Manhattan Rich City
Posted on November 12, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
Manhattan has quite the history. It’s all been about the wheeling and dealing. Starting with the most famous land deals ever. Dutch traders purchased this island of “Manahatta” from the Algonquin Indians in 1621 for 24 dollars worth of beads and trinkets. They originally called it Nieuw Amsterdam. Now there is Wall Street as the ultimate trading place. All of the growth that has come and gone since the beginning it is a must see for any visitor to the area. Get yourself a room at one of the best manhattan hotel locations and then hit the city streets. Every corner has something interesting going on. From Architecture to pizza vendors it is an ultimate metropolis.
Spend a day in Central Park with a free Concert. Find your love at the top of the Empire State Building. Feel the freedom on the country at the Statue of Liberty. Ice skate under the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center. See the night light up at Time Square. Get taken in by a rich performance on Broadway. Have the wind in your ears and float peacefully around the edge of the city on the Staten Island Ferry. Feel the emotion of the world that had fallen on ground zero. Eat any kind of food, drink any kind of drink, at any time of day from anywhere in town. Shop till you drop on Madison Ave. See the latest Art craze in SoHo. Visit the culture of China Town and Little Italy.
I wish I could have seen my grandfather clean the New York Public Library as a boy. I wish I could have seen the early immigrants come in through Ellis Island. How amazing it would have been to see the horse drawn carriages trotting through the streets. It is a wonderful sight to see the locals hang onto the romance and the history with honor and pride.
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