New York Urbanization
In 1965 New York declined shares with Europe resulting in a decline of the population of Europeans in New York. In 1970 to 2000 the foreign born population tripled with Latinos being the largest population in New York accounting for nearly 32 percent of the population, the where followed by Asians with 24 percent, then the nonhispanic Caribbean 21 percent, Europeans 19 percent, and finally the Africans with 3 percent. New York City's foreign-born in 2000 have extremely diverse origins, compared to to the overwhelming European origin of the foreign-born in earlier decades.
WHY NEW YORK IS SO POPULAR
To understand what makes New York great, you have to understand what makes us great. It's not what we're made of, but how we're constructed. -Josh Siegle
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in the 1920s. The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement," named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Harlem Renaissance was considered to be a rebirth of African American arts.
Cool jazz
Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music that sprung to life following the Second World War. It is characterized by its relaxed tempos and lighter tone, in contrast to the bebop. Typical instruments Drums, piano, trumpet, trombone
Beat poetry
The Beat Generation was a group of authors whose explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. Central elements of Beat culture are rejection of standard narrative values, the spiritual quest, exploration of American and Eastern religions, rejection of materialism, portrayals of the human condition,sexual liberation and exploration.
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York in the 1940s. It was the first American movement to achieve international influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world.
Broadway
New International cuisine
Wall Street
Wall Street is a 0.7-mile-long (1.1 km) street running eight blocks, roughly northwest to southeast, from Broadway to South Street on the East River in the Financial District of lower Manhattan, New York City.
Anchored by Wall Street, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and the city is home to the world's largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange.
Hip hop