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Manhattan (USA) country magic and work

qnas February 7, 2012

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Manhattan (USA) country magic and work

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Manhattan (USA)

There are so many tourist attractions and of most interest are:

* the World Trade Center (the Windows of the World bar on the 108th floor is fantastic).

* The Statue of Liberty is a nice tourist attraction (but don’t go to the crown as it is a waste of time queing for what isn’t a particularly good experience and a bit chlostrophobic).

* Natural History Museum is something that was surprisingly good and well presented. Seeing a fully constructed T-Rex from reel bones was unforgetable.

* The Empire State Building was fairly average. It is spoilt by security mesh around the viewing level which ruins the views greatly.

Manhattan is a great destination. We stayed at the Comfort Inn which was pretty basic and nothing much to cheer about. However, if you go to Manhattan and spend most of your time in a hotel room, you’re missing out.

History of Manhattan

Manhattan (mænˈhætən) is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York.

The borough and county consist of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands:

Roosevelt Island, Randall’s Island, Wards Island, Governors Island, Liberty Island, part of Ellis Island, Mill Rock, and U Thant Island; as well as Marble Hill, a very small area on the mainland bordering the Bronx.

The original city of New York began at the southern end of Manhattan, expanded northwards, and then between 1874 and 1898, annexed land from surrounding counties.