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The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978.
Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, Canal Street to the north, and Park Row to the south.
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.The area's boundaries are roughly 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west, and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern boundary variously described as near the upper 20s [4] [5] or 34th Street, the next major crosstown street to the north.
The Guide to New York City Landmarks characterizes the building as containing "some of the finest mid-19th century interiors in New York". [10] John Kellum and Thomas Little were responsible for the courthouse's initial design. Kellum was hired for the Tweed Courthouse project in August 1861 [22] and died exactly ten years later. [23]
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Gold loan specimen of the Madison Square Corp., issued 1. May 1925. Madison Square Garden (MSG III) was an indoor arena in New York City, the third bearing that name.Built in 1925 and closed in 1968, it was located on the west side of Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, on the site of the city's trolley-car barns. [1]
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brain Thompson, will plead not guilty, his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, said.