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Statue of Liberty. / 40.68917°N 74.04444°W / 40.68917; -74.04444. The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of ...
City of New York. Adopted. April 6, 1915. (modified December 30, 1977) Design. A vertical tricolor of blue, white, and orange with a modified blue version of the Seal of New York City in the center. The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City, the respective flags of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and ...
This is a list of symbols of the state of New York in the United States. The majority of the state symbols are officially listed in the New York Consolidated Laws in Article 6, Sections 70 through 87. [1] The symbols are recognized by these laws and were signed into law by the governor of New York. The oldest symbols, the state flag and the ...
July 15, 1977. ( 1977-07-15) Registered as a trademark in. 73758742. Website. www .iloveny .com. I Love New York (stylized I NY) is a slogan, a logo, and a song that are the basis of an advertising campaign developed by the marketing firm Wells, Rich, and Greene under the directorship of Mary Wells Lawrence [1] used since 1977 to promote ...
The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck . The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms).
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
Images of New York City. This page is part of Wikipedia's repository of public domain and freely usable images, such as photographs, videos, maps, diagrams, drawings, screenshots, and equations. Please do not list images which are only usable under the doctrine of fair use, images whose license restricts copying or distribution to non ...
The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.