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  2. Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New ...

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    The initial part of the book describes the immigration process while the second is about acclimation to living in New York City. [1]The author uses the sidebar to hold research-generated anecdotes to allow the main body to concentrate on her main ideas.

  3. Land reclamation in Lower Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers as well as those of the Upper New York Bay. The extension of the ...

  4. Cartography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Brazil top court expected to reject limit on Indigenous land ...

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    BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court is expected to rule next week against attempts by the country's powerful farm lobby to limit land claims by Indigenous peoples to areas they occupied ...

  6. Commissioners' Plan of 1811 - Wikipedia

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    A portion of a map of the city from 1776; De Lancey Square and the grid around it can be seen on the right. The streets of lower Manhattan had, for the most part, developed organically as the colony of New Amsterdam – which became New York when the British took it over from the Dutch without firing a shot in 1664 – grew.

  7. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The New York City television designated market area (DMA) includes Pike County, Pennsylvania, [35] which is also included in the CSA. In addition to the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), the following core-based statistical areas are also included in the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA CSA:

  8. 5 Biggest Myths of Buying a Home in New York in 2025 ... - AOL

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    Data from Redfin shows that home prices in New York increased 6.9% from November 2023 to November 2024, with a median sale price of $522,800. While most people are aware that the New York real ...

  9. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan (co-extensive with New York County) is the geographically smallest and most densely populated borough; is the symbol of New York City, as home to most of the city's skyscrapers and prominent landmarks, including Times Square and Central Park; and may be locally known simply as The City. [11] [12] Manhattan's (New York County's ...