some fun facts I leave the city of New York. I also spent a link to some of our photos on this trip so desirable to the Big Apple
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New York is at a distance of 5,779 miles from Madrid, 8454 Buenos Aires, Santiago 8212 Chile, 3,357 in Mexico City and Lima 5850.
building decoration for RCA (General Electric Building) Rockefeller Center , John D. Rockefeller wanted to hire Picasso and Matisse, but rejected the offer by not agreeing with other artists: Josep Maria Sert, English Frank Brangwyn and Diego Rivera.
The Lincoln Center, Philharmonic Hall acoustics was so bad that in 1973, 10 years after its construction, a music lover named Avery Fisher donated $ 10 million for remodeling. Now bears his name: Avery Fisher Hall.
Broadway is the longest avenue in New York with a length of 33 kilometers, and its name derives from the Dutch "breed Weghe" meaning wide road.
The Dow Jones was founded in 1883 by Charles Henry Dow and Edward Jones, 6 years later founders of the Wall Street Journal. The Empire State has 1,576 steps from ground level to 86, and his promotion record is 9 minutes and 33 seconds beaten by Australian Paul Crake on February 4, 2003. The fastest woman was Andrea Mayr of Austria in 2006 with 11 minutes and 23 seconds.
Brooklyn Bridge took to build 13 years (8 years longer than expected) and cost $ 15 million (double what was budgeted).
The Empire State Building cost $ 40,948,900, has 6,500 windows, 73 elevators, 762,000 meters of cord you carry 40,000,000 kw / h. and produces 100 tons of garbage per month.
The World Trade Center was used 330,000 cubic meters of concrete for construction , enough to cover a highway that would unite the earth and the moon.
In Times Square, the neon sign is the cheapest of the Coca-Cola you pay for "only" $ 1 million a year due to an old contract.
In Manhattan, the buildings which are below the maximum permitted height can sell the height of which has been constructed adjacent buildings so that they outgrow it.
The idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a large park in downtown Manhattan was the poet William Cullen Bryant, a proposal made in July 1844, concerned about the large increase in population and resulted in Central Park.
In Central Park, the cost of a fine for exceeding the speed limit, is twice that in the rest of the city.
Taxis are yellow because the founder of the Yellow Cab Company, John Hertz, read a study by the University of Chicago which indicated that yellow is the easiest color to spot.
are filmed in New York a year 40,000 productions in film, television, music, documentaries and commercials.
Macy's is the world's largest store . The building occupies an entire block has 195,000 meters square in 11 floors, which are offered 500,000 articles, and why 30,000 people pass daily.
The stock market of the New York Stock Exchange has an annual transaction volume of 5.5 trillion dollars.
In 1664, the tallest building in town was a mill two storeys.
Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center must be a Picea abies at least 19.8 meters high and 10.6 meters wide.
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