Some Facts About New York You Must Know
Everything about New York is too complex. To fully understand the magnificent place, you must know a little bit about New York .
Everyone calls New York City the 'Big Apple'. The phrase was first used by John Fitzgerald. The state of New York has the most extensive and oldest transportation system in the whole of North America .
New York City, itself, is home to more than 12,000 yellow cabs, 120,000 bicycles, a huge subway system, bus and railroad systems, large airports, massive bridges and tunnels, ferries, and a aerial commuter tramway.
New York hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid . New York State is best known for the urban landscape of New York City .
However most of New York State is dominated by farmland, forests, rivers, mountains and lakes. Apart from the aesthetic appeal, these natural habitats have performed, and continue to perform, vital ecological services for the city including providing clean air and water, absorbing pollutants, lowering temperatures on summer days, and improving public health and welfare.
he Erie Canal was built in the nineteenth century and was an important step in creating the international trading center, New York City that we know today.
It was a marvel of its day and was often called the Eighth Wonder of the World. The land was first explored by an Italian, Giovanni da Verrazzano, who named it New Angouleme in honor of the French king Francois I.
Then, the Dutch claimed the land and called it New Netherlands. Finally, the Duke of York from England bought Long Island and took possession of the rest of the land by the brute force of an army. The Duke of York called the land New York .
New York was the first state to employ license plates for automobiles. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has been put up every year since 1931.
The tradition began when construction workers of the Rockefeller Center decorated a small balsam fir tree with cranberries, paper, and tin cans. The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972.
It was surpassed by The World Trade Center which became the tallest building in New York . After the bombings, the Empire State Building was announced and now remains the tallest building in New York .