World Travel Highlights North East USA

WORLD TRAVEL HIGHLIGHTS: NORTH EAST USA


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New York: Manhattan Skyline

View of Manhattan from the ferry to
The Statue of Liberty. The skyline is familiar with its two identical towers of The World Trade Center, rising amid a sea of office buildings.

It's unmistakably New York, the most visited city in the world. Nowadays New York City is the home to more than 7 million people and at once the world's hub of trade, finance, the arts, publishing, entertainment, sports and tourism.

23 million visitors explore the city each year, seeing a vibrancy and vitality that those first Dutch settlers never could have imagined when they set up camp on an island called "Manhattan".

New York, Manhattan

View from The World Trade Center
Observation Deck.

By 1930 the race was on to build the tallest skyscraper. The Chrysler Building, with its stainless steel spire, was the early winner. To this day it remains a sentimental favorite among native New Yorkers., but within a year The Chrysler Building had been surpassed by the completion of the Empire State Building, which held the title for 45 years.

Then the World Trade Center with twin towers reaching 450 metres (1350 ft.) into the sky topped its nearest contender by 33 metres (100 ft.).

Time Square

Time Square, the heart of New York. New York's theaters are as diverse in character and personality as its people. As nowhere else on earth there is theater for every taste and pocketbook.

If the essence of New York is captured in the theater, then to sample the offerings of Broadway must be the ultimate New York experience. And it seems visitors and New Yorkers alike cannot get enough quality theater. On Broadway the success of a major musical is measured not in the number of weeks of sold out performances, but rather in the number of years.

Portland

Portland Head Light.