new york II.

1. The first European, who visit the area of New York was Giovanni da Verrazano. He was an Italian navigator in the service of France who landed in 1524.

2. The area had been inhabited by The Algonquian and the Iroquois groups

3.The New York river is Hudson River. The river was named after Henry Hudson. The English navigator famous for four great voyages.

4. The two original names of New York were New Amsterdam and York Amsterdam.

5. In New York lived 33,000 people, when George Washington became president.

6. The Brooklyn bridge opened on 24. May in 1883.

7. The first skyscrapers were built in Chicago -The Flatiron Building and in New York in 1902.

8. The first African American mayor of New York was David Dinkins.

summary of the stories about the names of NY

Short summary of the stories about the names of NY

America's most populours city, New York, the “Big Apple”, is one of the world's leading commercial, financial, and cultural centres. In postal addresses, “New York” is synonymous with “Manhattan”.
The Big Apple - king of the hill, top of the heap, New York, New York. It's got its fair share of the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses. It has also world-class museums, big statues, even bigger buildings, outrageous excess, and a whole lot of whooo-wheee!
New York is a densely packed mass of humanity and all this living on top of one another makes the New Yorker a special kind of person.

"introduce yourself"

My favourite day is friday, because i go at home & have free time for pleasure,
my favourite meal is domestic food like soup, tomato, big salat and sweetmeat,
my most marked characteristic is talkativiness,
my greatest achievement is my talent of music, design, dance and art,
i would like to live in different country of the world, maybe in New Zeland:)
my greatest extravagance is shopping, when i havent money:)
i would spend my next holiday on Jamaica, Cuba or Dominican Republic for 6 month just relaxing, if money was not problem:)
i most dislike perfidy, lie and poorness , special in Africa,
i most like quality in a man, if he amusing, simple, openhearted, suprising and gentle is:)
i most value in my friends, when they are help me in heavily moment,
if i won a million USD, i would traveling all over the world and then take rest:)
i picture myself in 25 years with successful husband, 2 beautiful children, ofcourse they are studing like me today and have free time for traveling again:)