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Tag: NYC History

April 28, 2020 New York City

How yellow fever rebranded a Brooklyn village

Epidemics have shaped the growth and geography of New York . And one 19th century epidemic changed a neighborhood’s name,

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March 13, 2020 New York City

Watch “Eighty Years of New York City, Then and Now | The New Yorker” on YouTube

March 6, 2020 New York City

Touching History: I found one of the Commissioner’s Bolts

I am honored to have found one of the Commissioner’s original bolts in Central Park!

February 21, 2020 New York City

Seward Park Library: One of New York’s most beautiful branch libraries also had a rooftop view

Below is a picture, facing east, of Seward Park Library in the Lower East Side at 192 E. Broadway (picture

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February 17, 2020 New York City

Photos from Early 1900s Reveal How the NYC Subway Was Constructed

On Thursday February 13, the New York Transit Museum opened up its new exhibit, Streetscapes & Subways: Photographs By Pierre

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