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Albany / Saratoga: Albany - the capitol city's 19th century
architecture, Saratoga Racetrack, ballet, museums & other attractions are
located in the upper Hudson Valley. The first railroad in America ran between
Albany and Schenectady, a distance of 11 miles.
The Hudson Valley: Along the meandering Hudson River are great
estates, Franklin Roosevelt's Hyde Park, the Rockefeller's Kykuit and the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point. The Hudson Valley is homeland to the Iroquois
Confederacy and the Oneida Nation. The size of the valley estuary led Henry
Hudson to believe he had found passage to the Orient.
New York City: The first capital of the United States and the
site of the inauguration of George Washington as President on April 30, 1789.
With Broadway and New York City Opera for entertainment and Madison Square
Garden for sports, the city that never sleeps offers entertainment 24/7 all year
long. Named "The Big Apple" by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s . ("Apple"
was slang for any town or city. New York City was and is the entertainment,
business and publishing capital of the country , which equals big time or "The
Big Apple"). Must see's in the city include: the American Museum of Natural
History, Bryant Park, Central Park, Chelsea Piers, the Empire State Building
(1,454 feet tall, built in 1931, in Art Deco style), Metropolitan Museum of Art
(One of the greatest museums in the world), Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NBC
Studio Tours, New York Public Library, New York Skyride, Rockefeller Center, St
Patrick's Cathedral, and United Nations Headquarters - all in Midtown Manhattan.
In the Bronx, there is the Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Park, New York
Botanical Garden (One of the world's largest botanical gardens, 250 acres,
founded 1891, tram rides, etc.), and Yankee Stadium. Upper Manhattan holds the
Cloisters, and the Jewish Museum (4,000 years of Jewish art, history, etc. -
largest collection outside of Israel). Chinatown, Ellis Island (built in 1842 on
the site of the first U.S. Capitol), Federal Hall National Memorial, Greenwich
Village, Little Italy, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) (visitors tours), SoHo,
Statue Of Liberty National Monument (tallest statue of modern times, presented
by France in 1884.) Gateway National Recreation Area, Richmondtown
(village/museum complex with centuries' old schoolhouses, shops, prison, etc.)
can be found in Staten Island/Richmond and Shea Stadium (New York Mets) is in
Queens.
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