New York / The Big Apple

New York City/ “The Big Apple”: A place of fulfilment and failure
- The largest city in the USA
- One of the world’s major global cities
- In the state of New York
- The centre of culture, finance, fashion, business, etc.
- Headquarters of the United Nations
- Divided in five boroughs: Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten
Island
- attracts people because of its lifestyle and many economical and cultural opportunities
- Millions foreign and American tourists
- Important destinationsà Empire State Building, many museums, the Statue of Liberty, The Bronx Zoo, Central Park, shopping on Fifth and Madison Avenues, high quality entertainment due to many theatres on the Broadway on Times Square and many of the finest haute cuisine restaurants in the USA
- Salad bowl, melting pot


New York- His outside
- Massive gridwork (Hohe Gebäude, Wolkenkratzer)
- Indifference (Gleichgültigkeit)
- Rigid (starr) protocol of behaviour
- Flow of human trafficà no individuality
- Forces Marco to see himself as others see him
- Pox of failure on the skin of mankind
- No delusions (Täuschung, Wahnvorstellung)
The New York Central Park
- World’s most famous city park
- Most visited city park in the USA
- Huge
- Officially completed in 1873
- Natural look
- Popular for bird watchers
- 6-mile road is popular with joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters
- Big grassy areas
- Ice-skating rinks
- A wildlife sanctuary
- A lot of playgrounds for children
- Concerts
- A lot of sculptures
- Wish of recreational area
- New jobs
- Better health
- Image of New York
- Increasing of the crime rate since 1945 (robberies)
- In the 1970 the Central Park had become dissolute because of financial problems
- The Conservancy (Schutz) was founded in 1980, private organisation, takes care of the receipt of Central Park

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