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Shows the area of Lower Manhattan destroyed by the Great New York City Fire of 1845. Based on an 1847 map of Lower Manhattan. The Great New York City Fire of 1845 was the last of three particularly devastating fires that affected the heart of Manhattan, the other two occurring in 1776 and 1835. While very destructive, the 1845 fire confirmed ...
Click a letter to find places in New York starting with that letter. For the links to individual pages of places (counties, towns, cities, villages, and census-designated places), please see the Administrative divisions of New York at the bottom.
New York City was affected by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s more than any other U.S. city. [1]: 16–17 The AIDS epidemic has been and continues to be highly localized due to a number of complex socio-cultural factors that affect the interaction of the populous communities that inhabit New York.
New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper. Since 1890, ten of those built in the city have held the title of world's tallest. [29] [G] New York City went through two very early high-rise construction booms, the first of which spanned the 1890s through the 1910s, and the second from the mid-1920s to the early ...
Hugh Grant, whose father John Grant had grown rich in politics and real estate, was born on West 27th Street in New York City, [2] on September 10, 1858. [1] He was orphaned young and raised by his guardian, a man named McAleenan. [3]
The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (abbreviated CNEWA, pronounced "k-NAY-wah" / k n eɪ w ɑː /) is a papal agency established in 1926 and dedicated to giving pastoral and humanitarian support to Northeast Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and India. [2]
Biden dominated core Democratic constituencies in New York City, winning 76% of the city's vote. [61] Statewide, Biden won 94% of Black voters and 76% of Latino voters. [61] Biden won the upstate of New York (excluding New York City's results), albeit by a much smaller 52.4% to 45.9% margin, or 2,923,127 votes to Trump's 2,561,315.
After the Penn Club of New York (est. 1901) became the first alumni clubhouse to join Clubhouse Row for inter-club events at 30 West 44th Street [3] after Harvard Club of New York City (est. 1888) at 27 West 44th, then New York Yacht Club (est. 1899) at 37 West 44th, and Yale Club of New York City (est. 1915) on East 44th (and Vanderbilt) and ...