Manhattan, the heart of the heart of the world, history and mysteries.

If New York is America's heart, the heart is the heart of Manhattan. Not just that on the island of 8746 square kilometers live one and a half million inhabitants, it is not just the extreme of development, not simply because it is the center of the "capital" of the UN, and not that they produce billions of dollars. But more than that, Manhattan is a symbol of economic and cultural development. But as is true in Manhattan, who are the people who populate it and how life works?

Name

Manhattan name stems from the word "Mann-Hatta" and translated from the Lenape language, thought to mean "island of many hills". Encyclopedia of New York also offers other derivatives are descended from the language Munsen, manahachtanienk which means "place of general intoxication", menatay "island".

Important items

The former Twin Towers, were once iconic symbol of the city and located in lower Manhattan. With height 417 and 415 meters, 110-story buildings were the tallest buildings in the world since 1972. In the late 20th century the twin towers were undoubtedly one of the most famous buildings in the world to destruction on 11 September 2001. "Freedom Tower" building that will replace the twin towers is under construction and expected to be completed in 2011.

"Central Park"

"Central Park" (Central Park) was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The 3.4 square kilometer park offers places to walk, two ice rink, shelter for wildlife, green areas used for various sports, as well as playgrounds for children. The park is an oasis for migrating birds, and for this reason it is a meeting point for the passionate bird-watcher.



While most of the park seems quite natural, he is working in this form and contains many artificial lakes. Construction of the "Central Park" in 1850 was one of the most massive public projects. About 20 thousand workers worked to shape the English-style pastoral landscape that aimed to create Olmsted and Vaux.

Culture

Manhattan has often been the scene of the most important cultural movements in the U.S.. The vibrant visual arts scene in Manhattan in the 1960s - was the scene movement 60s American pop art. Which gave birth to giants as Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. A popular haven for art is also adjacent neighborhood "Chelsea", where there are over 200 art galleries that are home to modern art by young artists and established. Theatre "Broadway" is often regarded as the highest form of professional theater in the U.S.. Theaters and musical parts of a scene made of 39 professional theaters with at least 500 seats, positioned around the square "Times Square". A little further "Times Square" is "Lincoln Center", a haven from the most prestigious opera houses in the world, "Metropolitan Opera".

State: New York

Manhattan district president, Scott Stringer
Population: 1,537,195
Area: 87.46 square kilometers

- Manhattan includes the following islands: "Randall Island"
"Ward's Island"
"Roosevelt Island"
"Governors Island"
"Liberty Island"

- Manhattan adjacent neighborhoods: "Chinatown"
"Tribeca"
"SoHo"
"Nolita"
"Harlem"

- Given that it is the headquarters of the United Nations, Manhattan is home of the biggest diplomatic bodies of the world, including 105 consulates.

- In the city of Manhattan is New York, built in 1916 and one of the largest governmental buildings in the world.

- The average age of the population in Manhattan is 36 years.

- Manhattan is one of the countries with the highest income per capita in the U.S..
- On the island are: Theatre "Broadway"
-Square "Times Square"
-University of New York
- Columbia University
- "Wall Street"
- "Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts"
- "The American Museum of Natural History"
- "Central Park"

- The Manhattan real estate are worth more in the U.S., and the neighborhood is considered the country's economic engine.

- The most important economic sector is the finance industry.

- 280,000 finance sector employees have earned more than half of all wages paid in the neighborhood of Manhattan.

- In 2006, those in the finance industry earned an average week around 8300 dollars including bonuses.

- 11.3 percent of jobs in this neighborhood are in the health sector.

- Seven of the eight networks of larger agencies in the advertising world are positioned in Manhattan.

- According to the 2006 statistics, the average weekly wage of the employees in Manhattan was in 1453, the highest in the country.

- Main media centers that are located in Manhattan:
"New York Times"
"New York Daily News"
"New York Post"
"The Wall Street Journal"
"ABC", "CBS", "FOX"
"NBC", "MSNBC", "MTV"

- Manhattan is unique in the U.S. for intensive use of public transportation and lack of private cars.

- While 88 percent of Americans go to work on their own cars in Manhattan, 72 percent of people use public transport.


- Metro New York is the largest system of its kind worldwide transportation.