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3 days ago · The Indigenous Story Behind New York,” running at the Amsterdam Museum through Nov. 10 and moving to the Museum of the City of New York in 2025 as “Unceded: 400 Years of Lenape Survivance.”
3 days ago · 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. In 2024 commemorations include the building of a scale model of New Amsterdam in ca. 1660. Courtesy New Holland Foundation/Artitec.
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3 days ago · Equipped with New York City’s first map from 1667, you will trace the original street grid of Manhattan while discovering the many hidden Dutch relics south of Wall Street.
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.
3 days ago · One of the oldest artifacts in Manhattan, hidden in plain sight. Discover the original Dutch fort, wind mill and the original battery. Trace the streets of Manhattan in 1667 with Manhattan’s first...
2 days ago · Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. It is formed by the junction of Broadway , Seventh Avenue , and 42nd Street .
Apr 15, 2021 · The Bronx. New York’s northernmost borough takes its name from a Swedish sea captain turned farmer, Jonas Bronck. Bronck purchased land and built a farmstead at what is now 132nd Street and ...
