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Wow! Times square a colorful business place that has power to attract us. Times Square is located at the heart of New York City. Most people assume that Times Square is actually a square, but it's not. It's more of a triangle or a mere intersection of major streets. Broadway and 7th Avenue cross at 42nd street, and is the busiest area in New York City. Times Square got its name because the New York Times building was built there, long before it became a showcase for neon lights and digital big-screen technology. Our tour guide told me that The New York Times moved away, but the name remained the same. The New York Times also started the tradition of celebrating New Year’s Eve in Times Square, when it began putting on an annual firework display in the area. The countdown starts in Time Square and more than one million people gather every year on New Year's Eve to celebrate the beginning of a new year in New York City.
Our, other destination was the World Trade Center Memorial Site. Replacing the World Trade Center would be impossible, but New York City is working on plans to build a single tower on the site the twin towers occupied until September 11, 2001. The original Freedom Tower and Memory Foundations complex plan has been abandoned and new plans are in the work. It is expected that a single tower will be built at the site, and that it will be the tallest building in the world when it will be completed.
The tower and mast are expected to reach an astonishing 1776 feet (541 meters) into the sky. The height of 1776 feet was chosen as a reference to the year of American independence. The decision of how to rebuild the World Trade Center has been a difficult one in light of political and security concerns. Visitors to New York City can tour the World Trade Center site and see the early preparations being made for this monumental project. We can walk over to the site to see artist rendering the proposed tower.
Each of the original WTC towers had 110 stories. The heights of the towers were 1368 feet (417 meters) (tower one, the North Tower with a broadcast antenna on top) and 1362 feet (415 meters) (tower two, the South Tower with the observation deck). When the towers were completed in 1972 (tower one) and 1973 (tower two) they were the tallest buildings on earth, 100 feet (30 meters) taller than the Empire State Building.
However, the World Trade Center was the tallest building in the world for only a brief time. Before the second tower was completed in 1973, work had already begun on the Sears Tower in Chicago, which would ultimately climb to 1,450 feet (442 meters). Now that the World Trade Center is gone, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York. Before September 11, the World Trade Center towers were the fourth and fifth tallest buildings on Earth, and they remain the sixth tallest buildings ever built by man.
September 11, the black day of New York, also the assassination of 2000 people. I just can’t imagine the pain and sorrow that the Americans had suffered that time. We must develop a culture of peace and non-violent society in this world to reduce these types of sorrow.
After visiting WTC memorial site, we moved to see one of the most popular attractions on our journey. That was the Empire State Building. One of the Seven Wonders of the World offers a romantic nightcap and an opportunity to watch the stars coming out over the greatest city in the world. Built in 1931, the building has 102 floors and stands 1,250 feet tall. It is currently the tallest tower in New York.
We can’t pass up a New York Helicopter Charter tour, the only way to see all the breathtaking sights that New York has to offer touring all in one day!
If we are in New York on business or for pleasure, however, we should see the bustling Big Apple in style. Experience the Statue of Liberty, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Central Park, Yankee Stadium-Home of the New York Yankees and many other famous landmarks in a fascinating and unimaginable way! Get a bird’s eye of Manhattan’s famous skyscrapers Ellis Island, George Washington Bridge, and more. Hey! Do not miss this unique opportunity to get pictures of New York’s sites from a Helicopter.
Central Park is the largest park in New York; it's located in the middle of this busy city and a wonderful tour. Through this tour we had the chance to see flashes of New York's culture and their way of natural entertainment.
Circle Line Downtown experience their one-hour narrated tour of lower New York Harbor and watch the downtown skyline glitter on their twilight tour from Historic Battery Park. They also offer the only transportation to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Similarly, we went to the brighten bridge, that was nice bridge, where the shooting of many Indian movies were done.
On 7th August I had a schedule to go the Connecticut for the conference; so the transportation from UNESCO came to pick me at JFK airport around 2:30 pm in New York. This conference was excellent. At University of Connecticut in Connecticut a green and peace area, had empowered and developed us as a global leader.
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i like your article Madan Paudel | May 29th, 2007
Very good writing.But little informations about the conference.
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