subject: Working, Visiting, And Playing In The Big Apple [print this page] New York is the financial, entertainment, fashion, and tourist capital of the Country and one of the top in the world. People flock from around the globe for a glance at Time Square, Broadway, and Wall Street.
It is home to many things and many people. Hailed as the most populous city in the country at 8,175,133 in just 305 square miles it is almost the most densely populated city.
The Big Apple is one of the three "command centers" for world banking sharing the distinction with Tokyo and London. Finance and Major Corporation are the norm for this city with 45 of the Fortune 500 calling it home. It is truly an international city with one in ten private sector jobs being of foreign origin. Manhattan alone boasted 353.7 million square feet of office space 10 years ago. Lower Manhattan is the home to the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, and the NASDAQ, the world's first and second largest stock exchanges in the world.
Some of the most powerful and wealthiest people in the world live and travel in here. Event space in NYC is among the most coveted real estate in the world. With this ecliptic group of rich and influential people planning, scheming, and developing new ideas, first-class event space in NYC is at a premium. You don't meet with the UN in the basement of an old church. The need for a premium facility includes spacious dining rooms, beautiful views, state-of-the-art sound and media capabilities, live webcast, indoor/outdoor reception spaces, and on-site catering.
The entertainment offerings in New York are renowned the world over. Home to Broadway, the greatest live theater, the New York Opera, The NY Ballet, Symphony, dance companies, Julliard and a host of smaller offerings. People don't just come to New York to meet and dine; they come to be entertained in the impressive style.
The Fashion industry stops and starts in New York for our Country. Fashion start on the east and west coast and work their way slowly across the country. Runway shows, models, and designers all get their start in NYC.
Whatever your needs or interest from financial, entertainment, event planning, fashion or tourist, New York truly offers something for everyone. As the center for these the world over, no one leaves in this place feeling disappointed, people flock here to see and experience one of the greatest cities in the world.
