of land. New York was one of the centers of early skyscraper construction‚ New York real estate was broken up into many small areas of land‚ with few large sites. During the first half of the 19th century it became the national center of American finance‚ and the banks in the financial district of Wall Street competed fiercely with English institutions for international dominance. The Great Fire of 1835 destroyed most of the old financial buildings‚ and in their place a wide variety of new buildings
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Purpose The community assessment and health needs project of East Harlem‚ New York‚ seeks to explore the community in relation to its landscape and demographic characteristics taking into consideration its population‚ health‚ resources‚ and its shortfalls amongst other benchmarks of the city. With these statistics and characteristics‚ it paints a clearer picture of the strengths and weakness of the community making informed needs about the community. This assessment will seek to give a vivid characteristic
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August 1776‚ landing in New York and engaging the fledgling Continental Army at the Battle of Brooklyn in one of the largest engagements of the war. They eventually seized New York City and nearly captured General Washington. The British made the city their main political and military base of operations in North America‚ holding it until 1783‚ when they relinquished it under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Patriot evacuation and British military occupation made the city the destination for Loyalist
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Jose Figueroa Social Inequality Dr. Brown 11/10/2014 Draft Paper George Swanson Isabel Wilkerson’s book “The Wrath of Other Suns” is a the story of the Great Migration in the United States‚ the exodus of more than six million black Americans out of Jim Crow and how they migrated looking for a better life or just to survive to the North and West. It was a mass movement of common people that took over six decades‚ from the 1910’s to the 1970’s. It takes
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that immigrants in New York City had to face through the working and living conditions at the turn of the century. As New York City grew in population‚ immigrants came mostly from Germany and Ireland and later from Eastern Europe and Italy. Most families were receiving little income which narrowed their choices of living. These dark‚ cramped‚ unsanitary homes that nearly 500‚000 immigrants were living in were called tenements. They were pieces of old buildings and some new all brought together
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William Marcy “Boss” Tweed William Tweed was born on April 3rd‚ 1823 in New York City. Tweed was an American politician and most famous for his leadership at Tammany Hall. He was a key figure in the Democratic political machine and had a huge impact on New York state and city. At one point‚ Tweed was third-largest landowner in New York City. He was also a director of the Erie Railway‚ the Tenth National Bank‚ and the New-York Printing Company‚ as well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. In
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Broadway Theater Broadway is the longest street in New York‚ starting in downtown Manhattan‚ and running through town‚ crossing the Broadway Bridge‚ and continues to Bronx (Greiner‚ visit- new-york-city.com) Then why when people hear this street name‚ do they think of theater? That’s because this street‚ commonly referred to as the “Great White Way”‚ has 36 theaters. These 36 theaters‚ along with 4 other‚ make up what is called the Theatre District. Broadway
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changing experience that I have come across during my seventeen years of life has to be about the time I had my first trip to New York City. This trip was the most significant in my life because it was my first time out of state‚ on an airplane‚ and not with my parents on in one holiday. Just thinking about the trip made my bones rattle‚ New York City was a very big city and I am just one person. All the life changing events that can happen in the Big Apple were right in front of my eyes. All the
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A standout amongst the most beautiful Presidents of the United States was Teddy Roosevelt. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was conceived on October 27‚ 1858‚ in New York City. His folks were Theodore Roosevelt Sr. also‚ Martha Bulloch. "Teedie‚" as his dear loved ones called him‚ was the second offspring of four. As he grew up he built up an adoration for regular history and perusing‚ and chasing‚ boxing‚ and wrestling. He was taught in costly private rudimentary and secondary schools. Roosevelt went
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do a test‚ to make bagels using Boston water‚because he was told from veterans bagel maker that “not possible to make good bagels outside of New York City because nowhere else has water that tastes quite the same as Gotham’s.” So‚ he brought a pail of water from Boston to New York City‚ in the bagel’s shop he made one batch of bagels from New York City water another one using Boston’s water . "There was absolutely no difference between them‚" Smith reported. "What makes the difference is equipment
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