Living in a skyscraper is expensive; one unit in Trump Tower sells for US$ 700 000.
The World Trade Centre (WTC) was highest skyscraper built in 1973, was 417 m high, had 110 stories. Other interesting and beautiful skyscrapers are Empire State Building, 381 m high, built in 1931, the Chrysler Building (1930, 319 m), the Citicorp Centre (1977, 280 m), the PanAm Bldg., the Trump Tower etc. There is also the UN building there by the East River.

The only quiet place, where however it is dangerous to go after dark, is Central Park where also famous rock concerts take place.

There are many attractive places where visitors like to go, either on ships or over the New York bridges. The most well known is the Brooklyn Bridge. There are many islands in this area – Roosevelt Island, Coney Island and liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a copy of the small statue given to the USA by France in 1887 when celebrating a century of the USA. The high Statue stands near the port and it was usually one of the first sights for many immigrants to the USA. It is considered to be a symbol of hope and freedom. There are words on the statue base : „Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the Golden door.“

New York is an important industrail city and business centre, as well as the biggest port in the USA. There are four airports in New York, and perhaps the most famouse of them is the J. F. Kennedy airport. There are 15 TV stations, 39 radio stations, over 100 hospitals, 29 universities (Columbia University is the best of them), many cultural institutions, galleries, such as The Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim`s Gallery,etc. New York has the largest subway (underground) system in the world, it runs 137 metres under the city.