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The Brooklyn Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York, which stretches over the East River. The first steel-wire suspension bridge to be built in the world, it was initially known as 'New York and Brooklyn Bridge'. The present name dates back to 1915, when it was declared so by the city government. Brooklyn Bridge serves as the main mode of transportation for those traveling from Manhattan Island to the Western Shore of Brooklyn. In case you want to know more about the bridge, make use of the fun and interesting facts provided in the lines below.
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In the 1660s New York City's "skyline" was dominated by a two-story-high windmill.

This iconic photo is one of the most famous images ever shot. Construction workers take a break from their work on the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center in New York to have lunch atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground. The photo was taken Sept. 29, 1932.

Photo by Charles C. Ebbets/ © Bettmann Corbis
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For decades, the title of "tallest building in the world" switched hands almost 10 times, all the while remaining in Manhattan, before settling on the Empire State Building, which retained the title for decades to come. It was finally overtaken by One World Trade Center in 1970.

The top of the Empire State Building was originally designed for mooring zeppelins (airships). The photo above of an airship was taken in 1931 - the same year that the Empire State Building was completed.
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The Manhattan grid pattern produces an effect known as "Manhattanhenge" (like Stonehenge) as, on two days - around May 28th and around July 12th - sunset is directly aligned with the street grid pattern. This means the sun can be seen setting exactly over the center line of every Manhattan street. A similar effect occurs during sunrise on two winter days, understandably less popular.

The monumental railway station was constructed in 1903-1913 for the New York and Harlem Railroad company. It is a grand Beaux-Arts building which serves as a transportation hub connecting train, metro, car and pedestrian traffic in an efficient way. It has 67 train tracks on two different levels.
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Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,000-year-old Egyptian ruin, can actually be found in New York's Central Park. In 1879 it was given to the city as a gift by the Khedive of Egypt. The 220-ton, 66-foot-high monument took a decade to be fully transported.

Standing tall at 152 feet, the Statue of Liberty is arguably the most popular monument in the world. Declared a national monument in 1924, it stands on Liberty Island (Bedloe's Island till 1956) where it was dedicated by American President Grover Cleveland on October 28, 1886.

Liberty Island is situated in Upper New York Bay at the mouth of the Hudson river and measures an area of just over 10 acres.

Built by Frenchman, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi, the "Liberty Enlightening the World" was gifted by the French to the Americans to commemorate 100 years of American independence and also as a gift of friendship.

Work on the statue began in France in 1875 and was completed in 1884. The statue had to be dismantled before being shipped to New York in 1885.
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