Blog#8

Warm Up: If you could write a feature story about a place, where would you write about & why- If I could write a feature story about a place and where I write about I would write about New York City..

Feature Story:  New York City is one of the most famous cities in the United States.  The Wikipedia website says that almost 47 million people went to New York City in 2007. 

The city is called the Big Apple.  According to Barry Popik, who did research, New York City had a lot of race courses.  The prize you won was called a apple.  If you won a big prize, it was a big apple.  There were lots of races to win prizes around New York City.

New York is a big city. A lot of people live and work there.  New York City is the third largest city in the United States with over 18 million people. People from all over the world live in New York City.

There are lots of things to do in New York City. They have baseball, shopping, museums, theater, and the Statue of Liberty.  The Statue of  Libery is in New York City. The Statue of Liberty is found Liberty Island.  It was built in October 28, 1886. The statue was a gift to the United States from the people of France. It is a symbol of freedom and democracy. 

Other important sites in New York City are the buildings one of  them is Empire State Building one of the tallest building in the world. It is 1,245 feet tall. The Grand Central Terminal is one the world's largest stane stracks in the worlded.

http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm

http://gonyc.about.com/cs/atozinde1/a/bigapple.htm

http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/?front_door=true
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newyork/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
http://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/nycfacts.htm