Geography Project - Wicked Part II

In my last post for my Geography Project, I mentioned that the composer of Wicked was Stephen Schwartz and he was born and raised in New York. So I decided to link this fact into this post, the geography of New York!


     As you may know New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state.



The New York Harbour: has deep waters and sheltered bays, it helps the city grow in significance as a trading city. The majority of New York is built on three islands- Manhattan, Staten Island and western Long Island which in time makes the land scarce and encourages a high population density.



Boroughs: New York City consists of five boroughs

1) The Bronx, population: 1,364,566

Fun fact - The Bronx is the only borough of New York City which is believed to be apart of the United States mainland.

2) Brooklyn, population: 2,511,406

Fun fact- Brooklyn was incorporated into New York City in 1898, it was the borough that questioned joining NYC and they had several conditions that had to be met!

3) Manhattan, population:1'606'205

Fun fact-  Manhattan's Chinatown is the largest Chinese encase in the Western Hemisphere.

4) Queens, population: 2'256'576

Fun fact- Queens is the largest borough in New York City, by size. Total land area is 178.28 sq.

5) Staten Island, population:475'014

Fun fact-  The nickname of this borough is called "The Forgotten Borough" because it is the smallest borough by size and its residents feel its the last to receive the city's services.


The Land: New York city's land is to be estimated at 321 square miles. But, a more recent estimate calculates a total land area of 304.8 square miles. The highest natural point of New York city is "Todt Hill" on Staten Island, which at 408 ft above sea level is the highest hill in the Eastern Seabound south of Maine.

Lastly, to link back to the main subject of my project Wicked is another fabulous musical number "I'm not that girl"

Sources for Pictures/Videos:

Video of "I'm not that Girl":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaT7DaqPbxs

Picture of New York Harbour:  http://www.google.ie/imgres?hl=en&biw=1440&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbnid=q02ZJ3Qk_s-5gM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor&docid=u9y0d5LuAuGepM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi

Picture of Five boroughs of New York CIty: http://www.google.ie/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=799&tbm=isch&tbnid=9mQUQGBBWuPZhM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map_Julius_Schorzman.png&docid=Xfsd7wD8KkxrpM&im

Picture of three islands:  upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Usgs_photo_New_York_five_boroughs.jpg/250px-Usgs_photo_New_York_five_boroughs.jpg