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English: Map of New York State Route 283 (1930–1970). Base map made in Quantum GIS using GIS data from the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Highway Administration , and enhanced using Inkscape. This map uses public domain SVG route markers available on Wikimedia Commons.
The Lord & Taylor Building is located on an L-shaped lot at 424–434 Fifth Avenue between West 38th and 39th Streets in Midtown Manhattan. [2] Its frontage totals about 260 feet (79 m) to the south on 38th Street, 200 feet (61 m) to the west, 160 feet (49 m) to the north on 39th Street, and 150 feet (46 m) to the east on Fifth Avenue.
1934 drawing of Fort Schuyler, from the Historic American Buildings Survey Propeller of the S.S. United States. Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
The 12-story St. John’s Terminal building is being billed as a “workplace designed for teams” — but it’s also providing a new home for local flora and fauna. Google opens New York ...
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
The Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet (55 m) in ...
A possible Lenape canoe, the only dugout ever found in Manhattan, was excavated by New York Edison workers in 1906 in Cherry Hill by the intersection with Oliver Street, at the original shoreline. [1] [2] The street was named for the 7-acre (28,000 m 2) cherry orchard that was planted by David Provoost, who originally owned the land.