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Populations before 1898 are for the areas now enclosed in the present boroughs. Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely ...
In 2016, Jefferson Airplane was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. [106] In 2022, Jefferson Airplane received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [107] [108] Spencer Dryden died of colon cancer on January 11, 2005. [109] Signe Anderson and Paul Kantner both died on January 28, 2016. [110] Marty Balin died on September 27, 2018. [111]
Grunt Records was a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records.Initially created to sign local Bay Area acts, the label later was used only for Jefferson Starship and Hot Tuna releases.
Free Academy of the City of New York founded (later City College of New York). [21] [7] Madison Square Park and Astor Opera House open. Grace Church built. 1848 pencil drawing of a side and top view of a needlefish caught in New York, N.Y., drawn by Jacques Burkhardt. 1848 December: Cholera outbreak begins, its spread initially limited by ...
The Manhaset building (1905) in Longwood, since 1941 home of the oldest Latin music store in New York City. The first published book of Bronx history: History of Bronx Borough, City of New York by Randall Comfort. 1900 - The first class of the Lincoln School for Nurses graduated. [23] 1901 - The first City Island Bridge opens.
A satanic Thomas C. Platt presides over the marriage of Richard Croker to "Greater New York". The term City of Greater New York was never a legal or official designation; both the original charter of 1898 and the newer one of 1938 use the name of City of New York. [4] It is used today only to refer to the time period when the consolidation took ...
The Woolworth Building, built in 1913. The modern five boroughs, comprising the city of New York, were united in 1898. In that year, the cities of New York—which then consisted of present-day Manhattan and the Bronx—and Brooklyn were both consolidated with the counties of Queens and Staten Island. [3]
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.