New York City
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland. In 1664 the English took over New Amsterdam and renamed it New York in honor of Duke of York (later James II & VII). New York City is in reality a collection of many neighborhoods scattered among the city’s five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island—each exhibiting its own lifestyle. It’s challenging to paraphrase this metropolis but in ‘The New Colossus’ Emma Lazarus has written it best:
Project description
Living in NYC, views of the stars are scant, although stars of the Big Dipper, Orion, Cassiopeia and the North Star (Polaris) still manage to squeeze their light past the enormous artificial glow of the city lights. The moon, however, is visible just fine, East Coast weather permitting. This makes NYC an excellent playground to compose the moon with some of its iconic landmarks.
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