New York

Received from: the USA
Category: from a friend
Date:  July 2016

New York

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2014
Distance: 6852 km
Time of travelling: 5 days
New York traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a globally recognized symbol of the United States and its democracy.

New York (in the 1960s)

Received from: Germany
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: April 2013
Distance: 984 km
Time of travelling: 6 days

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world

Rochester

Received from: The USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2012
Distance: 6879 km
Time of travelling: 7 days

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City. It is the county seat for Monroe County.

New York

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2011
Distance: 6996 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.