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  2. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper. Since 1890, ten of those built in the city have held the title of world's tallest. [29] [G] New York City went through two very early high-rise construction booms, the first of which spanned the 1890s through the 1910s, and the second from the mid-1920s to the early ...

  3. Todt Hill - Wikipedia

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    Todt Hill (/ ˈ t oʊ t / TOHT) [1] is a 401-foot-tall (122 m) hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York.It is the highest natural point in the five boroughs of New York City and the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod. [2]

  4. List of buildings, sites, and monuments in New York City

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    Times Square, in Manhattan Following is an alphabetical list of notable buildings, sites and monuments located in New York City in the United States. The borough is indicated in parentheses. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2012) American Museum of Natural History (Manhattan) Rose Center for Earth and Space America's Response Monument (Manhattan) Apollo ...

  5. 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.

  6. List of tallest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the September 11 attacks in New York City, the twin towers of the first World Trade Center occupied the second and third positions on the list below. The North Tower (1 WTC) stood at 1,368 feet (417 m), while the South Tower (2 WTC) was 1,362 feet (415 m) tall, then surpassed only by the Willis Tower at 1,450 feet (442 m).

  7. St. Nicholas Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The St. Nicholas Historic District, known colloquially as "Striver's Row", [3] is a historic district located on both sides of West 138th and West 139th Streets between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City.

  8. 30 Hudson Yards - Wikipedia

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    30 Hudson Yards (also known during construction as the North Tower [6]) is a supertall skyscraper on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.Located near Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, and the Penn Station area, the building is part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, a plan to redevelop the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's West Side Yard.

  9. 1717 Broadway - Wikipedia

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    1717 Broadway is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.At 750 feet (230 m) high, it is the tallest hotel in North America. [1] The building contains two hotels, the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Central Park below the 35th floor and the Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Central Park on floors 35 and higher, with a total of 639 rooms.