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1、NewYorkNewYorkismadeupoffiveseparatecounties,whicharecalledboroughs:Manhattan,Queens,Brooklyn,theBronxandStatenIsland.AlthoughManhattanisthesmallestofthefiveboroughsofNewYorkCity,itistheglitteringheartofthemetropolis.Itisthesiteofvirtuallyallofthehundredsofskys
2、crapersthatarethesymbolofthecity.EmpireStateBuildingEmpireStateBuildingislocatedon5thAvenueinNewYorkCity.Itstands381mhigh.Whenitwascompletedin1931,itwasthetallestbuildingintheworld.Althoughitnolongerholdsthatdistinction,itisstillregardedastheultimateAmericansky
3、scraper.EmpireStateBuildingconsistsof102storiesofofficespaceandpublicviewingplatforms.UnitedNationsHeadquartersIn1945theUnitedStatesCongressinvitedtheUnitedNations(UN)toestablishitspermanentheadquartersintheUnitedStates.Completedin1952,theUNcomplexsitsinManhatt
4、an,alongsidetheEastRiver,inthecityofNewYork.UndertheUN’sagreementwiththeUnitedStates,thesiteoftheUNheadquartersisexemptfromlocallaws.CentralParkCentralParkinNewYorkCitywasdesignedbyFrederickLawOlmsteadandCalvertVauxinthe1850s.Itwassopopularthatitinspiredaseries
5、ofsimilarmetropolitanparksallovertheUnitedStates.Theparkcovers341hectaresofManhattanIsland,andhousestheCentralParkZooandWildlifeCenterandtheMetropolitanMuseumofArt.Theparkalsohostsmanyoutdoorconcertsandeventseachyear.TimesSquareDazzlingneonsignsandbillboardslig
6、htupTimesSquareatnight.ThesquareishometoNewYorkCity’sfamousBroadwaytheaterdistrict.BroadwayTheaterDistrictThebillboardoftheWinterGardenTheaterontheAvenueoftheAmericasinNewYorkCityadvertisestheBroadwayshowCats.ConeyIslandConeyIsland,inNewYork’sboroughofBrooklyn,
7、wasafamousamusementareauntilitsdeclineinthe1960s.Manyoftheoriginalattractionshaveburnedorclosed.Todaytheboardwalk,twoandone-halfmileslong,attractsavarietyofpeople.AmericanStockExchangeNewYorkCityservesasahubforinternationaltradeandfinanceindustries.LocatedinMan
8、hattan,theAmericanStockExchangefunctionsasoneoftheprincipalexchangehousesintheUnitedStates.NewYork:EthnicDiversityNewYorkhasbeenthemostethnicallydiversecityintheworldsinceth
