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  The Big Apple: Murraytown (Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy & the Flatiron)
The Kips Bay is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
Kips Bay was named after the Dutch farmer Jacobus Kip, whose New Amsterdam farm ran from Second Avenue and 35th Street to the East River.
Kips Bay was also the site of the Landing at Kip’s Bay, an episode of the American Revolutionary War and part of the New York and New Jersey campaign.
www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/murraytown_murray_hill_kips_bay_gramercy_the_flatiron   (973 words)

  
  Washington Heights, Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The progress of the battle is marked by a series of bronze plaques along Broadway.
Washington Heights is on the high ridge that rises steeply north of the narrow valley that carries 125th Street to the former ferry landing on the Hudson River.
Among the Heights' now-vanished riverfront estates was "Minnie's Land," the home of 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.
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 Chapter V:  Otto Hufeland, Westchester County During the American Revolution 1775 ~ 1783 (Privately Printed 1926) ...
On August 22nd the British landed and on the 27th the Battle of Long Island was fought, followed by the American retreat over the East River and the fortunate escape of their army to the Harlem Heights.
The landing of a large force of the enemy on Throg's Neck had justified Washington's view and it now became necessary to retreat quickly over the only line open, before it was obstructed by the enemy.
To have landed at the outer end of Pell's Point, as shown on the Sauthier map, would have required an unnecessary march of a mile and a half over a country without roads and the passage of the men, baggage and cannon through a marsh which was and is today, clearly visible from the water.
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Kip Self can build an air base faster than I can write a column.
It was under those type of conditions that Self, who was still a colonel, led an advance team that built landing strips and air bases almost overnight.
The flight line was all ripped up, and it was Self’s job to fix the landing strip and turn the area into an air base.
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 Morganza To The Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection Project, Feasibility Study - New Orleans District - U.S. Army Corps ...
The preliminary overall dimensions for each of the float-in gate bay modules is expected to be approximately 435 feet wide by 159 feet long by 20 feet deep.
Temporary pile founded landing pads are required to position the lower hull prior to concreting the base.
Landing pads were designed for a set down load that included a 5 percent negative buoyancy load plus the added load when the water elevation drops two feet.
www.mvn.usace.army.mil /prj/mtog/App_A4.asp   (5727 words)

  
 Janet Flora | Writer
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House, which began in 1973, is popular not only with industry professionals but with those who are interested in design trends.
"When I found out I had a landing, I was feeling a bit dismal." While she did not have an entire room to display her design aesthetic, being on the landing of the second floor is certainly a spot no visitor will miss.
The idea came from a sketch she had done several years ago for a client in which one half was drawn in a traditional style, while the other was contemporary.
www.janetflora.com /topofthestairs.html   (1387 words)

  
 Jennifer Post Design
Last year, Kips Bay's traditional cast of stodgy chintz-loving characters had been supplanted by a jaunty group of Young Turks.
Although Kips Bay is always a mirror of contemporary fantasies, the biggest fantasy this year may be the dream of a quiet corner.
At the center of his handsome upstairs landing is a faceted zebrawood fireplace, its horizontal and vertical veneers juxtaposed for contrast.
www.jenniferpostdesign.com /publications/nyt2.html   (1414 words)

  
 Recent Changes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The small inlet of stores between the Kips Bay Plaza Towers (seen here in an old photograph) that housed a Chinese restaurant, Rocky's Pizza, a card shop, a small movie theatre, a pharmacy and supermarket, is gone.
The view from the upper floors of the Anthem is spectacular not only of Midtown but of its Kips Bay neighbor now dotted with the fading three and four story buildings.
Along the Kips Bay inlet, where soldiers of the American Revolution landed,in the late 1700s, is runs the FDR Drive and there is a magnificent view of the East River.
immaculata_high.tripod.com /id6.html   (529 words)

  
 Real Estate Weekly: The contextual mix of residential development today - in New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eastbridge Landing, 577 First Avenue (33rd Street) - Completed at the end of 1998, this tower offers a rich, sculptural solution to the diverse commercial, institutional and residential neighborhood in which it is situated.
Kips Bay Plaza (Second Avenue and 31st Street) - As part of the Kips Bay Plaza urban renewal plan, this 120,000 square-foot commercial building was originally provided for in the master plan created by I.M. Pei for the Kips Bay residential development.
Developed by Glenwood Management, the building is a 51-story tower articulated by bay windows and a rose brick and limestone facade.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_30_45/ai_54195245   (1436 words)

  
 The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor.
Landing of the British at Dobbs Ferry and capture of Fort Lee—Action in matter of Rhode Island officers approved—Orders Lee to cross the river into Jersey—Reasons.
The addition of Land might have a considerable Influence on a permanent Inlistment 6 Our number of men at present fit for duty are under 20,000.
27 Before the landing of the Enemy on Long Island, the point of Attack could not be known or any satisfactory Judgment formed of their Intentions.
lcweb2.loc.gov /service/mss/mgw/mgwtext/gw06.sgm   (10065 words)

  
 By design
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House traditionally offers homeowners the chance to see what they might attempt if they had the money — and, in some cases, the nerve.
And those who attend the 33rd annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, which fills a 1907 neo-Federal townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side through May 15, will find the expected opulence enlivened by a bit of that designer daring.
The Kips Bay project, an annual benefit for the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, is considered the leading decorating show house in the nation.
www.thejournalnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050421/NOCATEGORY/504210397/1031/LIFESTYLE01   (1173 words)

  
 VAI: East River - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Last week, when the State Legislature earmarked $10 million for the park and other projects, a victory seemed near, except for a major complication: state regulators are considering a garbage transfer station on a piece of the same property.
Much-needed open space for all New Yorkers, this land is a state park and ha been since 1979, when we the people bought and paid for it, a future green have from the city's pressures.
Such a honey comb of creativity is exactly what their landlord, the Manhattan developer David Walentus, hoped for when he renovated the formerly decrepit manufacturing buildings, part of the 2.5 million square feet of real estate he owns between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges.
www.vanalen.org /workshops/east_river/general/ernews.htm   (4147 words)

  
 Kips Bay - 9/1/2001 - Interior Design - CA163717   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This year's Kips Bay Decorator Show House, in a turn-of-the-century Park Avenue manse that once housed Paul Mellon's offices, was fresh, footloose, and fancy-free—and surprisingly modern.
In the grand second-floor landing, Constantin Gorges used bold geometry to fashion a sophisticated gallery for an assortment of blue-chip artworks, such as a Ross Bleckner canvas and a Brian Hunt sculpture.
For his ninth Kips Bay showroom, Noel Jeffrey devised an eclectic master bedroom that features a forceful yet sensitive palette of hues.
www.interiordesign.net /id_article/CA163717/id?stt=001   (784 words)

  
 Relocations ::: Manhattan Map & Neighborhoods   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Turtle Bay is both commercial and residential in makeup.
Turtle Bay is also home to two quiet New York enclaves, Beekman Place with its river-facing townhouses, and Tudor City, with its classic pre-war towers that sit above 42nd Street on the raised Tudor City Place.
Now Kips Bay is an important hub of medicine in the city.
www.sumitomo-ny.com /relocation/manhattan_map.html   (3339 words)

  
 Fine Tuning the Sloop Christeen
While the Town of Oyster Bay has torn down the building where the Christeen was being repaired, they have provided the restored Oyster Sloop with a free berth at the town marina.
They had to file a certificate of insurance with the office of the town clerk indicating they have general liability insurance in the amounts of $1 million bodily injury and $500,000 property damage and naming the town as an additional insured, according to a town resolution.
He wrote to the Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot and enclosed a copy of a newspaper article that appeared in the Community Section of the Glen Cove Record, an Anton newspaper, on Feb. 18, 1965.
www.antonnews.com /oysterbayenterprisepilot/2000/01/07/news   (2532 words)

  
 Corcoran, 114 East 36th Street, Murray Hill/Kips Bay Real Estate, Manhattan Homes, Linda Stillwell, SVP, Dennis ...
The sun flooded second bedroom has its own dressing room and full marble bathroom with tons of closets.
A washer/dryer and powder room are there for your convenience.An exquisite hand crafted wrought iron staircase connects the two floors.THIRD FLOOR:At the top of the landing, French doors open to the beautifully landscaped, brand new Definition
An open, often paved, area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space.
corcoran.com /property/listing.aspx?Region=NYC&ListingID=976423   (447 words)

  
 Kips Bay Rental Apartment Buildings -- NY Bits
This is the complete list of Kips Bay rental apartment buildings that we have surveyed.
Eastbridge Landing (377 East 33rd Street, Kips Bay)
Kips Bay Towers (300-330 East 33rd Street, Kips Bay) - Two residential high-rise condo/rental buildings located at 333-343 East 30th street and 300-330 East 33r....
www.nybits.com /apartments/kips_bay_rental_buildings.html   (566 words)

  
 Bay Landing,Camps Bay Luxury Apartment,Cape Town Accommodation,Atlantic Seaboard,South Africa
Bay landing is a spacious, open and tranquil six bedroomed villa set in its own large garden, with idyllic swimming pool.
In a suburb where space is sold at a huge premium Bay landing challenges the convention.
It is an open and spacious property, with loads of outdoor space and an inviting interaction between inside and outside areas.
cybercapetown.com /BayLanding   (323 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Commercial land use and investment has increased by 80%, the Bronx has created 71% of private sector jobs for the city, property values have increased by 40%, and the unemployment rate has dropped nearly 4%.
The plan also calls for dredging Eastchester Bay for boating, restoration of the natural shoreline and construction of piers and boardwalks to improve public access.
The partners for the Latin School are The Kings College, Fordham University and hopefully a Bronx based agency with a track record of services for Bronx youth (Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club)..Latin is school using the classical method of teaching and Latin.
bronxboropres.nyc.gov /en/gv/president/biography.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Recent Changes
The small inlet of stores between the Kips Bay Plaza Towers (seen here in an old photograph) that housed a Chinese restaurant, Rocky's Pizza, a card shop, a small movie theatre, a pharmacy and supermarket, is gone.
In the Fall of 2003 the finishing touches were adding Kips Bay's newest apartment complex, The Anthem to Manhattan.
Along the Kips Bay inlet, where soldiers of the American Revolution landed,in the late 1700s, is runs the FDR Drive and there is a magnificent view of the East River.
members.tripod.com /immaculata_high/id6.html   (529 words)

  
 Kips Bay: Buatta, Goatskin and an $85,000 Stove - New York Times
ONE of the props in this year's Kips Bay Decorator Show House is "Into Thin Air," the book by Jon Krakauer.
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House runs from Tuesday April 25 through May 23, 2006 at 4 East 75th Street, New York City.
For a good cause, the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club in the southeast Bronx, two dozen decorators have pried themselves away from the D & D building long enough to create rooms called "the petit salon" and "a landing for living and lounging."
www.nytimes.com /2006/04/20/garden/20kips.html?ei=5088&en=384c87086a018968&ex=1303185600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1192683707-Tkmjr8TBs81x9h4Kg6AGXA   (974 words)

  
 NewStandard: 12/27/98
At this year's Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse in New York City, many designers had returned to the "more is more" version of art display.
In the main library/salon, interior designer Bunny Williams flanked both sides of the fireplace in the richly paneled mahogany room with works of art, hung waist-high to the ceiling.
Another Kips Bay designer, Jeff Lincoln, decorated the landing space at the top of a once-grand staircase.
www.s-t.com /daily/12-98/12-27-98/h01ho219.htm   (851 words)

  
 The Battle for New York Walking Tour
According to the plaque, the gun was mounted on the western shore of the island and used by the British to fend off an American raid from New Jersey led by General John Sullivan.
This was the stone building that Admiral Collier targeted with the guns of the Rainbow, during the landing, while he also took aim at the shore road in case the rebels arrived to contest the invasion.
Nathan Hale was executed a week after the Kips Bay landing, but a plaque marking the spot is along the route of the American retreat, so it makes sense to stop there now, even if it is out of sequence.
www.thebattlefornewyork.com /walking_tour.php   (9304 words)

  
 Kips Bay Decorator Show House-interior design-Charlotte Moss - New York Times
THERE was a celebratory fizz all along Madison Avenue last week, on that stretch of the Upper East Side that makes a kind of decorator’s gulch, and that serves as a barometer of the rarefied neighborhood’s consumer confidence.
The Kips Bay Decorator Show House, the interior design world’s yearly coming-out party, was having its unofficial curtain-raising, which coincided with a few others.
There were no bouncers at the Kips Bay show house, held this year, its 35th, in a 1904 Beaux-Arts town house at 14 East 82nd Street (and open to the public for four weeks starting Tuesday).
www.nytimes.com /2007/04/19/garden/19kips.html?ei=5124&en=2a00c05d13f97327&ex=1334721600&adxnnl=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&adxnnlx=1192821519-5YRLGgudOoOibNcXWAUwXg   (850 words)

  
 The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. John C. Fitzpatrick, Editor.
Landing of the British at Dobbs Ferry and capture of Fort Lee—Action in matter of Rhode Island officers approved—Orders Lee to cross the river into Jersey—Reasons.
The addition of Land might have a considerable Influence on a permanent Inlistment 6 Our number of men at present fit for duty are under 20,000.
27 Before the landing of the Enemy on Long Island, the point of Attack could not be known or any satisfactory Judgment formed of their Intentions.
memory.loc.gov /mss/mgw/mgwtext/gw06.sgm   (10065 words)

  
 Waldorf-Astoria - New York Wanders Uptown
It was described in the records as "that certain tract or piece of land formerly parcel of the common lands of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York.
That was when the British succeeded in landing their army at Kips Bay Farm, at the foot of Thirty-fourth Street on September 15, 1776, after the disastrous battle of Long Island.
It was at this time that stray shots began to fall in the present Fifth Avenue in what became known as the "battle of the cornfield." Washington had rushed down from his headquarters in the Jumel mansion, which still stands in 160th Street.
www.oldandsold.com /articles08/waldorf-astoria-1.shtml   (2018 words)

  
 KIPS - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Phrases that include KIPS: landing at kips bay
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 Luxury Hotel Accommodation Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
The Place on The Bay offers the discerning traveler accommodation ranging from studios, to one and two bedroomed suites, to our exclusive penthouse, all overlooking the palm fringed, upmarket Camps Bay beachfront and the famous Twelve Apostle Mountains in Cape Town, South Africa.
Discreetly positioned atop The Place On the Bay with breathtaking views of the Camps Bay beachfront, The Penthouse (5 star rating) apartment is luxuriously furnished and caters to those who enjoy the finer things in life.Discretion, finesse and total relaxation are key to The Penthouse experience.
Situated alongside The Place on the Bay, is our Victorian-style boutique hotel, The Fairways (4 star rating)which offers a cozy and comfortable home away from home.
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 American Revolution - Revolutionary War Battles - "The Battle for New York" July - August 1776
On September 13, Howe began to move his army across the East River to Kips Bay, there he hoped to cut Washington off.
The landing was successful, and met only limited opposition.
He landed there successfully, but his forces were bottled up on the Neck, which, depending on the tides, was sometimes an island.
www.americanrevolution.com /BattleforNewYork.htm   (502 words)

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