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Observation deck
The Sears Tower is amongst the world's tallest buildings Chicago, Illinois
110storeys,443m high
Koko Taylor got her start sitting in with some of the greats of Chicago blues during the 1950s, including Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. Taylor developed a distinctive rough vocal style and had a huge hit in 1966 with Willie Dixon’s “Wang Dang Doodle.” Her long career and many awards earned her the title, “the Queen of the Blues.”
3.The White House, in Washington, D.C.is the official presidential residence located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House contains 132 rooms, but only 7 of these are open to public tours.
2. Capitol Hill Meeting place of the US congress and one of the nation’s most familiar landmarks
Builders laid the cornerstone for the United States Capitol in 1793, and the building has been the seat of the country’s Senate and the House of Representatives since 1800. Since its original construction, the Capitol building has been expanded to more than twice its original size. The Rotunda stands 66 m (180 ft) high and is the symbolic center of both Capitol Hill and Washington, D.C.
1. Jefferson Memorial
To honor the man who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence ,the nation’s third president, and the first U.S. Secretary of State.
The 5 boroughs: 1: Manhattan, 2: Brooklyn, 3: Queens, 4: Bronx, 5: Staten Island
Skyscrapers dominate midtown Manhattan, a borough of New York City. New York City is the most populous city in the United States, as well as a financial, commercial, and cultural center.
• French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue, and engineer Gustave Eiffel made the structure. The statue is covered in copper, and it was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
The Survey of America
Chapter IV The Main Cities
I. Washington, D.C
Washington, D.C., city and district, capital of the United States of America. The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nation’s permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president George Washington, the city has served since 1800 as the seat of federal government. It is also the heart of a dynamic metropolitan region. During the 20th century, the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area grew rapidly as the responsibilities of national government increased, both at home and throughout the world.
III Chicago
• : an inland hub • Sprouting from the Illinois prairie,
Chicago is a city of blue-collar workers. It’s location on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan makes it an inland trade hub. • Chicago blues and jazz
II. New York City
New York City is the largest city in the United States and one of the world's major global cities. Located in the state of New York, the city has a population of over 8.1 million within an area of 321 square miles (approximately 830 km²)., making it the most densely populated city in North America.
• United Nations Headquarters
•Landmark building of the UN, alongside the East River in New York City. The tall Secretariat Building and white General Assembly Building are two of three main structures that make up the UN .
• The Statue of Liberty (formal title: Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal statue located at Liberty Island, New York City. It was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.
World Trade Center was once the tallest building in the U.S.and the world.It’s comprised of 2buildings,twin structure, each rising 110stories above the city’s streets
The billboard of the Winter Garden Theater on the Avenue of the Americas in New York City advertises the Broadway show Cats, which began its record-breaking New York run in 1982.
Built in 1931, the Empire State Building in New York City, New York, stands 381 m (1250 ft) high. The construction of the wolanned by American politician Alfred Smith.
A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September 11, 2001. Another hijacked jet had crashed into the north tower about 15 minutes earlier. Both of the 110-story skyscrapers soon collapsed completely. Hijackers crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. The terrorist attacks, which killed about 3,000 people, were the deadliest in United States history.
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