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On new years eve the ¨Dropping of the ball¨ places in Time Square.
Sometimes there is even concerts there. It is full of neon lights and billboards. There is even brodway theaters and telivision studios. Times Square is always busy and there is many facilities. Times square is in midtown Mathattan. It is from west 42nd to west 47th streets. It´s open to visitors till 1am. If you walkto the top of the steps, there will be a beuatiiful view.
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The height of the statue of liberty´s base to the top of the torch is 305 feet, 6 inches. The heighth of the statue from the heel to the torch is 111 feet, 6 inches. The statue of liberty has a 35- foot wastline. It weighs 225 tons ( or 450, 000 pounds). The torch was covered with thin sheets of 24k gold. The rays on her crown are 9 feet in length and weighing 150 pounds each.
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More than 12 million imagrants first came to Ellis Island. More than 40% of the people can trace the history back to Ellis Island. Most of the imagrants were from Eastern and Southern Europe. They came to escape from poverty and religious intolerence. They began their jouney to America by foot, train or horseback.