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New York Botanical Garden – History

Fordham University owned most of the land which became the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden. Fordham sold it to the City of New York for only $1,000 under the condition that the lands be used for a zoo and garden. In the 1880s, New York State set aside the land for future development [...]

Betty Shabazz – Death

On June 1, 1997, Malcolm set a fire in Shabazz’s apartment. Shabazz suffered burns over 80 percent of her body, and remained in intensive care for three weeks, at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. She underwent five skin-replacement operations as doctors struggled to replace damaged skin and save her life. Shabazz died [...]

Broadway (New York City) – Route

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Broadway runs the length of Manhattan Island, from Bowling Green at the south, to Inwood at the northern tip of the island. South of Columbus Circle, it is a one-way southbound street. Starting in 2009, vehicular traffic is banned at Times Square between 47th and 42nd Streets, and at Herald Square between 35th and 33rd [...]

University of the State of New York – History

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The Board of Regents of the USNY was established by statute in 1784 to provide oversight to King’s College – today known as Columbia University – a private institution, and other colleges and academies incorporated in the state thereafter. Originally the Board of Regents consisted of the governor, other state officers, and the mayors of [...]

History of New York University – Introduction

New York History

history of New York University begins in the early nineteenth century. A group of prominent New York City residents from the city’s landed class of merchants, bankers, and traders established NYU on April 18, 1831. These New Yorkers believed the city needed a university designed for young men who would be admitted based on merit, [...]

Empire State Building – Architecture

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The Empire State Building rises to at the 102nd floor, and including the pinnacle, its full height reaches (443.09& m). The building has 85 stories of commercial and office space representing . It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor. The remaining 16 stories represent the Art Deco tower, which is [...]

York and Sawyer – Introduction

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York and Sawyer produced many outstanding structures, exemplary of Beaux-Arts architecture as it was practiced in the United States. The partners Edward York (1863–1928) and Philip Sawyer (1868–1949) had both trained in the office of McKim, Mead, and White. In 1898, they established their independent firm, based in New York City. Their structure for the [...]

Washington Heights, Manhattan – Noted sites

Among the Heights’ now-vanished riverfront estates was “Minnie’s Land”, the home of ornithological artist John James Audubon, who is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery churchyard of the neighborhood’s Church of the Intercession (1915), a masterpiece by architect Bertram Goodhue. Also buried there is poet Clement Clark Moore, who wrote “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Columbia [...]

New York – Education

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The University of the State of New York oversees all public primary, middle-level, and secondary education in the state, while the New York City Department of Education manages the public school system in New York City. At the college level, the statewide public university system is the State University of New York (SUNY). The City [...]

New York Scores – Iran’s Pres Drops the Ball

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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was allowed to speak at Columbia University on Monday, September 24, 2007 in a precedent setting event that President George Bush later said “spoke volumes” about freedom of speech in America.

Parents Say ‘No More’ To Zombies!

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I believe that parenting should happen within the homes and that academics should be taught in the schools. I believe that parents should regain their rights for the future of our children and the future of our society.

Ahmadinejad Tarred and Feathered by Columbia’s Bollinger

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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was allowed to speak at Columbia University on Monday, September 24, 2007 in a precedent setting event that President George Bush later said spoke volumes” about freedom of speech in America.

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