Manhattan

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MANHATTAN
Little can Peter Minuit have known, when he purchased the land from the Indians in 1626, that this rocky, marsh covered strip of land that was Manhattan, would one day command the highest land prices on earth; that where the land rose a matter of feet above the waters of the East and Hudson Rivers would soar huge steel and concrete obelisks; or that the modest town of New Amsterdam, at the northern tip of the island, would one day swell into possibly the world's greatest metropolis.
Although some may have you believe otherwise, it really is Manhattan, and not Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx or Richmond, that sums up the great city of New York It is in Manhattan where beats the heart of this most thrilling of cities. It is Manhattan which possesses the incredible skyline that symbolizes the city throughout the world, and it is around this modestly-sized island that revolves the financial, cultural and artistic life of an entire nation.
And if the sights are something... Tovább

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MANHATTAN
Little can Peter Minuit have known, when he purchased the land from the Indians in 1626, that this rocky, marsh covered strip of land that was Manhattan, would one day command the highest land prices on earth; that where the land rose a matter of feet above the waters of the East and Hudson Rivers would soar huge steel and concrete obelisks; or that the modest town of New Amsterdam, at the northern tip of the island, would one day swell into possibly the world's greatest metropolis.
Although some may have you believe otherwise, it really is Manhattan, and not Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx or Richmond, that sums up the great city of New York It is in Manhattan where beats the heart of this most thrilling of cities. It is Manhattan which possesses the incredible skyline that symbolizes the city throughout the world, and it is around this modestly-sized island that revolves the financial, cultural and artistic life of an entire nation.
And if the sights are something special, then so too are the people who, with their far flung origins, give the borough the charm, color and unparalleled cosmopolitan character summed up within these pages.
Bill Harris has written more than 25 books on subjects ranging from Israel to Texas and Hawaii, and on major cities from Boston to Chicago. Five of the titles are on New York City, including a history of The Plaza Hotel. He has lived in New York for more than 35 years and has been a promotion writer at the New York Times for 20 years. Harris is a licensed tour guide in New York and is co-owner of Viewpoint International, a New York-based firm that arranges events, tours and parties for corporations and visiting groups. His interest in history and people is one he shares enthusiastically in his writing, which serves as a personal guided tour, laced with anecdotes and often containing surprising information to delight even the best-informed native. Vissza