Times Square - New York - Post 17th October

Times Square is the name of area formed by crossing two big avenues in New York, USA. The area stay in Broadway  between Seventh Avenue. This is commercial area, where all buildings are obliged put luminous plates advertising.

 

The Times Square isn’t only one street or avenue, because there isn’t traffic way with this name in Official Guide of Streets and Address of New York city.

In Times Square is located the NASDAQ, an important stock Exchange of world.

The Revellion in Times Square is among the largest in the world, always with visuals resources and pyrotechnics.

In Portuguese, Times Square means “Praça do Tempo”, and until April 1904 was known as Longcare Square, the original name given for Britain’s settlers.

Actually It is sight most visited of world, with about 39 million visitors for year,  receiving more visitors than Liberty State.

New York - The Empire States - Post 03/10/2012

The Empire State was built after crisis of 1929 in New York, USA. It was made to be tallest building of the world. It was the tallest building until 1972,  losing  this title after construction World Trade Center (only first tower).

The construction lasted on one year and forty-five days, being number of workers was three thousand on day. The average of construction was 4.5 floors for week.

The building appears in ninety films or more, being one their King Kong (1933).

In July 1945, during a fog, one plane knocked against building and your pilot died, but, after two days  the building worked normally, as if nothing had happened.

After terrorist attacks in 09/11/2001, with the fall of the twin towers, The Empire States was again the tallest building of the world.

Adapted : http://www.lmc.ep.usp.br/people/hlinde/estruturas/Empire.htm