North America

Today, I will be traveling to North America! I will be spending my day in New York City, New York. New York City is located on the southeastern side of the state of New York and has a population of around 8.80 million people.

Site 1 - My first stop in New York City was the Statue of Liberty. France presented the statue to the United States on July 4, 1884. Without its pedestal, the height of the statue is equivalent to a 15-story building. The statue was built in France but was taken apart and shipped in crates across the Atlantic oceans. Once it reached the U.S, it was reassembled in the state of New York. The statue was designed by the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and took 21 years to create. Bartholdi and a group of Frenchman decided to build a monument to represent American freedom. The statue is a popular tourist attraction for many first-time New York visitors. While visiting the Statue of Liberty, I climbed 22 stories or 354 steps where I was able to look out of 25 different windows. These windows were in the crown of the statue.  

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Site 2 - For our second site, we spent our evening visiting the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The bridge is currently one of the most historic suspension bridges in the United States. It connects two boroughs in New York City, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The bridge is nearly 6,000 feet long and goes over the East River. It is another leading landmark in New York City. It was designed by John Roebling and was built from the years 1869 to 1883. Roebling’s son, Washington Roebling and his wife Emily directed the construction of the bridge. Once it was completed, it was the tallest structure in the U.S. The Brooklyn bridge has been a National Historic Landmark since 1964 and it became a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972. Nearly 125,000 vehicles, 4,000 people, and 2,600 cyclists cross the bridge each day. We walked in the pedestrian walkway above the cars, and it took us approximately 30 minutes to walk across the mile long bridge.

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