Hotel Pennsylvania,Penn Station,and Madison

Square Garden

One block from the famed Empire State Building

One block from Macy's illustrious flagship store—"the largest store in the world"

An easy walk to New York's Times Square and Broadway Theater District

Directly across the street from Penn Station, New York's main transit hub

Around the corner from Madison Square Garden, NYC's main indoor sports arena

Hotel Pennsylvania

PICTURES AND FACTS built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and

operated by Ellsworth Statler It opened on January 25, 1919 The Chef salad may have been created

by Hotel Pennsylvania head chef Jacques Roser in the 1920s

major intercity train station and a major commuter rail hub in New York City

one of the busiest rail stations in the world hub for inbound and outbound railroad traffic in

New York City the New York City Subway system also has

multiple lines that connect to the station Serving 300,000 passengers a day at a rate of

up to a thousand every 90 seconds, it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the United States

Connects people travelling from New Jersey and Connecticut

Pennsylvania Station

multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan

located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets

situated on top of Pennsylvania Station Opened on February 11, 1968 longest active major sporting facility in

the New York metropolitan area fourth incarnation of the arena in the

city

Madison Square Garden

“all of the lights…”

TIMES SQUARE

Originally known as, “Longacre Square” In 1904 – the New York Times moved its

headquarters into a building on Longacre Square, and the square was renamed to One Times Square

Known as “Crossroads of the World,” “the Great White Way,” and “Canyon of Heroes”

HISTORY

Theatre district (Broadway) “Midtown” Manhattan Home to major brands and shops,

theatre district, New Year’s Eve ball drop Contains over 50 neon signs Used to be the site of MTVs TRL Home to many TV studios Easiest place to see from the air in NYC

because of the lights

WHAT IS IT?

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Niki Caldara

HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Idea created by John Roebling Built from 1869 – 1883

Connects Manhattan and Brooklyn

CON’T Out of 600 workers, 20 died

On May 24, 1883, 150,000 people crossed the bridge.

Cost about $15 million in total

HOW WAS IT BUILT? Wooden boxes

with no bottoms, were sunk & compressed air was pumped into them

After sinking, the boxes were filled with concrete

*Caisson

CON’T 4 cables supported

the runway, these cables took 1 year and 4 months to

spin Roebling used steel

because it is stronger than iron