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I walked every block of Manhattan. It was the best way to get to know my new city.
After moving to New York City, I decided to walk every block of Manhattan. It took me 13 months and I learned so much history ...
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East River Esplanade Stabilization and Reconstruction Phase 3
Manhattan FDR Drive, East 90 to East 125 Streets Community Board: 08, 11 East River Walk, Manhattan FDR Drive, East 63 to East 81 Streets ...
Four freedoms, two presidents, one moral collapse
The president is attacking the ‘four freedoms’ that formed the postwar world.
A stunning Beaux Arts mansion on Manhattan’s Upper West Side has just listed for the first time in 30 years
The home, at 349 W. 86th St., last sold in the late 1990s, and unsuccessfully aimed for a sale in 2013 for a much higher $50 ...
NYC developer plans world's tallest passive house skyscraper. Here's where.
A Brooklyn-based developer is planning to make history by constructing the tallest Passive House skyscraper in the world in NYC.
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From the Castle - FDR’s Stamps
Roosevelt helped design. FDR's stamps helped him relax. National Postal Museum Presidents need relaxation, whether playing golf or clearing brush. Franklin Delano Roosevelt said he owed his life ...
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'Congestion pricing is working': MTA says tolls keeping 82k drivers a day out of Manhattan
Transit officials attributed that to seasonal patterns, saying fewer people drive into Manhattan in the winter than the spring. The money collected from congestion pricing, which charges a $9 base ...