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New York newspapers were read across the nation, particularly, the New York Tribune, edited by Horace Greeley, the voice of the new Republican Party. [30] As immigration increased in cities, poverty rose as well. The poorest crowded into low-cost housing such as the Five Points and Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods in Manhattan.
That year, only 384 of New York City's 5,660 street lamps were gaslights. [1] Chicago turned on its first hundred-odd gaslights on September 4, 1850. [6] Gas light was up to ten times brighter than light from oil lamps, [1] but by present-day standards, the lights appeared "distinctly yellow and not very bright". [6]
Federal Hall facing Wall Street, New York's city hall, built. [16] 42% of households enslaved people, second in the colonies only to Charleston. 1704 – The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel sends Elias Neau to minister to enslaved African Americans in North America. He establishes the first school that was open to African-Americans in ...
Augustus Frisbie House is a historic home located at Salisbury Center in Herkimer County, New York. It was built in 1805 and is a two-story, five-bay, gable roofed frame residence with a one-story, gable roofed wing in the Federal style. The main block is over a cut limestone foundation above a full basement. It is preserved as a museum of ...
Seaman Farm was a historic home and farm complex located at Dix Hills in Suffolk County, New York. The main dwelling was built about 1805 and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, shingled dwelling with a saltbox profile. It has a five-bay, center entrance main facade. Also on the property are two barns, a corncrib, three sheds, and a well structure. [2]
Dominick Critelli, a 103-year-old World War II veteran takes a picture with revellers as people gather at Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve in New York City, U.S., December 31 ...
All the nations under heaven: an ethnic and racial history of New York City (1995) Burns, Ric, and James Sanders. New York: An Illustrated History (2003), large-scale book version of Burns PBS documentary, New York: A Documentary Film an eight part, 17½ hour documentary film directed by Ric Burns for PBS. It originally aired in 1999–2003 ...
A strong thunderstorm rolled through New York City around 8 p.m. ET, By Dan Mennella A fireworks display on July 2 may be a bit premature for some, but Mother Nature apparently couldn't wait to ...