New York A Wonderful Town - PS 165Q Computer Class

PS 165Q Computer Class

New York, New York! It's a wonderful town!

You will be looking at different places that make New York City the unique city that it is. What makes NYC so fantastic? Listed below are just a few of the wonders that make up NYC:

Museum of Natural History
Coney Island
Ellis Island
MOMART - Museum Of Modern Art
NYC public Library
Empire State Building
Brooklyn Bridge
Bronx Zoo
Central Park
Carnegie Hall
Time Square
Queens Botanical Gardens
Rockefeller Center
The Statute of Liberty

And there are many, many more..........................

Before you start your report complete the New York, New York web quest.
Click on the link below to begin your quest
https://sites.google.com/site/newyorkcitywebquestps165q/

People form all over the world come to New York City. What landmark of New York City would you like to visit? Pick a landmark and tell why you think it is a great place for people to visit. Try and tell three interesting facts about the place you choose to report on.

Click on the links below to help you find information for your report.
New York

http://issuu.com/milliesolomon/docs/new_york_city/0

Statue of Liberty
http://gonyc.about.com/cs/attractions/p/statueofliberty.htm
http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm

Ellis Island
http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island

Wall Street
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street

Charging Bull
http://chargingbull.com/chargingbull.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-streets-famed-cast-bronze-bull-turns-25-2014-12-15

Brooklyn Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/brooklynbridge.htm

Chinatown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattan
http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html

Woolworth Building
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/SCC/SCC019.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building

Washington Memorial Arch
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GV/GV046WashingtonSquareArch.htm
http://www.museumplanet.com/tour.php/nyc/wv/17
http://www.nyc.com/arts__attractions/washington_memorial_arch.1601/editorial_review.aspx

Flatiron Building
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP024.htm http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Flatiron_Building.html

Fifth Avenue
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/fifthavenue.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Avenue

Empire State Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/empirestate.htm
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=184083466&feed&feedName=OddlyEnough&videoChannel=4&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utmcampaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FUSVideoOddlyEnough+%28Video+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Chrysler Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Chrysler_Building.html

Macy’s
http://www.macys.com/store/about/history/index.jsp
http://www.macysinc.com/AboutUs/History/MacysAHistory.aspx

Grand Central Terminal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/grandcentralterminal.htm
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID031.htm http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/01/grand-central-terminal-100-years-100-facts.html?source=socialflow&account=thedailybeast&medium=twitter

New York Public Library
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library
http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/65792
http://gonyc.about.com/od/freestuff/p/nypl.htm

Time Square
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/timessquare.htm

Rockerfeller Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center
http://gonyc.about.com/od/sightseeingtours/fr/rock_center.htm
http://www.nyctrip.com/Pages/Index.aspx?PageID=1186

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick's_Cathedral_(New_York)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/stpat1.html
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/usa/new-york-city-st-patrick-cathedral.htm

Citicorp Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigroup_Center
http://www.thecityreview.com/citicorp.html

Central Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/centralpark.htm
http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/centralparknyc.htm

Bryant Park
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/bryantpark.htm
http://www.bryantpark.org/about-us/born.html

Lincoln Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
http://www.ny.com/museums/MET.html

Yankee Stadium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Stadium
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/yankee_stadium.shtml
http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/al/YankeeStadium.htm

Citi Field
http://mlb.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/citifield_overview.jsp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets

George Washington Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge
http://bridgepros.com/projects/George%20Washington/GeorgeWashington.htm
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/feature?section=resources/traffic&id=5780718
http://www.davefrieder.com/html/gwb1.htm

Radio City Music Hall
http://manhattan.about.com/od/historyandlandmarks/a/rockefellercent_3.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/radio-city-music-hall-opens

Just For Fun
Click on the links below for other fun sites
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newyork/

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/early/index-flash.html

http://www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/contents.html

http://pbskids.org/buster/blog/ny_manhattan_bl.html

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/gps/ny.html

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/gps/new_york_hall.html