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May 16, 2024 · The Indigenous Story Behind New York is at the Amsterdam Museum until 10 November and travels to New York next year. Key to the show is a collaboration with representatives from the Lenape people ...
3 days ago · In the nineteenth century, 1686, when the city received a charter dividing the city into wards, was regarded as the most important year. In 1915, the year 1664 was adopted and included in the redesigned seal of New York, just in time for the city’s 250th anniversary. And decades later, in 1974, the founding year was changed to 1625.
May 3, 2024 · Before New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam: a Dutch settlement named for the canal-filled city back home. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the settlement, which was established in ...
May 4, 2020 · Today, New York City’s five boroughs contain about 8.4 million people, making it the most populous city in the United States. Yet, when New York was first founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam ...
22 hours ago · Statue of Liberty. / 40.68917°N 74.04444°W / 40.68917; -74.04444. The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper statue, a gift to the U.S. from the people of France, was ...
4 days ago · Manhattan (c. 1900), detail of a map of New York City from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. (more) Manhattan, borough of New York City, coextensive with New York county, in southeastern New York state, U.S. The borough, mainly on Manhattan Island, spills over into the Marble Hill section on the mainland and includes a number of ...
May 1, 2024 · New York Knicks & Rangers AAPI Month Youth Clinic Lower East Side Preparatory High School, 145 Stanton Street, Lower East Side Saturday, May 11, 12 – 2 pm Ages 7-14 Free Advanced registration required. Join the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, Welcome to Chinatown and Grand Street Settlement to celebrate AAPI Month with a community ...
