Hotel Pennsylvania, Penn Station, a nd M adison S quare G arden
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Hotel Pennsylvania,Penn Station,and Madison
Square Garden
One block from the famed Empire State Building
One block from Macy's illustrious flagship store—"the largest store in the world"
An easy walk to New York's Times Square and Broadway Theater District
Directly across the street from Penn Station, New York's main transit hub
Around the corner from Madison Square Garden, NYC's main indoor sports arena
Hotel Pennsylvania
PICTURES AND FACTS built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and
operated by Ellsworth Statler It opened on January 25, 1919 The Chef salad may have been created
by Hotel Pennsylvania head chef Jacques Roser in the 1920s
major intercity train station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City
one of the busiest rail stations in the world hub for inbound and outbound railroad traffic in
New York City the New York City Subway system also has
multiple lines that connect to the station Serving 300,000 passengers a day at a rate of
up to a thousand every 90 seconds, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the United States
Connects people travelling from New Jersey and Connecticut
Pennsylvania Station
multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan
located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets
situated on top of Pennsylvania Station Opened on February 11, 1968 longest active major sporting facility in
the New York metropolitan area fourth incarnation of the arena in the
city
Madison Square Garden
“all of the lights…”
TIMES SQUARE
Originally known as, “Longacre Square” In 1904 – the New York Times moved its
headquarters into a building on Longacre Square, and the square was renamed to One Times Square
Known as “Crossroads of the World,” “the Great White Way,” and “Canyon of Heroes”
HISTORY
Theatre district (Broadway) “Midtown” Manhattan Home to major brands and shops,
theatre district, New Year’s Eve ball drop Contains over 50 neon signs Used to be the site of MTVs TRL Home to many TV studios Easiest place to see from the air in NYC
because of the lights
WHAT IS IT?
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Niki Caldara
HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Idea created by John Roebling Built from 1869 – 1883
Connects Manhattan and Brooklyn
CON’T Out of 600 workers, 20 died
On May 24, 1883, 150,000 people crossed the bridge.
Cost about $15 million in total
HOW WAS IT BUILT? Wooden boxes
with no bottoms, were sunk & compressed air was pumped into them
After sinking, the boxes were filled with concrete
*Caisson
CON’T 4 cables supported
the runway, these cables took 1 year and 4 months to
spin Roebling used steel
because it is stronger than iron