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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Lived in The Bronx Before Consolidation Into New York City
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Roosevelt Island was used as land for New York City's prisons, insane asylums and smallpox hospitals before it was turned into a home for 14,000 city residents with the building of several high-rise apartment buildings. Pictured above from Manhattan
Learn the Fascinating History of Roosevelt Island Through These Vintage Photographs
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A Star of David decorates a column of Harlem's Mt. Olivet Church, formerly the Temple Israel synagogue.
Discover the Secret Jewish Past of Harlem
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A map of the City of New York, from 1811.
6 Block Markers Rediscovered in Central Park, Grid Remnants from Before Park's Creation
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THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Vintage Map Shows Aerial View of the Cities of New York and Brooklyn in 1875
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City of New York, 1879
Check Out This Incredibly Detailed Vintage Map of the City of New York Circa 1879
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A Short History of the Sunnyside Yards
A Short History of the Sunnyside Yards in Queens
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Chicken Over Rice Please: The Rise of New York City's Halal Cart Culture
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Philip Ippolito and passenger Joseph Brennan Jr. made an emergency landing on the George Washington Bridge, December 26, 1965.
An Airplane Emergency Landed on the George Washington Bridge 50 Years Ago Today
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A daguerrotype of the Unitarian Church on the east side of Broadway across Waverly Place. Fall 1839 or winter 1840, by Samuel F.B. Morse and John William Draper
Here is the Oldest Known Photograph of New York City, Circa 1839
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