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We Built This City: New York

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  • 2003
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The third and final documentary of this series, New York the most impressive city all over the world, since the first Dutch trading post as New Amsterdam, later on British hands it became on... Read allThe third and final documentary of this series, New York the most impressive city all over the world, since the first Dutch trading post as New Amsterdam, later on British hands it became on real settlements renamed in homage Duke of York, the first planned street city on USA on ... Read allThe third and final documentary of this series, New York the most impressive city all over the world, since the first Dutch trading post as New Amsterdam, later on British hands it became on real settlements renamed in homage Duke of York, the first planned street city on USA on isle of Manhattan, explains how the Central Park was conceived, the notable achievement li... Read all

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    The Great Apple!!!

    The most famous silhouette's city of all, New York, this town actually is very younger, founded by Dutch in 1624 as "New Amsterdam" at lower Manhattan conceived by Dutchmen as Trading post, they made a harbor and the wall to protected against the native Indians called Manhattan, but through life's destiny the menace wasn't behind the wall, in fact it came from sea, the English Fleet took the town, the name is changes to homage to Duke of York, the new English settlements increased the city, so came up a bold plan known net, consisted on parallel street and rectangular blocks, in the middle a large artificial park at swamp ground, the new yokers were dared, and made a historic achievement to link the harbor to Albany reaching to upland areas allowing to the City's harbor as the best route to countryside, thus New York won the race and becomes quickly the largest city at USA, the next step will be a bridge's Brooklyn, the very first suspension bridge ever done, a remarkable engineering achievement, but the way they found to reaches the underwater plateau to highest cost to pay, lives, they made a huge wood box and inside a high pressure air prevented to water enter inside this poisoned environment with mug, dirty water and few oxygen to breathe, killed uncountable workers cover up by authorities on those time, apart those facts New York was named later as the great Apple and is there forever!!!

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    First watch: 2014 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.25

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