1. World Financial Center
1.1. New York Stock Exchange
1.1.1. Wall Street
1.2. World Trade Center
1.2.1. 9/11 disaster
2. International Trade
3. World Class Culinary Marketplace
3.1. The French Culinary Institute
3.2. Le Cordon Bleu Cooking Academy
4. United Nations Headquarters
4.1. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue.
4.1.1. There are currently 192 member states, including every sovereign state in the world but the Vatican City.
5. Cultural Capital of Arts
6. Broadway Theatre
6.1. 42nd Street
6.1.1. Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching ...
7. 1789, First Presidential Inaugural, G. Washington
7.1. Presidential Inauguration, the swearing-in ceremony represents both national renewal and continuity of leadership. As each president has offered a vision for America’s future, we reflect on the heritage of Inaugurations past.
8. 1785, First Capital of the USA
9. 1789, First US Congress & Supreme Court established in NYC
10. Literary Capital of Ideas and Authors
11. Art World
11.1. Modernism / Paris is No Longer Arts capital
11.1.1. Abstract Expressionism Painting movement
12. Top Colleges
12.1. 1754 Columbia University
12.1.1. founded under charter by George II of Great Britain
12.2. 1735, Freedom of Press established in USA
12.3. New York University
13. 1524, discovered NY by G. da Verranzano. One of the first ports of BIG Trade in The New World
13.1. 1624 originally called New Amsterdam
13.1.1. Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape in 1626 for a value of 60 guilders[22] (about $1000
13.1.2. New Amsterdam as it appeared in 1664. Under British rule it became known as New York.
14. Dance
14.1. Alvin Aiely Dance Troupe
14.1.1. Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York
14.2. Martha Graham Dance Troupe
14.2.1. Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, whose influence ...