ニューヨーク郡のおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

ニューヨークでスカイラインの眺めがセントラルパークから見るほど印象的な場所はほとんどありません。

If you're in New York, you absolutely should do this tour.

Jetty where you can board the ferry

Nice for a drink.

In 2002, the City of New York founded the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, or LMDC for short. This corporation was responsible for developing a new plan for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center. Shortly after the terrorist attacks, it was decided to redevelop this area. However, what it would look like was still unclear. Polls showed that some Americans wanted Ground Zero to be a memorial. Others advocated for the construction of new towers. Donald Trump presented his own concept. He wanted to build twin towers again, 30 meters higher than the old ones. This was quickly rejected, however. In 2002, the LMDC announced an architectural competition for the redevelopment of the WTC site. A total of 406 entries were received.[24] Some designs were criticized, even in German newspapers, for the new plans only envisaging smaller skyscrapers that were nowhere near as tall as the Twin Towers and thus not spectacular enough. In 2003, Daniel Libeskind was finally announced as the winner. He had also completed several construction projects in Germany. Libeskind, who immigrated to the USA from Poland, had little experience in building high-rise buildings, but his design met with widespread approval because he attempted to fulfill both desires for Ground Zero: a memorial and new towers. His concept called for leaving the sites where the World Trade Center towers had stood vacant and building a memorial with a museum next to them. He placed five office towers around the perimeter, each slightly taller than its neighbor. At the northeast corner, he placed One World Trade Center, the Freedom Tower. He also scored points with his concept of the new tower's height: 1,776 feet (541 meters). This refers to the year of the United States Declaration of Independence.[

Chrysler Building Designed by architect William Van Alen and completed just a year before the Empire State Building, this iconic Art Deco tower wasn't always as prominent in the New York skyline as it is today. Commissioned by Walter Chrysler, owner of the eponymous automaker, it was the first skyscraper with a decorative, non-functional spire, which drew mixed reactions from architectural critics. Although the Empire State Building snatched the title of New York's tallest skyscraper after just 11 months, the Chrysler Building remains the world's tallest brick building with a steel structure.

56 Leonard Street This residential tower in Tribeca, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and popularly known as the "Jenga Building" due to its irregularly stacked upper floors, debuted on the skyline in 2017. The striking 57-story skyscraper is the tallest in the district. Individual apartments are concealed within its rectangular volumes. This year, the final element of the design was installed at the base: a nearly six-meter-tall replica of Anish Kapoor's bean-shaped Cloud Gate sculpture. The original is located in Chicago.

30 Hudson Yards Since the opening of the Hudson Yards project in 2019, its towers have become an integral part of the New York City skyline. The Kohn Pedersen Fox observation deck atop the supertall office building is visible from afar. With a total height of 395 meters and an observation deck at 335 meters, the glass skyscraper with its distinctive "duckbill" is a symbol of the exclusive neighborhood, whose second construction phase is about to begin.