New York City: A Rich History on the Hudson

 

Brooklyn Bridge - South Street - New York City

Today, New York City is known the world over as the center of…well, almost anything.  While every country has their own large cities, and the metropolises of the world are great and grand, there is no corner of the Earth that does not recognize the bright lights of the Big Apple.  NYC 2WAY Limo takes the time to offer an insight into the rich history on the Hudson with this  analysis of New York City. A colony of the Netherlands for 40 years, the land known as New Amsterdam was conquered by the English in 1664, and renamed New York.  From that point, the settled areas in southern Manhattan and its expanses have grown into the city we know today, including the 5 boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.  A center for immigration, tens of millions of Americans can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island, and through the gates of New York, to parts around the country and across the western frontier.

Much of America’s history is rooted in New York’s own historical events.  NYC was home to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the first organized resistance of British colonial rule.  After being lost to British forces during the American Revolution, Manhattan Island became the British command hub in North America for the remainder of the war.  The capital of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, New York City later became the temporary home of the U.S. government in 1789, until it was moved to Philadelphia a year later.

Massive immigration by Europeans, especially Irish, Italians, and Germans in the mid to late 1800’s exploded the city’s population, and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 cemented New York City as a primary hub for much of American trade, creating jobs for the coming waves of immigrants.  By 1850, a quarter of the city’s population was Irish.  During the Civil War, NYC was a hotbed of conflicting opinions on the war, leading to numerous demonstrations and riots, such as the Draft Riots of 1863.  After the war, the city continued to build and grow.

The 20^th century saw many landmark historical events in New York City, from the artistic revolution of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s, to the birth of the great skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building in the 1930’s.  The 40’s saw World War 2 come and go, and the booming growth of the 50’s.  1972 saw the completion of the world’s largest buildings, the Twin Towers, and on September 11^th, 2001, the world changed forever watching those buildings fall after devastating terrorist attacks.  The 1980’s saw a booming private sector on Wall St., as well as the rise of crack and drug violence, and the cleansing of the city in the 1990’s. You can also take a look at "New York City Landmarks -The NYC 2WAY Tour" for further reading on landmarks. 

NYC 2 Way car service transportation has been in the city for decades, and has seen many of these recent events.  Through it all, they have provided top notch transportation services, and will continue to do so well into the future, through whatever next step will be part of NYC history.