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  Bowling Green (New York City) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bowling Green is a small public park in Lower Manhattan at the foot of Broadway next to the site of the original Dutch fort.
In 1773, the city passed an anti-graffiti and anti-desecration law to counter vandalism against the monument.
Bowling Green is also the name of a New York City Subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, the entrances of which are located in and next to the plaza.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowling_Green_(New_York_City)   (742 words)

  
 NEW YORK (CITY) - LoveToKnow Article on NEW YORK (CITY)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
New York University was chartered in 1831 as the University of the City of New York, and in 1896 received its present iiame.
The city is comparatively healthy; for the five years 1901-1905 the average death rate was i8~o9 per thousand for the entire city, 2o~96 for the Borough of the Bronx, I8~64 for the Borough of Brooklyn, x9~49 for the Borough of Manhattan, 16~ 12 for the Borough of Queens and 1898 for the Borough of Richmond.
New York county elects a surrogate for a term of fourteen years, and Kings has two county judges; but in Queens and Richmond the county and surrogate courts are the same as in other counties of the state.
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 Bowling Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bowling Green, Virginia, named after the bowling green on the Hoomes family estate.
Bowling Green, an historic triangle of Colonial green, oldest public park in New York City.
Bowling Green is also the name of a major subway station located nearby.
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 The Tall Office Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bowling Green Offices project provides a striking example of the ability of W. and G. Audsley to shift creative efforts from structures of the most traditional sort to those of the most modern.
The population of New York then began to increase enormously, and when the higher buildings came, they appeared in the form of flats and tenements.
When it is considered that the unimproved property in the great office section of New York City has sold as high as $33 per square foot (equivalent to $825,000 per lot of 25 by 100), it will readily be seen that iron skeleton construction will have a very important bearing upon office-building of the future.
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 Medieval New York: Bowling Green
He ruled that anybody who wished to keep a green pay a fee of 100 pounds, and that the green could only be used for private play and he forbade anyone to "play at any bowle or bowles in open space out of his own garden or orchard".
Bowling Green Park at the tip of Broadway was established on March 12, 1733 and believed to be the first public park in North America.
The difference between the lawn bowling (or flat bowling) described here and crown green bowling is that in crown green bowling the green has a slight "crown" and the jack is biased.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/medny/halsall8.html   (915 words)

  
 NY SPORTS ON LINE - METROPOLITAN LAWN BOWLING CLUB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Central Park Bowling Greens are on a rise approximately 200 yards from the West 69th Street entrance to the Park, in an environment embraced first by flowers around the perimeter, shade trees of varying species, the Sheep Meadow and stately skyline towers to the south, east and west.
From a distance, the greens are a sanctuary preserve in the middle of the City; the action surreal as bowlers dressed in white release bowls which collide silently or come to rest as close to a little white ball or "jack" as the bowler can place it.
In 1664, the City was taken from the Dutch by the English.
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 New York Harbor History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
History suggests Bowling Green, with its walks, trees and neatly painted fence, was then more for the elite to escape the commotion of the waterfront, than for a longshoreman’s lunch hour.
Elegant townhouses were built around Bowling Green in the early 19th century and the park was privatized as the exclusive domain of its wealthy neighbors.
In the early 1900s, the park was disrupted by the construction of the IRT subway beneath it and its bowling green was removed to Central Park.
www.baycrossings.com /Archives/2002/04_May/new_york_harbor_history.htm   (1097 words)

  
 E. L. Easton - Travel - New York City
Bowling Green is the oldest park in New York City.
The trading area of the New York Stock Exchange is about two-thirds the size of a football field.
The New York Mercantile Exchange began as the Butter and Cheese Exchange in the 1750s.
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 Celebrating New York City's Clean Drinking Water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1667, shortly after the British seized New York from the Dutch, the first public well was dug in front of the old fort at Bowling Green, located near Battery Park.
The water flows to New York City through aqueducts, and 97 percent reaches homes and businesses through gravity alone; only 3 percent must be pumped to its final destination.
The Catskill watershed is located in parts of Greene, Ulster and Schoharie Counties, about 100 miles north of New York City and 35 miles west of the Hudson River.
www.nyc.gov /html/dep/html/celebrate.html   (1100 words)

  
 History of the Water Supply System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
After exploring alternatives for increasing supply, the City decided to impound water from the Croton River, in what is now Westchester County, and to build an aqueduct to carry water from the Old Croton Reservoir to the City.
New reservoirs were constructed to increase supply: Boyds Corner in 1873 and Middle Branch in 1878.
Work was subsequently delayed by an action brought by the State of New Jersey in the Supreme Court of the United States to enjoin the City and State of New York from using the waters of any Delaware River tributary.
www.nyc.gov /html/dep/html/history.html   (813 words)

  
 BOWLING GREEN - Historical Sign
Bowling Green was first designated as a park in 1733, when it was offered for rent at the cost of one peppercorn per year.
Portions of the statue are held by the Museum of the City of New York and the New-York Historical Society (which also possesses musket balls made from the statue’s lead).
In the first decade of the 20th century, Bowling Green was disrupted by the construction of the IRT subway.
nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6421   (519 words)

  
 Where is King George's Head???
This old illustration depicts Patriots tearing down the statue of King George III that was standing on Bowling Green in New York City.
In 1766, New York City decided to erect statues of William Pitt and King George III.
Bowling Green in New York City was the site of the George III statue.
www.ctssar.org /articles/king_georges_head.htm   (1895 words)

  
 City of New York/Parks and Recreation: Your Park
City of New York/Parks and Recreation: Your Park
This project will also include the reconstruction of the interior lawn, new benches, lighting, and a new planting bed.
Copyright © New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Privacy Policy
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/lmr/html/bowling_green.html   (94 words)

  
 LITCHFIELD (ILL.) - LoveToKnow Article on LITCHFIELD (ILL.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The borough is served by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad.
Its principal importance is as a railway and manufacturing centre; it is served by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, the Chicago and Alton, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis, the Illinois Central, the Wabash, and the Litchfield and Madison railways, and by electric lines connecting with St Louis and the neighboring towns.
Litchfield was incorporated as a town in 1856, and was first chartered as a city in 1859.
www.75.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LITCHFIELD_ILL_.htm   (654 words)

  
 New York Institute of Photography - Tips for Better Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 110-story towers were part of New York's skyline for almost thirty years, and we don't feel that it's imperative to erase them, or their remarkable place in the skyline of lower Manhattan just yet.
New York City is still a great place to live and work, and to visit.
New York is one of the world's top travel destinations for tourists and sightseers.
www.nyip.com /tips/topic_nyc0798.html   (3427 words)

  
 Bowling Green and the Charging Bull - Vacation Idea.com
Bowling Green is the oldest park in New York City used initially as a cattle market.
A small patch of green with benches, flowers and a round fountain, the park is situated north of Battery Park, at the southern tip of Broadway.
Bowling Green is home to a 7,000-pound bronze statue of the Charging Bull, visited by numerous tourists every year and often touched by stock market investors for good luck.
www.vacationidea.com /new_york_city/bowling_green.html   (117 words)

  
 Walking Tour: Lower Manhattan @ nationalgeographic.com
It’s fitting that New York should have such a sublime vantage point—particularly since this was the city’s “front stoop” for millions of immigrants debarking from nearby Ellis Island.
Starting from Battery Park, you board a ferry for a harbor view of New York from the Staten Island Ferry, or one of the tour boats that ply to the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration.
Notice the presence of police and sanitation workers sprucing up the park—signs that New York is committed to being a cleaner, safer place than it was just a few years ago.
nationalgeographic.com /destinations/New_York_City/Lower_Manhattan.html   (2171 words)

  
 Green House New York at OrchidCharm.com
New York, NY, NYC, NewYork, NewYork, New York City, New York State, Manhattan Highlights includes Custom House, the New York Stock Exchange, and various buildings, figures, and Center at Columbus Circle, architecture, green areas, and enclaves for public art.
The New York City Hash House Harriers The NYC Hash House Harriers are the local kennel of the global hash and are a social running group.
Full-service marinas 000 acres of green space in New York City and of.
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 History & War - World War 2, Vietnam War, Civil War and other war topics.
The Bowling Green Offices and the Produce Exchange at Bowling Green are visible in the background.
The mayor of New York was Seth Low, a lame-duck at the time of filming, having been defeated in November, 1903 by George B. McClellan.
Some New York City landmarks seen in the film include Union Square (between Broadway and 4th Avenue, 14th-17th Street), and the Everett House, opposite the northeast corner of the square at 17th St. and 4th Avenue [1056 (part 1)].
www.historyandwars.com /nyc_earlyyears.htm   (3693 words)

  
 cars - Broadway (Manhattan)
Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement.
The section of lower Broadway from its origin at Bowling Green to City Hall Park is the historical location for the city's ticker-tape parades, and is sometimes called the Canyon of Heroes in reference to such events.
Starring in a successful Broadway musical is considered by most singers, dancers and actors as the ultimate success in their chosen profession, and many songs, stories, and musicals have themselves been based around the idea of such success.
www.carluvers.com /cars/Broadway   (465 words)

  
 IRT East Side Line: Bowling Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bowling Green station serves the express trains from the IRT East Side line heading to/from Brooklyn.
The station layout is unusual; it has a full length island platform, a side platform slightly offset on the eastern (northbound) side, and a quarter-length island platform on the western (southbound) side.
Express trains from the East Side line entered the station from the north, stopped at Bowling Green, then circled the "Battery Loop" to South Ferry station, returning northbound and stopping at Bowling Green on their uptown journey.
www.nycsubway.org /irt/eastside/irt-eastside-bowling.html   (621 words)

  
 Bowling Green Golf Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bowling Green continues today as a second generation family-run golf club with a deep commitment to providing an enjoyable round of golf, at a reasonable pace and at a fair price.
Bowling Green Golf Club is a semi-private club, offering numerous membership options as well as public daily-fee golf.
A visit to The Grill Room is the perfect way to end a day of golf - and it offers a casual setting for a relaxing family getaway for Bowling Green's friends and neighbors in and around Morris County..
www.bowlinggreengolf.com   (235 words)

  
 All Available Postcards for US State & Town Views/New York/New York
The Bowling Green is located at the foot of Broadway and is the city's oldest park.
The City Hall of New York is one of the quaint beauties of the old regime.
New York City has a population of over 7,500,000 people and is known everywhere as the "Sky-scraper City." Radio City, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Woolworth Building, are some of the tallest and largest buildings aim the world and form an integral part of New York's famed skyline.
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 New York City - Wikimedia Commons
en: New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, in which it is located — is the most populous city in the United States, and the second most populous in North America after Mexico City.
Vegeu també: Category:New York, New York a la Wikimedia Commons i l'article de la viquièdia Nova York.
sl: New York - uradno imenovan mesto New York (City of New York), s čimer se loči od države New York, v kateri se nahaja, je najbolj naseljeno mesto v Združenih državah in za Ciudad de Mexico drugo najbolj naseljeno mesto v Severni Ameriki.
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 New York City Police Museum
"The New York City Police Museum, a not-for-profit New York State Department of Education Chartered Museum is now open to the public.
The New York Police Museum is across the street from the famous stock market bull statue in the old Cunard Line building and just up the street from the National Museum of the American Indian.
It’s a bit larger than it’s counterpart, the New York Fire Museum, but it has the same type of exhibits.
www.ny.com /museums/new.york.city.police.museum.html   (220 words)

  
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NEW YC New York City — 1699 and earlier
NEW YC–Chu–Li New York City — Churches–Church of the Transfiguration (Episcopal)
New York City — Inns and taverns–1799 and earlier
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 Tribute - A Celebration of New York City - New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A reflection of the greatness that exists in all of us, Tribute is a performance of the never-ending symphony that is New York life.
It is a rare glimpse at the ever-changing canvas onto which we have all been painted.
In the heart of Tribute is the "Remember" experience viewed in one of our two custom built high defintion projection theaters designed specifically for the presentation.
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 University Wire: Bowling Green State U. radio stations cancel New York trip@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bowling Green State U. radio stations cancel New York trip
Members of Bowling Green State University WFAL-AM and WBGU-FM were scheduled to attend the annual College Music Journal Music Marathon in New York City.
However, after the terrorist attacks in New York and at the Pentagon, no one...
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 University Wire: New group connects New York, Bowling Green State U.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
New group connects New York, Bowling Green State U. «Read the Full Article, get a FREE TRIAL for instant access» This is a premium article.
(The BG News) (U-WIRE) BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Tuesday, Bowling Green State University students and community members can make their voices heard in New York City and Amsterdam -- using a new technology to share their thoughts on the Republican National Convention.
A new collective called The Screensavers Group, made up of artists, technology professionals and community activists from New York City, has created a technological free speech forum for virtually anyone.
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