"Everybody wants to go to NY!"

One year ago, my parents told to me that in summer'10 we're going to NY. This moment I was very, very happy.

I think that everybody wants to go to NY. Is the city of our dreams.
It's a different city: it has a lot of skyscreapers, shops, musicals, theatres, museums, restaurants... and the people, especially the people there is very friendly.

The first time I saw Times Square was very impressionant. All was light. Light, light and more light. And a lot of people too.
And when I went up to the Empire State. I could looked all the city of my dreams. The skyscreapers, central Park, the streets, yellow taxis...

I want to remember my excursion in Central Park with a bike. All was green, trees, grass... I think that every city needs to have this park. Into, you think that you are in a village. But you are in a city with 8 Milion people!

Also, I enjoyed when I saw by boat the Statue of Liberty. It was beautiful. And I was excited to see that sign represented the freedom of a nation.

And Mamma Mia and Jazz, the rich theatre and the good music.

Finally, I want to remember the enourmous public Library. This is a library. When I saw it, I through: I never see a library since today.

NYC a great city. A city that I want to go another time. And another... I'm never tired about NY.

Wait me! Marc Tolrà

NYC, a movie city.

We're going to see four of the milion films that are in NYC.

First: New York, New York.



Second: Sex and the City

Third: Sex and the City 2



Forth: The Devil wears Prada.

How can I move in the big city of NY?

The best choice is the Subway!





The lines of the subway go north to south by Lexington Avenue and the 6th and 7th Avenue/Broadway and the 8th. The trains Q, N, R, W, E, F, V, and 7 go to Queens to east to west, across Manhattan. The lines A, C, B, D, J, M, Z, L, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, and 5 go to Brooklyn.

See this two video!

Chinatown and Little Italy

Where you are in Chinatown or in Little Italy, you have to remember that you are NYC. It's a city into a city.
It was created because there was an immigration. The people conserved the language and the culture.
Chinatown is bigger than L.Italy. Little Italy is small but it has an italy atmosphere.
Now, there are 200,000 chinese persons living in Chinatown. There are a lot of exotic markets.

We're going now to meet better this places...

1.- Mulberry Street: there are a lot of clothes shops in this street in L. Italy. There are a lot of restaurants, cafés and presents shops... In September, this street has the San Gennaro Festival.

2.- Eastern States Buddhist Temple: This temple has a smell of incense and fruit. There are also many gold candles. You can give a paper with a good fortune by $ 1.

3.- Columbus Park: is the only park in Chinatown. It was built in 1890. There aren't many plants. Many many years ago there were shootings and stabbings every week in there.

See this two videos! Impressionant!

NYC economic restaurants

1 .- Lombardi's Pizza (photo number 2):The Best pizza in town. Baked very thin. It was the first pizza in the city.
2 .- Salaam Bombay: Indian restaurant .
3 .- Caracas Arepa Bar :Food about Venezuela.
4 .- Nyonya: Malay fast food.
5 .- Saigon Grill: Vietnamese cuisine.
6 .- Flor de Mayo: Peruvian, Cuba and China cuisine.
7 .- Republic: Asian noodle dishes.
8 .- Il Bagatto (photo number 1): Italian cuisine.
9 .- La Bonne Soupe: the best onion soup in Midtown.
10 .- Pomaire: Chilean restaurant.

For more information, see this videos!

Other Skyscreaper and history buildings in NYC

1.- G.E. Building: it has 70 floors. It was designed from 1931 to 1933 for Raymond Hood.

2.- Chrysler Building (photo number one): the biggest characteristic is the Shiny steel needle. Is part of New York. The architect was William van Alen. It was built from 1928 to 1930.

3.- Flariton Building (photo number two): it was the first skyscreaper. The architect was Daniel Burnham. It was built in 1902.

4.- Woolworth Building: it has a gothic style. The architect was Cass Gilbert. It was built in 1913.

5.- Lever House: the architect was Gordon Bunshaft. It was built in 1952.

6.- Seagram Buiding, Citigroup Center, World Financial Center and World Wide Plaza.

Here you have 3 videos: the first is the song of "Sex and the City" (you'll see the Chrysler and the Brooklyn Bridge), the second is a documentary of the Chrysler and finaly a documentary of Flatoron Building.








History buildings: St. paul's Chapel, City Hall, Trinity Church, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Carnegie Hall, Cathedral of St. john the Divine, New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Custom House, New York Public Library, Grand Central Terminal.

Now you'll see 3 documentaries: the first is a St. Patrick's cathedral, the second is a New York Public Library and finally, one of the Grand Central Terminal.

Other Museums in NYC.

1.- MoMA (Museum of Modern Art): it was inaugurated 75 years ago. They have the best collection of Modern Art with works of Picasso, Van Gogh and Warhol.

2.- Whitney Museum of American Art: building designed by Marcel Breuer. It has American art of the XX Centaury.

3.- Frick Collection: is the big house of Henry Clay Frick. It Contains a collection of old masters and furniture Limoges.

4.- Brooklyn Museum (photo number 2): contemporany art and collections of asian, african and american art.

5.- Morgan Library & Museum: in 1902, the multimilionary, J. Pierpont Morgan, use this palace to save all his treasure...

6.- Museum of the City of New York: it has the heritage of the city. It has exposicions of fashion, architecture, cultural identity, ethnic traditions and social history.

7.- American Folk Art Museum: is a modern museum. It has works of the XVIII, XIX, XX Centaury.

For more imformation, see this two videos:

Museums in NYC: American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History was inaugurated in 1869. It has 45 galleries. And 30 Milion of objects. Now, we are going to see the differents sections in the Museum!

1.- Dinosaurs and fossils: they have the biggest collection of dinosaurs in the world.
2 .- Mammals: containing natural size animals.
3 .- Life of the Ocean: there are a room dedicated to the ocean world. The Milstein Hall of Ocean.
4 .- Hall of Biodiversity: which opened in 1998 to promote the preservation of the planet.
5 .- Board of the Asian peoples: culture of the area.
6 .- Hall of African Peoples: life in Africa.
7 .- Chamber of meteorites, minerals and gems: contains the Star of India, the largest in the world sapphire.
8 .- Northwest Coast Indians: the life of the Indians in the state of Washington and Alaska.
9 .- human biology and evolution: the origins of man.
10 .- Birds of the World: a million birds in the world.

The Museum appears in the film "Night at the Museum".

For more information, see this two videos:

Museums in NYC: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The architest of this espectacular museum was Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959. Is a museum of abstract art. The Museum has works of Brancusi, Calder, Klee, Chagall, Miró, Léger, Mondrian, Picasso, Oldenber and Rauschenberg.
There are different collections all the year. There are the next works:

1.-Woman ironing (Picasso).
2 .- Woman with Yellow Hair (Picasso).
3 .- Mountains at Saint-Remy (van Gogh).
4 .- In front of the mirror (Edouard Manet).
5 .- Haere Mai (Gauguin).
6 .- Still Life: Vase, glass and pitcher (Paul Cezanne).
7 .- Bidémus (Cézanne).
8 .- The Hermitage, Pontoise (Pissarro).
9 .- Black Lines (Kandinsky).
10 .- Paris through the window (Chagall).

For more information, see this video!

Museums in NYC: Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan is a museum where you can see civilitzations of 5,000 years. It was inaugurated in 1870. It had 174 tables and 3 private european collections. The architect of the building was Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1880.

Elements in the Museum:

1.- European Painting: more than 2,500 tables since 19th Centaury.
2.- Egypcian Art: the museum has an egypcian collection.
3.- Michael C. Rockefeller Wing: Prehistoric Art
4.- USA Art: Art since XVII Centaury to XX Centaury of America.
5.- Robert Lehman Collection: are the clothes of famous people in history.
6.- Costume Institute: Femenim clothes.
7.- Asian Art: asian clothes...
8.- Lila Wallace Wing: collection of comtemporany art.
9.- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
10.- Roof Garden: where is an exhibition of contemporary sculpture.

For more imformation, see this documentary!

Meeting NYC: Central Park

The Central Park has 345 ha. It has 2 Milion visitors/year. They enjoyed a funny and beautiful park.
The architest nwas Frederick Law Olmsteadand Calver vaux in 1858. In 16 years, they planyed more than 500,000 trees and schrubs... The Park has 30 bridges.

Elements in the park:
1.- Great Lawn: a 5 ha of grass.
2.- Bethesda Terrace: a terrace with a lake in front of.
3.- Belvedere Castle: built in 19th Centaury.
4.- The Ramble: a pure nature esplanade.
5.- Reservoir: the lake (43 ha).
6.- Strawberry Fields: a place to memoraded John Lennon.
7.- Conservatory Garden: a garden with trees and sources.
8.- Hans Christian Anderson Statue: in summer, the people read stories near it.
9.- Central Park Zoo: the zoo of NYC.
10.- Delacorte Theatre: in July and August, the public Theatre represents Shakespeare in the Park.

For more information: see this video!

Theatre in New York City!

This are the ten important theatres in NY:

1.- Lyceum (photo number 2): Is the oldest theatre in all the city.
2.- New Victory Theatre: Built by Oscar Hammerstein in 1900.
3.- Hilton Theatre: The Union, in 1998, of the Lyric and Apollo represents the inauguration of this musical (only) theatre.
4.- Schubert Theatre: Built from 1912 to 1913 to represent it musicals.
5.- New Amsterdam Theatre: Modernist Thatre. It's the headquarters of the Ziegfield Follies. Now, it is representing Mary Poppins.
6.- Hudson Theater: Classic lobby with a Tiffany bow windows.
7.- Belasco Theater: Built in 1907 by David Belasco.
8.- Lunt - Fontaine Theater: It can be an open air auditorium.
9.- Palace Theatre: Inaugurated by Sara Bernhardt.
10.- Winter Garden Theatre (photo number 1). Until the year 2000, it representated Cats.

Here you can see two videos: one of Mary Poppins and the other of Cats!

Museums in NYC: Ellis Island Immigration Museum

The Ellis' island is the symbol of the emmigration who built America. To 1892 to 1954, 12 Milion persons left from America.
In this island, the immigration had to do a medical exam and documention. In the island there were 5,000 persons/day. The Museum do a trip of the America immigration.

The passangers arrived to the island. They walked through the original door. In the lobby, they sat in a bank, and they did the medical exam. The person who was healthy could entered to the country (98%). The person who was not had to back to his country (2%).

Now in the museum, there 're 30 galleries with 400 years of history. Example: The Peopling of America. This exposition has objects, maps ...

Every day, you can see a theatre play of the actual immigration.

For more information, see this video!

Meeting NYC: Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is in the port of NYC. It was inaugarated in 1886 by the President Grover Cleveland. It was a present of France to celebrate the centaury of the USA's Independence. The author of the project was Frédéric - Auguste Bartholdi. In the 3rd July of 1986, the Statue of Liberty was opened to everyone.

-In front of the Statue, there's the Castle Clinton National Monumennt.
-You can go by boat to see the Statue of Liberty. Also, you're going to see all Manhattan and New Jersey.
-The Statue of Liberty has 27 metres. Down the Statue, there's a platform of concrete.

There's a story that says that the mum of Bartholdi was de model of the Statue. The seven rays of the crowd represents the seven oceans and the seven continents.

The torch of the Statue is really new. It was bathed in gold in 1986.

See this video to know all the secrets of the Statue of Liberty!

Meeting NYC: The fifth Avenue

The fifth Avenue is in the Midtown of Manhattan. Is the most famous street in NY.

In the XIX Centaury, there were a lot of riches houses and important families. But the shops moved to the north; and the families too. Now, there are a lot of companies and luxury boutiques.

In the Fifth Avenue there is the Grand Army Plaza, the Bergdorf Goodman (a clothes shop since 1894), the General Motors Building (an skyscraper), the Trump Tower (indoor Gallery), the Cartier (a church, built in 1905), St. patrick's Cathedral (a Gothic Temple), the NY Public Library, the Saks Fifth Avenue (the best store in the city) and the Lord and Taylor (a stone's lion. It's in the Fifth Avenue since 1914).

How is a day in Fifth Avenue? See this video!

Meeting NYC: Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is the tallest (443 m) building in NYC with 102 floors. It built in 1929 to 1931, a period when NY didn't have a good time.

In the Empire State Building, there a lot of elevators. There are two groups: the first goes for the floor 1 to the 86th. And another goes to the top of the building.

There are two viewpoints: one in the 86th floor and the other in the 102nd.
On holiday, the needle is lit.

The architect of this impressionant building was William F. Lamb.

In this video, you have got the history of the Empire State:

Meeting NYC: Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is one of the tallest buildings in NYC. Is a shopping center in the center of Manhattan. Is ownen by Rockefeller's family.
Into the building, there's a lot of boutiques. In the building, there's also the Radio City Music Hall.

In front of the building there's a square destinated to the tourism. In Christmas Time there's a skating rink and a enormous fir.

Meeting NYC: Times Square

Times Square is the most important square in the city. Is the light square because there are a lot of advertising along the street. The advertising is with light.

Also, this square concentrated all of the famous musicals in the world. Example: Mamma Mia or the Lion King.

Every 31st of December, the people in NY celebrate the New Year here, in Times Square. The chimes is a ball which is going down. When it arrived down, the New Year started.

In this square there are a lot of shops, restaurants and hotels.
Also, there's an elevator platform, which you can see all Times Square. It's amazing!

The first time I saw Times Square. My eyes were suprised of the light. Believe me, it's impressionant!

NY Districts

NYC has got five districs:

a)The first is Manhattan: is the heart of the city. In this districts there are the most famous sightseeing in NYC. Example: Times Square.

b)Brooklyn:Is the second important district. it has the Brooklyn Bridge.

c)Another secundary districts are Queens, Bronx and Staten Island.

Why are we fans of NYC?

FRANCESC COLOMINA:
I'm crazy about NY. The first time when I saw it was in a film. I saw this skyscreape and I loved it immediatly. Now, I've got a lot of posters in my room and every day I go to NYC by Google Earth. And I've a T-Shirt of I love NY too.

MARC TOLRÀ:
NY is the city of my dreams, but I think that everybody loves the city. Always I see the films which are make it in New York. I went to NY one time and I like it a lot. NY is a different city. The people very friendly. The City is exiting and unique.