Oh New York, a concrete jungle where dreams are made of. And
fortunately for the students of the West Contra Costa Unified School District,
New York City is a destination we are given the chance to experience. As an ILC
representative for the 2012 summer, I am given the opportunity to study and
live in New York for approximately one month. I am able to study at a prestigious
Ivy League university while enjoying the exciting city of New York.
While attending Columbia university for the summer, my ILC
group will be provided with chances to tour beautiful New York City and the
surrounding area. Possible famous landmarks I hope to visit are the Statue of
Liberty, Empire State Building, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, World Trade
Center, and FAO Schwarz Toys. Famous museums I hope to tour are the American Museum
of Natural History, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Skyscraper Museum, and Discovery Times Square.
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| Statue of Liberty |
The Statue of Liberty is a national monument on Ellis Island,
known as a symbol of American immigration and the immigration experience. As a
gift from France, the Statue of Liberty is a universal symbol for freedom and
democracy.
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| Empire State Building |
The Empire State Building is a one hundred and two story
skyscraper that overlooks all of New York. With an observatory on the
eighty-sixth floor, tourists are able to admire the breathtaking views of
streets, rooftops, and metropolitan areas.
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| Central Park |
Central Park, located in the center of Manhattan, is a
public park that encompasses about eight hundred forty-six acres! With
discussion seminars and research at the library occupying our time, Central
Park is a great escape to the hectic workload ahead of us.
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| Rockefeller Center |
Rockefeller Center, built by the infamous Rockefeller
family, is a complex of nineteen buildings located between forty-eighth and
fifty-first street. Tourists are able to walk upon the creation of some of the wealthiest
Americans during the Gilded Age.
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| Ground Zero |
After the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11,
2001, this complex, once consisted of the Twin Towers, is now named the Ground
Zero Memorial.
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| FAO Schwarz |
FAO Schwarz Toys is the oldest toy store in the United
States. After a long day consisted of textbooks and papers, it’s good to
explore one’s inner child at this New York attraction, especially on the candy
floor!
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| American Museum of Natural History |
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest
and most well-known museums in the world. With forty-six exhibition halls and thirty-two
million specimens, exploring this museum will never be a bored. (Maybe the
displays will come to life too!)
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| Guggenheim Museum |
Solomon Guggenheim Museum is a modern architectural building
housing collections of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, early Modern, and Contemporary
art.
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| Museum of Modern Art |
The Museum of Modern Art is exactly that; a modern art
museum that is continuously developing and collecting modern art of architecture
and design, drawings, sculptures, paintings, photographs, and many more.
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art |
The Metropolitan Museum of art holds works of many different
cultures; from the medieval arms and armors in the Cloister section to a Ming
Dynasty -style garden court.
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| Skyscraper Museum |
The Skyscraper Museum is the only museum that holds works of
different designs of skyscrapers. Personally, this is one I’d really like to
visit due to the variety of architectural features presented at the museum. (My
inner engineer is showing!)
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| Terracotta Warriors at the Discovery Times Square |
Discovery Times Square is an exhibition that specializes in
traveling exhibitions. The current exhibition is the Terracotta Warriors:
Defenders of China’s First Emperor. This exhibition is China’s most famous archaeological
discovery, comprised of six hundred clay soldiers to protect the Emperor in the
afterlife.
