1.

London

a) History of London
b) Places of interest
c) General information

2.

New York

a) Location and introduction
b) History
c) Places of Interest

"3. Places of interest
Manhattan – it is famous for its skyline thanks to the skyscrapers. Roads that. Roads that run from north to south (north-south) are called avenues, those that run form west to east (east-west) are called streets. None of them except Broadway have names, they have only numbers. The 5th avenue divides Manhattan into east and west. Second famous avenue is Broadway – it is an old Indian trade path, it is 33 km long, it leads to Canada, there are cinemas, theatres, law firms, banks, show-business lights. Wall street – is the most famous business street. It occupies the place of a former wall which protected the settlement first against Indians and then against the English. Apart of the Stock Exchange which is actually situated in Broad Street, many banks are located there such as Citibank and Bank of New York.
In Manhattan are quarters that represent the country from which the people who live there came → Little Italy, China Town.
Federal Hall National Memorial – the original building was the site of George Washington´s inauguration as the first president of the United States in 1789.
Skyscrapers – the Empire State Building – it is probably the most famous building in New York, it was built in 1931 at the corner of 5th Avenue and 34th Street. It surpassed the Chrysler Building and became the highest in the world until the construction of the World Trade Centre and Sears Tower in Chicago. It has 102 stories and is 381 m high. The Empire State Building also set a new record for the speed of the construction and its cost – because of the Depression it cost less than the estimate (41 million dollars instead of 60)."