Columbus (CG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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i Saiiboating iso favorite pasttimeof Newport residents Historical State House Eisenhower Park.

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NEW Yokk CITY T New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the nation's financial and business center, chief seaport, and leading port of entry. The city extends in its greatest length from north to south fnorthernmost Bronx to southernmost Staten lslandl for 36 miles: in its greatest breadth ffrom West 23rd Street in Manhattan to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Queensi, for I6.5 miles. - - l . ' The city, located at the mouth of the Hudson CNorthl River, is divided into five boroughs, each also a county-of New York State. ' - A New Yorkls climate is equable.. February is usually the coldest month with an average temperature of 33 degrees, and July the hottest with an average of 75 degrees. a yTwo of the largest railroad stations in the country are in Manhattan: the Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue, and the Pennsylvania Station at 7th Avenue and 32nd Street. The Grand Central Terminal covers an area of 48 acres: it was completed in l9l3 after a decade of construction. The Pennsylvania Station has an area of 28 acres and was com- pleted in I9IO after six years of building. ' ' Of the city's monumental structures the Empire State Building is easily the most arresting. This tallest building in the world rises from Fifth Avenue at 34th Street l,250 feet QIO2 stories above ground, and two belowl5'a 222-foot television tower, from which all seven of New York's television stations transmit, was added in l95I. ,Two observation platforms--on the 86th and I02nd floors--attract over a million visitors fanpua11y,l T y Y 2 The New York Skyline from high atop the tower- ing Empire State Building. Central Park fleft back- groundl is dwarfed by skyscrapers in the heart of the business district of the 'concrete jungle.