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Pages in category "Defunct companies based in New York (state)" The following 177 pages are in this category, out of 177 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York was held the same year. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Sanderson estimates that in 1609 the landmass of the land now called Manhattan contained 66 miles of rivers and streams, numerous fishable tidal inlets, 70 kinds of trees, "627 species of plants, 85 species of fish, 32 species of reptiles and amphibians, 233 ...
The Catskills, which lie northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are a mature dissected plateau, an uplift region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation of the Allegheny Plateau .
The Black or African American population is in a state of flux, as New York is the largest recipient of immigrants from Africa, [163] while established Blacks and African Americans are migrating out of New York to the southern United States. [164] The New York City neighborhood of Harlem has historically been a major cultural capital for Blacks ...
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New York City is situated in the northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Its location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port. Most of ...
Their debut album, Music From Big Pink was recorded in New York City and Los Angeles. [25] Augusta Savage, (1892–1962) Female, African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance (resident) Dennis Bermudez, American mixed martial artist (native) Jeremiah Russell, (1786–1867) U.S. representative from New York.
The geography of New York varies widely across the state. Most of New York is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is larger than any U.S. National Park in the contiguous United States. [2] Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, is a popular attraction.