1. The basis of the NYSE was formed when 24 brokers who traded under a tree at 68 Wall street signed an agreement to deal only with one another. This was in the year?

2. When there is an economic slump , this is called a bear market ; what do they call a boom market ? Circle the correct answer :

3. How many trading posts are there in the NYSE ?

4. The stock market crashed on Tuesday, October 29th of :

1. Which is the skyscraper begun in 1933 by architect Cass Gilbert, designer of the Woolworth building. The 31-story structure is a pyramid-topped tower set in a classical temple base ?

2. Originally named « the Fuller building », this building by architect David Burnham was the tallest in the world when completed in 1902. It was also called « Burnham’s folly », because some people predicted that the winds created by the building’s shape would knock it down.

3. It was designed in 1928 by Cass Gilbert and has a golden pyramid roof.

4. In 1909 a 700-ft tower was added to this 1893 building ousting the Flatiron as the latest in the world. The building which is lit up at night served as the company symbol « the light that never fails ».

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5. It serves as the largest storehouse for gold owned by the nations of the world, guarded by 90-ton doors. It issues US currency as well.

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6. The site where George Washington, the nation’s first president took his oath of office in 1789.

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7. Statesman Alexander Hamilton ; steamboat inventor Robert Fulton are among those buried in its venerable graveyard.

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8. Inaugurated in 1988. Four office towers soar, each topped with a different geometric shape. 16 palm trees from the Mojave desert grow in the atrium of its dazzling Winter Garden.

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9. It was the brainchild of sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi and has become a symbol of freedom throughout the world. It stands on what used to be Bedloe’s island (now called liberty island). It was unveiled by president Cleveland on October 28, 1886.

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10. It preceded Ellis Island as the city’s immigration centre in 1855, processing 7.5 million newcomers.

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11. A group of 19 buildings were erected between 1931 and 1940 and from 1957 to 1973 on this site, once a botanic garden owned by Columbia university. It was leased in 1928 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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12. The cast-iron building erected in 1857 was the first to use a steam-driven Otis safety elevator, an innovation that made the skyscraper a possibility.

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13. Designed by Walter Gropius, Emery Roth and sons and Pietro Belluschi this colossus blocks the Park avenue view.

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14. It was the first grand luxury apartment house on the Upper West side ; designed in 1880-84 by Henry J. Hardenberg, the architect responsibel for the Plaza Hotel. It was commissioned by Edward S. Clark, heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune. It was the site of the tragic murder of former Beatle John Lennon.

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15. This building, an Art Deco gem with its spiky « radio waves » crown, was designed by architect Cross and Cross.

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16. The first of the city’s glass-walled skyscrapers on Park avenue. The crip and bright design is intended to symbolise many of the Lever Brothers’ cleaning products.

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17. The 18 story cast-iron structure resembles a French Renaissance château on a larger scale. It is owned by Donald Trump and was designed by Hardenbergh, known for the Dakota.

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18. This Harlem nightclub was host to the best jazz in town, as first Duke Ellington and then Cab Calloway led the band.

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19. A statue of king George III stood on this square until the signing of the declaration of independence, when as a symbol of British rule, the statue was hacked to pieces and smelted for ammunition.

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20. In the 19th century this was the home of horse traders, blacksmiths and stables. This square was named in 1904 after the NY Times tower. Every new year’s eve a lighted ball is lowered to mark the new year.

1. A real estate tycoon, who symbolised the « yuppie » wealth of the 1980s.

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2. He was NY’s first black mayor in 1990.

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3. In 1953 she founded a dance company.

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4. He launched his first steamboat, the Clermont, in 1807.

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5. The name of the Indians who first populated Manhattan.

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6. He was the last Dutch governor, who brought order to NY by closing all the city’s tavern at 9 o’clock.

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7. He was a famous black novelist born in Harlem in 1924 ; he wrote Go Tell It On The Mountain.

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8. He founded NY City Ballet and the American Ballet Theater (1904-1983).

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9. He started the American Dance theater, a showcase for modern dance works by a multiracial troupe.

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10.He designed the Brooklyn bridge, the largest suspension bridge ever built, which was completed in 1883. After his death, his son finished the bridge partly paralysed, suffering from the bends (caisson disease)

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11. An American naturalistic novelist who wrote An American Tragedy while living at No 16 St Luke’s place.

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12. The architect of the Chrysler building who was poorly rewarded for his labours. Mr Chrysler accused him of accepting bribes from contractors and refused to pay him. The architect never recovered from this slur.

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13. This architect was considered the great innovator of American architecture. He designed Prairie-style homes and office buildings of concrete slabs, glass, bricks and tubing. He received the Guggenheim commission in 1942, his only NY building.

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14. He purchased the island of Man-a-hatt-to from the Algonquian Indians for beads and goods valued at $24.00

1. They were built from local sandstone and were favoured by the 19th century middle classes. They have a flight of steps, called a stoop, leading up to the living floors ; the servants’ quarters were in the basement.

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2. Apartments constructed as an economic form of housing ; for many immigrants these buildings were a stark introduction to new lives. They were mainly built on the Lower East side.

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3. It was cheaper than sone or brick and allowed ornate features to be prefabricated in foundries from molds and used as building façades. The best, built in the 1870s are in the Soho district.

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4. This French school of architecture dominated public buildings and wealthy residential properties during NY’s gilded age (from 1880 to about 1920). The best examples are : Custom House 1907, NY Life Insurance Building 1928, the US Courthouse 1936, Grand Central terminal 1913, Helmsley Building 1929 ; NY Public Library 1911, Frick Mansion 1914, US General Post-Office 1913, Municipal Building 1914.

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5. As the city’s population grew New Yorkers joined the trend towards communal living. Many of the buildings resembled castles and châteaux and were built around courtyards, not visible form the street. Favourite landmarks are Henry Hardenbergh’s Dakota 1884, the 4 Twin Towers that arose on Central Park West during the peak of Art Deco (1929 to 1931).

1. In the peak years from 1880 to 1920 how many immigrants arrived ?

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2. What is New York city also nicknamed? Why ?

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3. Quote two famous museums :

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4. Quote two famous NY bridges :

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5. What are the names of the two rivers surrounding the island of Manhattan ?

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