BEST PLACES NYC Skyline image: https:// TO VISIT IN NEW YORK www.flickr.com/photos/ comunicati/1495551587 Photo- graph by Michaela Simoncini dis- tributed under a CC-BY 3.0 license. Statue of Liberty Image: https:// Publisher In-Class Group www.flickr.com/ pho- Exercise tos/99030748@N05/9308725045 EDT 180D Photograph by Lily Smith distribut- ed under a CC-BY 3.0 license. Andrea Aprile The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as known as "the MET”, was Empire State Building image: Irene Li founded in 1870 for the purpos- https://www.flickr.com/photos/ Yue Shi ekilby/5891665274/in/album- es of opening a museum to 72157605816100162/ bring art and art education to October 22, 2018 the American people (It is the Photograph by Eric Kilby distribut- largest art museum in the Unit- ed under a CC-BY 3.0 license. ed States and is currently locat- Times Square Image:Times ed on 1000 fifth avenue, New Square: ://www.flickr.com/ York, NY 10028. people/laughingsquid/">Scott A huge number of different Beale</a> is licensed under <a kinds of artworks could be href="https:// found in the MET. It has seven- creativecommons.org/licenses/by- teen curatorial departments and nc-nd/2.0"> CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 </ a total of over two million a> works. Museum Image: The MET: Great Hall: Photograph by Sracer357 dis- tributed under a CC-BY 3.0 license. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:The_Metropolitan_Museum_of _Art.jpg> STATUE OF LIBERTY EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TIMES SQUARE
"The Statue of Liberty Enlighten-
ing the World" was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democ- racy. The Statue of Liberty was Times Square is a major com- dedicated on October 28, mercial intersection, tourist 1886. It was designated as a destination, entertainment cen- National Monument in ter and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan section of 1924. Employees of the Nation- New York City at the junction of al Park Service have been car- The Empire State Building is a Broadway and Seventh Avenue. ing for the colossal copper stat- skyscraper in New York City, It stretches from West 42nd to United States. It is 381 meters West 47th Streets A large num- ue since 1933. (1,250 feet) tall and has 102 ber of neon signs and LED com- floors, and the height to its pin- mercial billboards all over the nacle is 1,454 feet. Named after intersection is an icon of Times the popular nickname for New Square! It is a place every tour- York, The Empire State, it is one ist will go when they visit NYC. of the most famous landmarks in If you want to take a good pic- the US. Designed by the archi- ture of Times Square, there are tects named Shreve, Lamb & red bleachers that give visitors Harmon Associates, it was built a picture perfect angle of the square. at a time when many people were trying to make the world's tallest building, but the Empire State Building won.
A Timeline for the History of Public Art The United Kingdom and the United States of America, 1900–2005 Cameron Cartiere, Rosemary Shirley, and Shelly Willis.Pages from The Practice of Public Art Edited by Cameron Cartiere