The Boroughs
There are five boroughs that make up New York City: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough has its share of popular sites.
Manhattan is the oldest of the five boroughs. Manhattan is considered an island because it’s surrounded by water. In Manhattan, there are many famous sites, including Times Square, Central Park, Broadway, Madison Square Garden, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Flat Iron Building, Rockefeller Center, Ground Zero, City Hall, and the Apollo Theater. Many tourists come to Manhattan to visit these different sites. Manhattan is the home of the New York Knicks and the home of two hockey teams: the Rangers and the Islanders.
Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs. Some famous sites in Brooklyn are: the Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, the Transit Museum, and Prospect Park. It is the future home of the New Jersey Nets and the current home of the Brooklyn Cyclones—the New York Mets minor league baseball team.
Queens is the largest and the second most populated borough. Queens is well known for its airports. Some famous sites in Queens are: LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Community College, the New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadows Park and Citi Field—home of the New York Mets.
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs.
The Bronx is the only borough located primarily on the mainland of New York state. Famous sites in The Bronx include: The Bronx Zoo and Yankee Stadium—home of the New York Yankees.
Staten Island is the least populated borough but is the third largest. Staten Island is located in the southwestern part of the city. It is an island. It is often the forgotten borough because it doesn’t attract many tourists. Staten Island is the only borough that does not have an underground transit system. Staten Island is the home of the New York Yankees minor league baseball team—the Staten Island Yankees.
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mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: The Chrysler Building
Apparently it’s Buildings of New York Appreciation Week here in the Quick 10. Joining the New York Public Library in having a birthday this week is the Chrysler Building, which will be celebrating its 81st year dominating the Manhattan skyline. It may not be the tallest building in town these days, but it’s still one of the most impressive. Read on to find out how long it actually held the title of New York’s Tallest Building and nine other fascinating facts about the Art Deco masterpiece.
1. Without the freak show-riddled Coney Island amusement park Dreamland (pictured), the Chrysler Building would never have existed. When Dreamland burned to the ground in 1911, owner William Reynolds decided he needed a new, high-profile project to work on. He decided to enter the “Tallest Building in the World” race and commissioned architect William Van Alen to draft something.
2. It’s called the Chrysler Building not after the business, really, but after the man, Walter Chrysler. Though Chrysler used it as the headquarters for his car company for more than 20 years, the company didn’t foot bill for the building – Walter did. He bought the property and the design for (we think) $2 million after Reynolds defaulted on the lease. Chrysler purchased it himself so his sons could inherit it.
3. Chrysler never actually paid William Van Alen . He believed Van Alen was working with building contractors on some shady financial arrangements and refused to be a part of it.
4. The 27-ton spire on top of the building took just 90 minutes to erect. And it was kind of sneaky affair. You see, the Empire State Building was going up at the same time, backed by Chrysler rival John Raskob, founder of General Motors. Raskob, in a bit of not-so-friendly competition, wanted to make sure his building was taller than Chrysler’s, but Chrysler was keeping the height of his building a secret, making it hard for Empire State Building architects to plan. “Raskob was worried that Walter Chrysler would pull a trick – like hiding a rod in the spire and then sticking it up at the last minute,” said project manager Hamilton Weber. Well, Raskob sure knew his rival, because that’s exactly what Chrysler did.
5. As a result, the Chrysler Building held the title of New York’s Tallest Building… for less than a year. Once the Chrysler Building was done, Raskob’s architects did some figuring and decided they could make the building 85 stories tall, eight stories taller than the Chrysler Building. They did, of course, and the Chrysler Building was bumped to the second-tallest building in the city.
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