Aaron Burrs house in Harlem New York. Aaron Burr was Vice President 1800 to 1804. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Aaron Burrs house in Harlem New York. Aaron Burr was Vice President 1800 to 1804. / denisbin
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| 説明 | New York City. NYC is the biggest city in the US and the metropolitan area is the most populated in the world. NYC has over 8 million people and the metro area has around 22 million. But it all began in 1626 in a small way as New Amsterdam, the capital city of New Netherlands. The Dutch chose the southern tip of Manhattan Island and paid the local Indians the equivalent of $1,000 for their colony, not the $24 often quoted! The British seized New Amsterdam at the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1664. They renamed it New York. A few Dutch place names remain like Harlem, Wall ( Waal) Street, Broadway ( Breede weg ), Coney Island ( Konijnen Eiland) and Staten Island, and some of the aristocratic old families of NY trace their origins back to the Dutch colony like Stuyvesant, Roosevelt ( Teddy and Franklin were Presidents in 20th century) , Vanderbilt, Van Buren (Martin was President 1837-41), Schuyler etc. The Dutch, like the French in Canada, made money from the fur trade with the upstate Indians. NYC was superbly sited to have access via the Hudson River to the Canadian border, and its sheltered harbour was large and one of the best in the world. By the time of the American Revolution it had around 20,000 people. The city grew and prospered because of its geographical situation. As we heard when we went to Niagara Falls this was further assisted after the building of the Erie Canal to link the Hudson River with the Great Lake system in 1825. A bit later the canal was superseded by the first railways which followed its route to the Great Lakes thus cementing New York’s position as a vital land transport and international shipping hub. This all meant that by 1860 NYC had a population of 1.2 million and was by far the largest city in the US. NYC played a major role in the American Revolution from 1775-1783. It was strongly patriotic to the revolutionaries (it was a trading city) and General Washington made his headquarters here in April 1776. But after his defeat at the Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) in August 1777 Washington was forced to evacuate the city and it then remained in British hands until the Peace Treaty of 1783. Some 40,000 men had been involved in the battle at Brooklyn as the British had their fleet off Staten Island. Washington was cheered as the saviour of his 9,000 troops because casualties were low when he retreated from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The British then attacked Manhattan a couple of weeks later and Washington retreated to Pennsylvania leaving NYC to the British. After the Revolution NYC became the first US capital in 1785 under the Articles of Confederation. When this was replaced by the new US Constitution in 1789 NYC was again the national capital until 1790 when it was transferred to Philadelphia before going to Washington DC in 1800. New York was always President Washington’s favourite city. He stayed in the best hotels there, always had white horses to pull his presidential carriage, and he wore a cape with an ermine collar and other regalia reminiscent of a king! As the home base of so many of the Robber Barons and the landing point for almost all the immigrants from Europe the city expanded incredibly rapidly in the late 19th and early 20th century. It became known for its skyscrapers. When the Great Depression hit America in the 1930s building just continued in New York despite the economic slump. The city is now graced with Art Deco and Beaux Arts buildings such as the New York Public Library, Grand Central Terminal, the Rockefeller Centre and the Chrysler Building. The Robber Barons have left a legacy which includes these buildings, plus Carnegie Hall, Frick’s home and collection, Morgan’s home and library, etc. The other jewel of NYC apart from its impressive buildings is Central Park. As the city expanded during the 1830s and 1840s people clamoured for an open air park where they could ride horses and drive in their carriages like the wealthy of London and Paris. In 1853 the state government paid US$5 million for over 700 acres in the north of Manhattan for a grand park. In 1857 a landscape design competition was held and Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won. Roads across the park were to be sunken or shielded by bushes; 36 bridges were required; and woodland areas and naturalistic landscapes were all part of the design. During construction a further 65 acres were added; 18.5 million tons of topsoil was bought in from New Jersey; a similar amount of rock was taken out to form lakes and more the 4 million trees and shrubs were planted. Despite periods of neglect today Central Park is an outstanding people’s park with boating, skating, riding, fun fairs, music and theatre and a small zoo. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-07-21 13:40:12 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
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