TIMES SQUARE
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist
destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from
West 42nd to West 47thStreets. Brightly
adorned with billboards and advertisements, Times Square is sometimes referred
to as "The Crossroads of the World", "The Center of the Universe", "the heart
of The Great White Way", and the
"heart of the world".One of the world's busiest pedestrian
areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a major center
of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is one of
the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million
visitors annually. Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square
daily, many of them tourists, while over 460,000 pedestrians
walk through Times Square on its busiest day
CENTRAL PARK
It comprises 843 acres
and one of the most filmed locations in the world.
The park was established in 1857 on 778 acres
(315 ha) of land acquired by the city. In 1858, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and
architect/landscape designer Calvert Vaux won a design
competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they titled the
"Greensward Plan". Construction began the same year, and the park's
first area was opened to the public in the winter of 1858. Construction north
of the park continued during the American Civil War in the 1860s, and
the park was expanded to its current size in 1873. After a period of decline in
the early 20th century, Robert Moses started a program to clean up Central Park.
Another decline in the late 20th century spurred the creation of the Central Park
Conservancy in 1980, which refurbished many parts of the park during the 1980s
and 1990s.Central Park was designated a National Historic
Landmark by
the U.S.
Department of the Interior in 1962, which in April 2017 placed it on the
tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage sites.
UNION STATION
Washington Union Station is a major train
station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station
with annual ridership of just under 5 million. The station also
serves MARC and VRE commuter rail services, the Washington Metro, intercity bus lines, and local Metrobus buses.
At the height of its traffic, during World War II, as many as 200,000 passengers passed through the
station in a single day. In 1988, a headhouse wing was added and the
original station renovated for use as a shopping mall. Today, Union Station is one of the busiest rail
facilities and shopping destinations in the United States, and is visited by
over 40 million people a year
LAS VEGAS STRIP
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada that is known for its concentration of resort hotels
and casinos. The Strip is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) in
length, located immediately south of the Las Vegascity limits in the unincorporated
towns of Paradise and Winchester. However, the Strip is
often referred to as being in Las Vegas.
Many of the largest hotel, casino, and resort properties in the world are located on the Las
Vegas Strip. The road's cityscape is highlighted by its use of contemporary
architecture, lights and wide variety of attractions. Its hotels, casinos,
restaurants, residential high-rises, entertainment offerings, and skyline have
established the Las Vegas Strip as one of the most popular and iconic tourist
destinations in the United States, and the world. Most of the Strip has also been
designated an All-American Road, and is considered a scenic route at night.
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
Grand Central Terminal is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The terminal also contains a connection to the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street. Grand Central Terminal
has intricate designs both on its inside and outside, lending to its landmark
designations, including as a U.S. National
Historic Landmark. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions,
with 21.9 million visitors in 2013.
The station was built by and named for the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad in the pinnacle of American long-distance
passenger rail travel.
Grand Central covers 48 acres and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world.
Its platforms, all below ground, serve 30 tracks on the upper level and 26 on
the lower, though only 43 tracks are currently in use for passenger service.
The total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100 as most previous tracks that are not
in regular use are used for the rail yard.
MAGIC KINGDOM, WALT DISNEY WORLD
Walt Disney World, officially known as the Walt
Disney World Resort, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida,. Opened on October 1, 1971, the resort is owned and
operated by Walt Disney Parks
and Resorts, a division of The Walt Disney Company..
Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex,
in 1971, followed by Epcot in 1982, Disney's Hollywood
Studios in
1989, and the most recent, Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998.Today, Walt
Disney World is the most visited vacation resort in the world, with an average
annual attendance of over 52 million. The resort is the flagship
destination of Disney's worldwide corporate enterprise, and has become a popular staple in American culture.
DISNEYLAND RESORT
The Disneyland Resort, commonly known
as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and
operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks and Resorts division and is
home to two theme parks (Disneyland Park and Disney California
Adventure),
three hotels, and a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex known as Downtown Disney.
The resort was developed by Walt Disney in the 1950s. When it opened to guests on July
17, 1955, the property consisted of Disneyland, its 100-acre parking lot and the Disneyland Hotel, owned and operated by Disney's business
partner Jack Wrather. During the expansion, the property was named the
Disneyland Resort to encompass the entire complex, while the original theme
park was named Disneyland Park. The company purchased the Disneyland Hotel from
the Wrather Company and the Pan Pacific Hotel from the Tokyu Group. The Pan Pacific Hotel later
became Disney's Paradise
Pier Hotel.
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the American city of San Francisco, California – the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula – to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State
Route 1 across
the strait. The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of
San Francisco, California, and the United States. It has been declared one of
the Wonders of the
Modern World by the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
The Frommer's travel guide describes the
Golden Gate Bridge as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most
photographed, bridge in the world. At the time of its opening in 1937, it
was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge
in the world, with a main span of 4,200 feet (1,280 m) and a total height
of 746 feet (227 m). Today, the Golden Gate Bridge is neither the longest
nor the tallest in the world, but remains the tallest bridge in the United
States.
FANEUIL HALL MARKETPLACE
Faneuil Hall located near the waterfront and
today's Government
Center,
in Boston, Massachusetts, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since
1743. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain. Now it is part of Boston
National Historical Park and a well-known stop on the Freedom Trail. It is sometimes referred to as "the Cradle of
Liberty".
In 2008, Faneuil Hall was rated number 4 in America's
25 Most Visited Tourist Sites by Forbes Traveler.
GOLDEN GATE PARK
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