earth’s surface closest to a detonation

9/11

• “Twin Towers” – it was New York’s tallest building

  • It crashed down as a result of a terrorist attack