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2. Land reclamation in Lower Manhattan - Wikipedia

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   An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers as well as those of the Upper New York Bay. The extension of the ...

3. History of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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   Manhattan was first mapped during a 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company. [15] Hudson came across Manhattan Island and the native people living there, and continued up the river that would later bear his name, the Hudson River, until he arrived at the site of present-day Albany. [16]

4. Manhattan - Wikipedia

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   Manhattan is one of the most densely populated locations in the world, with a 2020 census population of 1,694,250 living in a land area of 22.66 square miles (58.69 km 2), [3] [18] or 72,918 residents per square mile (28,154 residents/km 2), and coextensive with New York County, its residential property has the highest sale price per square ...

5. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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   However, a more recent estimate calculates a total land area of 304.8 square miles (789.4 km 2). [3] Icebergs are often compared in size to the area of Manhattan. [4] [5] [6] The highest natural point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which at 409.8 ft (124.9 m) above sea level is the highest hill on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine.

6. Roosevelt Island - Wikipedia

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   Roosevelt Island is located in the middle of the East River, between Manhattan Island to the west and Queens to the east. [5] The island's southern tip faces 47th Street on Manhattan Island, while its northern tip faces 86th Street on Manhattan Island. [6] It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) long, [b] with a maximum width of 800 feet (240 m).

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   The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and a Southern California housing shortage that was already serious has been made even more dire. Reuters 29 days ago US single-family ...