The other public project was the Harlem River Railroad, incorporated in 1846, and permitted to run locomotives along the Hudson from West 30th Street to Albany beginning in 1849. Peters describes this improvement as destroying the beauty of the country residences along the Hudson River, driving ma...
Oh NYC, you are as spectacular as I hoped you would be. Your vibrancy and beauty, your energy and grandeur is intoxicating. From Soho to East Village, from Greenwich to Chelsea, Harlem, Brooklyn, the Upper East Side to Central Park, we wandered endlessly from our Midtown Manhattan hotel. ...
Only three companies construct NYC’s wooden water tanks:Rosenwach Tank Company,Isseks Brothers, andAmerican Pipe and Tank. All three are family-run, operating for at least three generations. The Rosenwach Tank Company, the best known of the group, first began on the Lower East Side in 1866...
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such as the Schomburg Collection of African History and Culture, Apollo Theater, and Harlem YMCAs; important sites of the Civil Rights Movement, such as the Headquarters of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, houses associated with 19th century free-Black communities and abolitionists, ...
September 2017Citi Bike adds another 142 stations in Harlem, East Harlem, Astoria, Crown Heights, and Prospect Heights. We also grew from 10,000 to 12,000 bikes. October 2017Citi Bike riders take their 50 Millionth trip all time. May 2018Citi Bike celebrates 5 years of bike share in NY...
In the succeeding three decades Central extended the network, including portions of the Harlem Line and Putnam Division, until it boasted around 70 route-miles of electrified territory by 1931.A four-unit Milwaukee Road boxcab set, with E-36 closest to the photographer, works as mid-train help...
“Save your children! Save your money! Invest and get rich! OZONE PARK is ‘the Harlem of Brooklyn.’ Come and investigate!” Wait —‘theHarlem of Brooklyn‘? Ozone Park isn’t even in Brooklyn, although it’s near the modern border of the borough. ...
In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city ofNew AmsterdamonManhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. ButRichard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent...
Litefeetis a vibrant dance style that emerged from hip hop in the early 2000s on the streets of Harlem, NYC. It’s commonly associated with the subway system, where performers known as “litefeet dancers” entertain passengers with their fast-paced footwork and acrobatic moves. The dance styl...