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"Belfast", written in 1971 by Drafi Deutscher and Jimmy Bilsbury, was originally entitled "Derry". [2] The lyrics refer to the divided city during the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Deutscher had written the song for Marcia Barrett when she was a solo artist in the early 1970s.
New York Railways: 86th Street Crosstown Line: Upper West Side: East 92nd Street Ferry: 86th Street and York Avenue New York and Harlem Railroad from 1920 to 1932; [4] Bustitution on June 8, 1936 (now the M86 bus) Third Avenue Railway: 110th Street Crosstown Line: Fort Lee Ferry: East Harlem: 125th Street, St. Nicholas Avenue, and 110th Street ...
An 1847 map of Lower Manhattan; the only railroad in Manhattan at that time was the New York and Harlem Railroad. The Harlem Line in its current form originated from the New York and Harlem Railroad (NY&H), which was the first streetcar company in the United States. It was franchised, on April 25, 1831, to run between the original city core in ...
The New York and Harlem Railroad laid tracks through Woodlawn during the mid-1840s as part of their effort to expand the line to Tuckahoe. A March 17, 1848 agreement gave the New York and New Haven Railroad trackage rights over the NY&H from Williamsbridge south into New York City.
Kabak stated that the ferry system was only a small part of the city's transit future, and that the city could easily build a light rail line with the subsidies that it was paying to fund NYC Ferry. [218] The New York Post editorial board wrote in June 2020, "Mayor Bill de Blasio's favorite white elephant had turned into a real drag on the city ...
Her album, 1989, was inspired by her 2014 move from Nashville to New York City, so much so that the opening track was aptly named “Welcome to New York.” “I really like my life right now …
A variety of performers will take to the stage ahead of tonight's ball drop in New York's Times Square before a massive crowd of New Year's Eve revelers ringing in 2025.. Here's what you need to ...
The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and was the world's first street railway. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Designed by John Stephenson , it was opened in stages between 1832 and 1852 between Lower Manhattan Island to and beyond Harlem .