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4 days ago · In 1898 Greater New York was formed when Manhattan was joined with the newly created boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. Manhattan is considered one of the world’s foremost commercial, financial, and cultural centres. It is renowned for its many points of interest.
- New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam is the commercial and manufacturing centre for...
- Bronx
Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City,...
- Richmond
Richmond, county (area 58 sq mi [48 sq km]), southeastern...
- Central Park
Central Park, largest and most important public park in...
- One World Trade Center
One World Trade Center (One WTC), skyscraper in New York,...
- East River
East River, navigable tidal strait linking Upper New York...
- Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, residential section of Lower Manhattan,...
- New Amsterdam
4 days ago · December 9, 1997. Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue [4] – came together in the early 19th century. Its name denotes that "here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island".
- 1882 (laid out c. 1832)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, et al.
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- Manhattan, New York City
2 days ago · New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, considered the most influential American metropolis and the country’s financial and cultural center. New York City comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
- George Lankevich
5 days ago · The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, also known as FiDi, is a neighborhood located on the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, Brooklyn Bridge on the northeast, the East River to the southeast, and South Ferry and the Battery on the ...
5 days ago · Top 18 Secrets of Alphabet City, Manhattan. Alphabet City is the eclectic home of legendary jazz musicians, a candy store owned by a 90-year-old immigrant, buildings featured in Rent, and a tree...
5 days ago · Roosevelt Island, island in the East River, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, New York City. Administratively part of Manhattan, it is 1.5 miles (about 2.5 km) long and 1 / 8 mile wide, with an area of 139 acres (56 hectares). In 1637 the Dutch governor Wouter van Twiller bought the island from Native Americans, who called it ...
