Презентация "Интересные факты о Нью Йорке"

New York City

Interesting facts.

The island of Manhattan was sold to the Dutch explorer Peter Minuit by the Lenape Native Americans for trinkets and tools worth $24 

New york is a melting pot of nations and languages.(More than 800)

New York gets 15 times as much snow as the South Pole. 

The popular tabloid New York Post established in 1801 is the oldest newspaper in New York City.

Rockefeller Center had five roof gardens which have been closed since 1938. One of the gardens was shown in the Spider-Man movie.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the USA from France .

For past 35 years New York City has had a vacuum-driven garbage-collection system in some parts that sucks trash through pipes under the streets to collect it at a central disposal location .

The first “White House” where George Washington lived and worked as the first president of the US was where the Brooklyn Bridge now stands.

We all know that NY is home to some of the most beautiful parks in the world, but after 2018 it will also be the only city in the world having an underground park.

We all know how the New Yorkers love pizza, but the city also has an exclusive tour dedicated to the history of pizza in NYC.