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Victim of torture murder. Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her ...
Sesame Street (fictional location) Signpost of Sesame Street. Sesame Street is a fictional street located in Manhattan, [ 1] a borough in New York City. The street serves as the location for the American children's television series of the same name, which is centered on 123 Sesame Street, a fictional brownstone building. [ 2]
The Shambles is a historic street in York, England, featuring preserved medieval buildings, some dating back as far as the 14th century. The street is narrow, with many timber-framed buildings with jettied floors that overhang the street by several feet. It was once known as The Great Flesh Shambles, probably from the Anglo-Saxon Fleshammels ...
The building is a New York City Landmark, designated in 1965. [20] It was one of the first buildings to be recognized as such by the newly formed Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City. [21] In 2009, The Public began its "Going Public" campaign to raise funds for a major renovation of the historic building.
New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.. Founded by Clay Felker and Milton Glaser in 1968 as a competitor to The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, it was brasher in voice and more connected to contemporary city life and commerce, and became a cradle of New Journalism. [3]
Leonard Street – Col. Leonard Lispenard, a New York City merchant, politician and landowner. Lenox Avenue – James Lenox, philanthropist. Lispenard Street – Anthony Lispenard Bleecker, banker, merchant and auctioneer, and one of the richest men in New York. Ludlow Street – Augustus Ludlow, War of 1812 naval hero.
The Strand is a family-owned business with more than 230 employees. [5] Many notable New York City artists have worked at the store, including rock musicians of the 1970s: Patti Smith – who claimed not to have liked the experience because it "wasn't very friendly" [6] – and Tom Verlaine, [7] who was fond of the discount book carts sitting outside the store. [8]
Seventh Avenue —co-named Fashion Avenue in the Garment District and known as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard north of Central Park —is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is southbound below the park and a two-way street north of it. Seventh Avenue originates in the West Village at Clarkson ...