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1. untappedcities.com › 2020/05/04 › today-in-1897-theToday in 1897 the Consolidation of New York City Was Approved

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   5 days ago · 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 ...

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2. www.historytools.org › stories › new-york-city-hallNew York City Hall: A Timeless Symbol of Governance and ...

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   13 hours ago · Over the course of its nearly two-century history, New York City Hall has been the stage for numerous significant political events and movements. In 1865, the building was draped in black as Abraham Lincoln‘s body lay in state, allowing thousands of mourners to pay their respects to the fallen president. In the early 20th century, City Hall ...

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   When did Queens County become a borough?

   • It finally joined the City of New York as a borough in 1898. The name of Queens County was assigned by the English when they also labeled Kings County in 1683. While Kings County was named for King Charles II, Queens County was allegedly named for his wife, Queen Catherine of Braganza.

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   Why were skyscrapers built in the 1920s?

   • The economic boom of the 1920s and extensive real estate speculation encouraged a wave of new skyscraper projects in New York and Chicago. New York City's 1916 Zoning Resolution helped shape the Art Deco or "set-back" style of skyscrapers, leading to structures that focused on volume and striking silhouettes, often richly decorated.

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   When were skyscrapers built in New York?

   • The Skyscrapers of New York, a 1906 film. The early years of the 20th century saw a range of technically sophisticated, architecturally confident skyscrapers built in New York; academics Sarah Landau and Carl Condit term this "the first great age" of skyscraper building.

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   How did New York become a borough?

   • Following many efforts to convince people to vote “For Consolidation” in newspapers and advertising campaigns, the City of Greater New York was formed, and New York’s five boroughs were established. Each borough could elect its own president, but Robert Anderson Van Wyck became the first post-consolidation Mayor of New York from 1898 to 1901.

   Today in 1897 the Consolidation of New York City Was Approved

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4. untappedcities.com › 2019/08/14 › see-the-evolutionSee the Evolution of NYC Housing from Tenements to Towers

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   3 days ago · The 1930s brought the onslaught of the Great Depression and the formation of the New York City Housing Authority, (NYCHA). In tracing the evolution of housing, the exhibit also examines the ...

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5. untappedcities.com › 2021/04/15 › nyc-boroughs-namesHow NYC's 5 Boroughs Got Their Names - Untapped New York

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   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 ...

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   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. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and ...

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   6 days ago · The city of Brooklyn annexed the city of Williamsburg and town of Bushwick in 1854. Years later, the dominoes really began to fall when New Lots joined the city of Brooklyn in 1886, New Utrecht, Gravesend and Flatbush in 1894 and Flatlands, the last holdout, in 1896. Brooklyn City and Kings County were coterminous only for two years, as ...

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   2 days ago · Early skyscrapers. The Flatiron Building, New York City, shortly after its construction in 1903. The earliest stage of skyscraper design encompasses buildings built between 1884 and 1945, predominantly in the American cities of New York and Chicago. Cities in the United States were traditionally made up of low-rise buildings, but significant ...