Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a street in the heart of Manhattan that is also a colorful symbol of New York City. Dodgingly cutting the neighborhood into two halves, the famed avenue represents the beginning of beginnings – it is from here that all the city’s streets are numbered. Those that run westward show the prefix west in their name, while those that run eastward show the prefix east. Prominent Avenue starts at Washington Square and runs north, framing the east side of Central Park. But beyond its unique geographic position – the wrapping – the value is in the filling, i.e. the content of the street. It’s home to boutiques and stores crowned with laurels around the world by labels and corporations.
Video: Fifth Avenue
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The most zealous shopaholics can fulfill their needs here. The fair half of humanity will realize all their secret desires in the form of long-awaited purchases in the walls of Victoria’s Secret, Tiffany & Co, Louis Vuitton stores. Fans of unchanging classics will be pleased with incomparable Gucci, Christian Dior, Chanel, Prada, Versace. Those with a more modest budget should not bypass the Avenue either. Here you will find such brands as H&M, Banana Republic, MEXX. Lords of Apple gadgets also meet buyers on the famous promenade. Brooks Brothers, Salvatore Ferragamo, Escada, Fendi, Hugo Boss – do not lag behind their popular counterparts, proudly displaying new products in elegant showcases.
.In addition to its shopping treasure trove, Fifth Avenue embodies a cultural heritage. Thus, a large number of museums are scattered throughout the legendary street. That’s why this area has been dubbed the “museum mile.” The Museum of the National Academy of Arts is rich in more than 5000 exhibits of XIX-XX centuries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, towering in a giant building on 82nd Street, presents multinational works from antiquity to the present. A new New York gallery showcases 20th-century works by natives of Germany and Austria. The Jewish Museum represents the largest art treasury of a great nationality located on the West Side of the world.
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Between West 33rd and 34th Streets rises up a huge high-rise skyscraper of 102 floors – the Empire State Building, which appeared in 1931. Not far from it is the world’s largest library. There is also St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a unique landmark symbolizing Catholicism. Of course, it is impossible to visit New York without visiting its main link – the legendary Fifth Avenue.
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