What I Love About New York (Part 2)

We made a book about what we love about New York City.

Read our book, then ask us questions in the discussion at the bottom of the page.

Broadway

This is a picture of Broadway where they are showing three musicals, Hairspray, The Lion King, and the Phantom of the Opera. -Arden.

Central Park

My picture is of Central Park. Fredrick Law Olmestead designed Central Park. It has a lot of trees and green plants. You can take horse carriage tours of the Park. It has baseball fields and picnic fields. It has a place called Strawberry Fields. It is in honor of John Lennon, the Beatles guitar player. -Tess.

China Town

This is a picture of Chinatown. This is a place in New York City where there are a lot of Chinese people and Chinese restaurants. In my picture there are three shops. ˆ Liana.

Coney Island

This is a picture of Coney Island. It‚s an amusement park. There is also an aquarium and a beach. -Nora.

Crowded Street

This is a crowded street in New York City. ˆCarlotta.

Ellis Island

This is a picture of Ellis Island where immigrants came through so that they could come into New York City and America. -Attiyya.

Empire State Building

This is the Empire State Building. It is 2000 feet tall!!!!!!!!!! There are red and green lights on top because of Christmas.ˆCHARLIE.

The Beast

This is The Beast, which is the fastest speedboat in New York! The Beast is a boat for tourists to get a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty and to have a soaking wet ride. -Alexander.

Hotdogstand

This is a picture of a hot dog stand, where people walk up and buy a hotdog and can put anything they want on it. -Isaiah.

Statue of Liberty

This is a picture of the Statue of Liberty. -Isaac.

Street Fair

Who needs department stores? New York City has one-of-a-kind open-air markets called street fairs! If you‚ve never been to New York City before, here is a drawn picture of a street fair. -Isa.

Nuts 4 Nuts

This is a Nuts 4 Nuts stand where you can get nuts with sugar on it. Next to it is a Pretzels stand where you can get soft big pretzels.- Julie.

Ethnic Restaurants

This picture is representing New York City‚s ethnic food restaurants. There is a Japanese restaurant called „Japan House‰, a Russian TakeˆOut called „Little Russia Take-Out‰ and a Latin-American restaurant called „The Latin-American Kitchen‰. -Teo .

Subway

My picture is of the underground subway. We use metro cards to go on it. A lot of people use it all day because it takes you where you want to go very quickly. -Celia.

Takeout

This is a picture of someone ordering takeout over the phone. -Raul.

Sky Scraper

My picture is a tall SKYSCRAPER. It has 20 floors.- Idris.

Taxis

This is a picture of New York City taxis are yellow and the streets are black. The sidewalks are gray. -Christine.

Times Square

This is a picture of New York‚s Times Square. There‚s a picture of a theater, a Toys R‚ Us, and a magazine campaign ad. It is big and busy. - Jack.

Times Square2

I drew time square. It‚s really crowded. It has all sorts of stuff. There are buildings and stores and billboards. There are screens on a building. -Miranda.

Traffic

This is a picture of all the traffic in New York City - Sophie.

Discuss