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  2. Transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...

  3. Franklin Avenue Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    During the renovation, a temporary shuttle bus and the B48 bus replaced train service. The line reopened on October 18, 1999, three months ahead of schedule. [9] [21] [23] As of 2008, the Franklin Avenue Shuttle is the most punctual train in the New York City Subway system with a 99.7 percent on-time average. The shuttle averages 20,000 riders ...

  4. New York City Ballet - Wikipedia

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    New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are ...

  5. John Clifford (choreographer) - Wikipedia

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    He was the founder and artistic director of the original Los Angeles Ballet [1] (1974–85) and the chamber-sized touring ensemble, Ballet of Los Angeles (1988–91). Before that time, Clifford was a principal dancer and a choreographer (8 ballets before age 26) with George Balanchine ’s New York City Ballet (1966–74).

  6. Chariot (company) - Wikipedia

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    Chariot was a commuter shuttle service owned by the Ford Motor Company. The company's mobile-phone application allowed passengers to ride a shuttle between home and work during commuting hours. Chariot operated in cities in the United States and Europe. New routes were determined based on demographic information and crowdsourced data.

  7. List of ballet companies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Company City State Years active Web site Ajkun Ballet Theatre: New York: New York: 2000–present: www.ajkunbt.org: Alabama Ballet: Birmingham: Alabama: 1981–present

  8. BMT Franklin Avenue Line - Wikipedia

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    What is now the Franklin Avenue Line was part of the modern-day Brighton Beach Line until 1920, when the two lines were split north of Prospect Park. [2] [3] The Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway (BF&CI), which built the Brighton Line, was incorporated in 1877 in order to connect Downtown Brooklyn with the hotels and resorts at Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, and Brighton Beach.

  9. Melissa Barak - Wikipedia

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    New York City Ballet Melissa Barak (born August 9, 1979, in Los Angeles [ 1 ] ) is a choreographer and ballerina . Since 2006 she has danced with the Los Angeles Ballet and with Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company , formerly having danced for New York City Ballet .