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Pages in category "Street names" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... List of eponymous streets in New York City; Numbered street; O.
Gotham City was founded in 1635 by Captain Jon Logerquist, a Norwegian mercenary, before subsequently being taken over by the English; this parallels the history of New York City, which was founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam before being conquered by England and renamed New York. [40]
Iconic Wise Men Fish Here sign, (2007). The Gotham Book Mart was a famous Midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark that operated from 1920 to 2007. The business was located first in a small basement space on West 45th Street near the Theater District, then moved to 51 West 47th Street, then spent many years at 41 West 47th Street within the Diamond District in Manhattan, [1] New York ...
Street names can also be changed to avoid negative associations, like Malbone Street in Brooklyn, New York City, renamed Empire Boulevard after the deadly Malbone Street Wreck; Cadieux Street in Montreal renamed De Bullion because the original name became infamous by the former presence of many bordellos; and several streets in the German ...
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Deputy Chief Orio J. Palmer Way – Orio Palmer, Battalion Chief of the New York City Fire Department who died while rescuing civilians trapped inside the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Detective Sean Carrington Way – Sean Carrington, a New York City Police Department detective fatally shot in the line of duty in 1998.
Whitehall Street is one of New York City's oldest streets, having been built by c. 1626, shortly after the Dutch West India Company established New Amsterdam. [6] During the Dutch colonial era, part of the street was known as Markvelt or Marckvelt, [7] [8] though the name seems to have only applied to the northern portion. [9]
Street signs in New York City; Summer Streets This page was last edited on 9 August 2017, at 21:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...