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TheSurveyofAmericaChapterIVTheMainCitiesI.Washington,D.C

Washington,D.C.,cityanddistrict,capitaloftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.ThecityofWashingtonhasthesameboundariesastheDistrictofColumbia(D.C.),afederalterritoryestablishedin1790asthesiteofthenewnation’spermanentcapital.NamedafterthefirstU.S.presidentGeorgeWashington,thecityhasservedsince1800astheseatoffederalgovernment.Itisalsotheheartofadynamicmetropolitanregion.Duringthe20thcentury,theWashington,D.C.,metropolitanareagrewrapidlyastheresponsibilitiesofnationalgovernmentincreased,bothathomeandthroughouttheworld.1.JeffersonMemorialTohonorthemanwhowasprincipalauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependence,thenation’sthirdpresident,andthefirstU.S.SecretaryofState.BuilderslaidthecornerstonefortheUnitedStatesCapitolin1793,andthebuildinghasbeentheseatofthecountry’sSenateandtheHouseofRepresentativessince1800.Sinceitsoriginalconstruction,theCapitolbuildinghasbeenexpandedtomorethantwiceitsoriginalsize.TheRotundastands66m(180ft)highandisthesymboliccenterofbothCapitolHillandWashington,D.C.

2.CapitolHillMeetingplaceoftheUScongressandoneofthenation’smostfamiliarlandmarks3.TheWhiteHouse,inWashington,D.C.istheofficialpresidentialresidencelocatedat1600PennsylvaniaAvenue.TheWhiteHousecontains132rooms,butonly7oftheseareopentopublictours.TheWhiteHousegardensareonthesouthsideofthemansion.OfficialceremoniesandreceptionsaresometimesheldintheRoseGarden,andpresidentsaddressmembersofthepresshere,asdidBillClintonin1993,shownhere.

II.NewYorkCity

The5boroughs:1:

Manhattan,2:

Brooklyn,3:

Queens,4:

Bronx,5:

StatenIslandNewYorkCityisthelargestcityintheUnitedStatesandoneoftheworld'smajorglobalcities.LocatedinthestateofNewYork,thecityhasapopulationofover8.1millionwithinanareaof321squaremiles(approximately830km2).,makingitthemostdenselypopulatedcityinNorthAmerica.SkyscrapersdominatemidtownManhattan,aboroughofNewYorkCity.NewYorkCityisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates,aswellasafinancial,commercial,andculturalcenter.

WorldTradeCenter

wasoncethetallestbuildingintheU.S.andtheworld.It’scomprisedof2buildings,twinstructure,eachrising110storiesabovethecity’sstreetsAfireballeruptsfromthesouthtoweroftheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCityafterahijackedpassengerjetcrashedintoitonSeptember11,2001.Anotherhijackedjethadcrashedintothenorthtowerabout15minutesearlier.Bothofthe110-storyskyscraperssooncollapsedcompletely.HijackerscrashedathirdplaneintothePentagoninArlington,Virginia,andafourthhijackedplanecrashedinPennsylvania.Theterroristattacks,whichkilledabout3,000people,werethedeadliestinUnitedStateshistory.Builtin1931,theEmpireStateBuildinginNewYorkCity,NewYork,stands381m(1250ft)high.Theconstructionoftheworld’stallestskyscraperwasplannedbyAmericanpoliticianAlfredSmith.

UnitedNationsHeadquartersLandmarkbuildingoftheUN,alongsidetheEastRiverinNewYorkCity.ThetallSecretariatBuildingandwhiteGeneralAssemblyBuildingaretwoofthreemainstructuresthatmakeuptheUN.ThebillboardoftheWinterGardenTheaterontheAvenueoftheAmericasinNewYorkCityadvertisestheBroadwayshowCats,whichbeganitsrecord-breakingNewYorkrunin1982.TimeSquareIn1792twodozenmenmetbeneathasycamoretreetowritetherulestogovernsecuritiestrading.Themeeting,whichtookplacewhereWallStreetislocatedtoday,wasthebeginningoftheNewYorkStockExchange,thelargestsecuritiesexchangeintheworld.TheStatueofLiberty(formaltitle:LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld)isacolossalstatuelocatedatLibertyIsland,NewYorkCity.ItwasagiftoffriendshipfromthepeopleofFrancetothepeopleoftheUnitedStatesandisauniversalsymboloffreedomanddemocracy.FrenchsculptorFrédéricAugusteBartholdidesignedthestatue,andengineerGustaveEiffelmadethestructure.Thestatueiscoveredincopper,anditwasdedicatedonOctober28,1886.III

Chicago：aninlandhubSproutingfromtheIllinoisprairie,Chicagoisacityofblue-collarworkers.It’slocationonthesouthwestshoreofLakeMichiganmakesitaninlandtradehub.Chicagobluesandjazz

TheSearsTowerisamongsttheworld'stallestbuildings-Chicago,Illinois110storeys,443mhighObservationdeckKokoTaylorgotherstartsittinginwithsomeofthegreatsofChicagobluesduringthe1950s,includingMuddyWatersandHowlin’Wolf.Taylordevelopedadistinctiveroughvocalstyleandhadahugehitin1966withWillieDixon’s“WangDangDoodle.”Herlongcareerandmanyawardsearnedherthetitle,“theQueenoftheBlues.”IV.LosAngeles–thesecondlargestcityThecenterofahugesouthernCaliforniamegalopolisalongthePacificocean..

TheLosAngelesmetropolitanareaactsasacenterforthemotionpicture,radioandtelevisionbroadcasting,andmusicrecordingindustries.ManylargecorporationsandfinancialinstitutionsalsouseLosAngelesastheirheadquarters.HollywoodisasuburbofLosAngelesinthestateofCaliforniaintheUnitedStates,andhasbeentheheartoftheAmericanfilmindustryforoverahundredyears.Itoriginallystartedasasmalltownuntilthe1900swhenmoviemakersfromNewYorkCitymovedtheretoescapethewrathandmonopolyofThomasEdison'smoviecompanyindustryinNewYork.SincethenithasboomedintothecinematicheartoftheUnitedStates,andhasbeenthehomeandworkplaceofactors,directorsandsingersthatrangefromsmallandindependenttoworldfamous.V.Philadelphia

—thecitywithhistoricalspotsWasthelargestoftheAmericancitiesincolonialdaysandplayedaimportantroleduringtheRevolutionastheseatoftheContinentalCongress.It’sarchitecturerangesfromskyscraperstohistoricalbuildingsdatingtocolonialtimes.

SkyscrapersbegantobeaddedtotheskylineofPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania,inthelate1980s.ThisviewofthecityfromacrosstheDelawareRivershowsthehistoricareaofCityHallagainstabackdropofmodernhigh-risebuildings.VI.Detroit

-themotorcity,islocatedontheDetroitRiverbetweenLakeHuronandLakeErieDetroitandthesurroundingregionconstituteamanufacturingpowerhouse,mostnotablyashometotheBigThreeautomobilecompanies,GeneralMotors,Ford,andChryslerTheautomobileindustryhasbeenimportanttotheeconomyofDetroitsincetheearly1900s.Thecityistheforemostautomobilemanufacturingcenterintheworld,afactwhichhasearnedDet