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The famous cities and places of the USA

The famous cities and places of the USA. Philadelphia.

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The famous cities and places of the USA

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  1. The famous cities and places of the USA

  2. Philadelphia

  3. Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania and the sixth-most-populous city in the United States. It is the fifth-largest metropolitan area and fourth-largest urban area by population in the United States, the nation's fourth-largest consumer media market as ranked by the Nielsen Media Research, and the 49th-most-populous city in the world. It is 9th richest city in the world based on GDP figures. It is the county seat of Philadelphia County.

  4. The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a bell that has served as one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary War. It is a familiar symbol of independence within the United States and has been described as an icon of liberty and justice.

  5. Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia. Known primarily as the location where the Declaration of Independence was debated and adopted, the building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783. The United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were both signed at Independence Hall.

  6. New York

  7. St. Patrick's Cathedralis a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Catholic cathedral church in North America. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51s Streets in midtown Manhattan. ItfacesRockefellerCenter.

  8. Trump Toweris a 58-story skyscraper in New York City located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 56th Street. The mixed-use tower was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company. The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core.

  9. The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of America's most significant research libraries. It is unusual in that it is composed of a very large circulating public library system combined with a very large non-lending research library system.Currently, theNewYorkPublicLibraryconsistsof 89 libraries: fournon-lendingresearchlibraries, fourmainlendinglibraries, alibraryfortheblindandphysicallyhandicapped, and 77 neighborhoodbranchlibrariesinthethreeboroughsserved. Alllibrariesinthe NYPL systemmaybeusedfreeofchargebyallvisitors. Asof 2007, theresearchcollectionscontain 43,975,362 itemsofwhich 15,985,192 arebooks.

  10. Times Squareis a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of its city. Times Square is principally defined by its animated, digital advertisements.

  11. Central Park

  12. Central Parkis a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate. Central Park has been a National Historic Landmark since 1963. The park is maintained by the Central Park Conservancy and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and architect Calvert Vaux.

  13. The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5,989 feet (1825 m) over the East River, connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn on Long Island. Originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, it was dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge in an 1867 letter to the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle,and formally so named by the city government in 1915.

  14. The Bronx Zoo is a famous zoo located within the Bronx Park, in The Bronx borough of New York City. The Bronx was nearing which became the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden. Fordham sold it to the City of New Yorkfor only $1 under the condition that the lands be used for a zoo and garden; this was in order to create a natural buffer between the university grounds and the urban expansion that Zoo is south of the New York Botanical Garden. Fordham University owned most of the land .

  15. The zoo opened its doors to the public on November 8, 1899, featuring 843 animals in 22 exhibits. Heins & LaFarge designed the original permanent buildings as a series of Beaux-Arts pavilions grouped around the large circular sea lion pool.

  16. Los Angeles

  17. The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Since its opening on November 9, 2001, the theatre has been the home of the annual Academy Awards Ceremonies (The Oscars), which were first held there in March 2002, and is the first permanent home for the awards.

  18. The theatre is particularly successful as a venue for televised theatre performance through the planning and technical design. The architect and advisers undertook extensive consultation with many of the leading production personnel in Hollywood which led to highly functional production cable infrastructure systems (including an underground cable bunker which passes below the theatre to truck locations in adjacent streets, accessible and substantial power, and a unique camera, sound and stage management cockpit designed by Rockwell in the orchestra seating area.

  19. Grauman's Chinese Theatreis a movie theater located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. It is located along the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre which opened in 1922.

  20. Built over 18 months beginning in January 1926 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the theater opened May 18, 1927 with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's film The King of Kings. It has since been home to many premieres, birthday parties, corporate junkets and three Academy Awards ceremonies. Among the theater's most distinctive features are the concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day.

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