https://www.spreaker.com/show/discovering-new-york-city-central-park-aenSociety & CultureCopyright izi Distribution Serviceshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cf0317fc46a877807a9b104c764ecfe3.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/discovering-new-york-city-central-park-aWed, 11 May 2022 09:50:17 +0000izi Distribution Servicesizi Distribution Servicesfeeds@spreaker.comGood day, dear guests and residents of New York!Welcome to the northern part of Manhattan. Precisely here is concentrated the spirit of this great city which infuses its skyscrapers, parks and museums. With the help of our tour you will stroll through...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-28-american-museum-of-natural-hi95e5f2d0-a126-44fb-b5c5-48a0fc0a0988Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:37:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesYou are now standing in front of the largest and most famous museums of Manhattan.  The museum occupies 4 city blocks and is completely devoted to the evolution of life on Earth.  Incidentally, it was precisely in this museum of Natural History that...129cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-27-the-dakota54b646ab-42ab-4a5a-bead-ad222ec65f53Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:36:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesTo our left is an elegant apartment complex.  This cooperative apartment is called "The Dakota."  It was built between 1880 and 1884 when several businessmen decided to build an elite dwelling on what was then the outskirts of the city.  Among them...198cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-26-lincoln-center-for-the-perfor2185e848-cdd6-4e03-9b5c-f2ee2eaa6237Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:35:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn the left side in the direction as we are walking is the performing arts center named after President Abraham Lincoln.  This is the largest performing arts complex in the United States, consisting of approximately 30 buildings, plazas and...99cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-25-columbus-circleccc5316d-3e19-494a-8eef-543c7c9f414eWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:34:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesColumbus Circle is one of the major plazas of the city.  Named in honor of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish seafarer of Italian birth who opened up America to Europeans in 1492.In the very center of the circle rises a monument to the famous Genoese...91cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-24-times-squarea4262da6-54a2-417e-b41f-193d3afa12d3Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:33:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesTimes Square, where you are now standing, is often called the crossroads of the world.  In the course of a year approximately 40 million people pass through Times Square.  Recently Times Square celebrated its 110th anniversary.  Previously called...97cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-23-uss-intrepid-sea-air-and-spacb4c5add3-8622-4a1b-94b3-ed988c9e4b1eWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:32:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesHave you ever seen an aircraft carrier in its natural grandeur?  Or have you walked on one's decks?  If not, you will have the possibility to do this and to have many emotions aroused.  It will be necessary simply for a little while to turn from the...99cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-22-broadwayc9dd3291-317a-45b0-9e25-a04c9fe6cb4bWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:31:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesBroadway - probably there are very few people in the word who have never heard anything about Broadway.  Not only is it the main street of New York but it is also the longest street in the city.What do you associate with Broadway?  Probably first of...94cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-21-empire-state-building5b3d20cb-2236-4459-818e-56bce248cbc0Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:30:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesYou are now standing in front of the legendary Empire State Building skyscraper. For nearly 40 years after its construction it held the title of the tallest building on the planet.  The building itself achieves a height of 381 meters, and with its...113cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-20-the-new-york-public-library-m96d5db95-19bf-4728-9206-0e7933fe009fWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:29:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn the left side as we are walking is the main building of the New York Public Library.  The Library building was designed at the beginning of the 20th century by the architectural firm Carrere and Hastings in the modern style.  There is a grand...63cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-19-central-station-chrysler-builb52bc5d0-8f93-470d-9195-5fb6e3b75fa3Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:28:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesYou are standing in front of the central railway station, Grand Central Station. This is the oldest and most famous train station in New York. This two story building was built in the beaux-art style, a mixture of Italian Renaissance and French...218cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-18-saint-patricks-cathedral7c1c060f-62ee-45c3-be35-eb04f08e7894Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:27:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn the opposite side of the avenue and slightly to the left is the magnificent St Patrick's Cathedral, built in the neo-Gothic style.  The construction of what was at that time the largest Roman Catholic Church in the USA began in 1858 and ended,...95cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-17-rockefeller-center96bdcf12-d8d0-4a8b-bdec-536b5c985745Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:26:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesBetween 48th and 51st Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues are the 12 large buildings of the Rockefeller Center, built here in the first third of the 20th century.  Most of the buildings are connected by crosswalks and galleries.  They can be called a...107cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-16-radio-city-music-hallfe153a9e-c356-4299-93a2-295e5c154bceWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:25:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesTo our left is Radio City Music Hall.  This building is part of Rockefeller Center, which we will discuss somewhat later.  The large hall in the art-deco style can seat 6000 spectators who previously saw here variety shows and then films.  Today they...20cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-15-museum-of-modern-art-moma4fe8e7d2-9cdd-4cc6-95bb-1325fddfe5f9Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:24:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesYou are now standing in front of the new home of the Museum of Modern Art.  This building, designed by the Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguci, has itself been called a work of art.  The collection of the museum began at the close of the 19th century...102cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-14-trump-tower05f02936-e01e-4fb6-84f4-9e1171ef2a64Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:23:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn your left side is Trump Tower, which has become a genuine symbol of wealth.  It is the 51st highest building in New York.  Until 2007 the Tower was the highest on the West side.  On the upper floors of the Tower are residential apartments.  Below...25cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-13-grand-army-plazaeefc53b8-c9ac-4b4e-856f-42b24714e1f2Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:22:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesYou are now on the Grand Army Plaza.  On one side of the Plaza there is a golden statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman and on the other side of the Plaza there is the functioning Pulitzer Fountain.  The fountain is in the tradition of the Italian...65cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-12-history-of-manhattanf76c18d2-6c80-4c93-85c1-dacd168b9d9cWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:21:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesWhile you are walking to the next point of our excursion, we will take the time to discuss the history of the city and of Manhattan.The first historical mention of New York, or more precisely the location in which the city is built, dates from 1524....139cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-11-the-frick-collectionf0cffec4-0b8f-4543-83e8-d375f79ad4e2Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:20:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesTo the left of us is the former mansion of Henry Clay Frick in which today houses the rich art collection that he acquired.Henry Frick was a steelworks magnate from Pittsburgh. At the beginning of the last century he moved to New York. He lived and...46cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-10-bethesda-fountain-and-terraceabf9e889-714e-4aaf-a6d1-5ad78c6a43f7Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:19:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesIt is believed that the fountain located before us was named in honor of the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem into which "descended the angel of the Lord."  The bronze sculpture of an angel at the center of the fountain is the work of Emma Stebbins...24cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-9-metropolitan-museum-of-art9c493d04-076e-469c-87bf-d5a21ef83b04Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:18:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesThe Metropolitan Museum is one of the largest and the fourth most frequently visited art museum in the world. Many claim that the influence of this museum is greater than the Uffizi gallery in Florence and even surpasses in regard to the influence the...146cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-8-neue-galerie33a42f6c-910a-4bec-8708-8ddf68198f45Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:17:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn the left of us is the Neue Galerie, dedicated to German and Austrian art and design of the early 20th century. The museum was founded by the art dealer Serge Sabarsky and his close friend the entrepreneur and philanthropist Ronald Lauder. The...44cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-7-solomon-r-guggenheim-museum43976126-4e50-4c8d-a60b-a4ce7b89dea0Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:16:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesProbably you have already noticed the unusual, whimsically abstract building on the other side of the street. It is one of the most famous buildings on the planet. The building of the museum was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the...69cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-6-the-cooper-hewitt-national-mus021cd4dc-5737-46cf-87e1-7dc539b160f3Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:15:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesThe Cooper Hewitt Museum is located in an elegant mansion built at the beginning of the last century for the industrialist Andrew Carnegie. In the 1960's the building was given to the Smithsonian Institute to house an unusual museum - a museum of...84cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-5-jewish-museum8ffd0dda-0d00-4dcc-9db0-352a2b9c62b8Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:14:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesTo our left is a building built at the beginning of the last century in the French Gothic style. From the middle of the last century the largest museum of Jewish culture, art and history in the United States has been located.The history of the museum...83cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-4-museum-of-the-city-of-new-york7e36e3be-fe1b-42d7-be73-2b5d17e6adb5Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:13:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesWe are now standing in front of the museum dedicated to the history of the city of New York. It was founded in 1923. This building built in a neo-Gothic style of red brick has been located here for more than 80 years since 1930. The collection of the...86cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-3-el-museo-del-barrio6926ca36-d683-49d7-b29e-a764bb65f575Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:12:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesOn the left side is the Museo del Barrio. This is the only museum of New York dedicated to Latin American and Caribbean art and culture. The collection of the museum contains more than 8000 exhibits. Here you can see the most varied exhibits of...23cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-2-museum-mile51acc448-51c2-4ecf-bc33-ff201b71b1d0Wed, 23 Dec 2020 12:11:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesThe portion of 5th Avenue between 82nd and 105th streets where 10 New York Museums are located is called Museum Mile. Annually on Museum Mile the Museum Mile Festival is held on the second Tuesday of June rain or shine from 6 until 9 PM. The first...46cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/13721751/episode-1-central-park7b2c277d-5595-4c0d-b8ac-4c6d7adc1ecfWed, 23 Dec 2020 12:10:30 +0000izi Distribution ServicesWe are beginning our excursion with Central Park - the Green Lungs of Manhattan. It cannot truthfully be called the biggest park in the city, but despite that it is certainly the most famous, significant and popular. The park is approximately 4...32cleanfull