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  New York City -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
New York City's (The state of being unemployed or not having a job) unemployment rate in March of 2005 was 5.2%, identical to the nationwide rate.
New York City residents are called "New Yorkers," although this term may also refer to (A residential district located on the outskirts of a city) suburbanites, and there is some use of borough-specific identifications, such as Manhattanites, (A borough of New York City) Bronxites, (A borough of New York City) Brooklynites, Queensites and Staten Islanders.
New York’s portrayal on television is similarly varied, with a disproportionate number of crime dramas taking place in the city despite the fact that it is one of the safest cities in which to live in the United States.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Ne/New_York_City.htm   (4953 words)

  
 Subway Centennial - Wired New York Forum
The subway was the world's first with regular express service, and the digging for it was speeded along greatly with the first extensive use of cut-and-cover tunnel construction — essentially digging a trench and putting a roof on it — instead of deep excavation.
A rather different association between subways and crime was made that day by the chief of police who, during the festivities, told the chief contractor's wife: "This subway is going to absolutely preclude the possibility of riots in New York.
If New York had followed the subwayless path, instead of 8 million residents in 2000, it might have had fewer than 4 million, and much of the city would be forlorn and lifeless.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4676   (10149 words)

  
 Partnership for New York City
New York City is clearly the frontrunner as the destination “Western Headquarters” city for Chinese companies that are entering global markets, says Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City.
New York business leaders, led by Richard Parsons, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc., and the Partnership’s Co-Chair, Charles Prince, CEO of Citigroup Inc., dominated the American business presence and the meetings, says Ms.
Governors Island is a hidden gem in the middle of New York harbor.
www.nycp.org   (1824 words)

  
 Preparing for the Future: A Commercial Development Strategy for New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
New Jersey Transit (NJT) service to LIC is also a possibility since many of its Penn Station-bound trains continue to the Sunnyside Yards, where they wait during the day before returning to Penn Station for the evening rush.
While the New York City real estate and corporate tax incentives and energy benefits help close the gap in costs between LIC and other areas (such as the New Jersey waterfront), during the initial phases of development tenants are likely to require additional inducements to locate to LIC.
Subway access would enhance the value of property in the area, which would generate increased real estate tax revenues that could be pledged to support bonds for the project.
urban.nyu.edu /g35/part2.html   (10806 words)

  
 Gotham Gazette's Best Transportation Links for New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
City Hall is now claiming that an "act of God" contributed to the Staten Island Ferry crash that took 11 lives and that the municipal transportation system shouldn't be held responsible for the accident, court papers revealed.
New York State should spend at least $9 billion over the next five years to prevent the deterioration of highways and bridges and reduce traffic congestion in the five boroughs and the surrounding suburbs, according to a New York University study to be released today.
Two of the city's subway lines - the A and the C - have been crippled and may not return to normal capacity for three to five years after a fire Sunday afternoon in a Lower Manhattan transit control room that was started by a homeless person trying to keep warm, officials said yesterday.
www.gothamgazette.com /resource/transportation/inthenews/16   (10936 words)

  
 TMBG: New York City - Where Everyone's Your Friend
Probably the most prominant connection between the two lies in the fact that the John’s live in Brooklyn (one of the five NYC boroughs; the other four are Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island).
Overall, NYC HAS changed a lot over the years, but one thing that hasn't changed is the subway, especially in the middle of the night (most of the time its alright, but).
It was actually taken from a NYC website that asked people to list their most romantic places in the city: "I love the subways (preferably the IRT) at about three o'clock in the morning.
www.tmbg.org /learning/nyc   (2240 words)

  
 Ed Driscoll.com: June 2003 Archives
The new version of the foam seems to be much less satisfactory and has a greater tendency to come off, and this change may end up being the "root cause" of the deaths of 7 good people.
Or the Weblog of the new New Criterion.
Jeff Johnson of CNS News reports that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was accused by current and former employees of being against screeners who had "prior military and law enforcement experience and those who currently serve in the National Guard and reserves.
www.eddriscoll.com /archives/2003_06.php   (11968 words)

  
 Karen's Books - New Arrivals
With a mainline that originated in the industrial port city of Toledo, Ohio, the Ann Arbor Railroad stretched northwest in a diagonal line across the length of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to reach Frankfort and adjacent Elberta, where its tracks terminated on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Commemorating its centennial, this official publication presents an illustrated history of the architecture and design of the entire complex, from the interiors of the trains and the mosaic signage at the stations to the evolution of the token and the intricacy of the intertwined, rainbow-colored lines on the free, foldout map.
Montreal Canadian National yard and roundhouse, the roundhouse built by Grand Trunk, was Canada's largest with 56 stalls and a 100 turntable; the yard was first a traditional freight operation then a piggyback terminal and finally used for containers.
www.karensbooks.com /cgi-bin/shop/karenscart.cgi?func=newArrivals   (8061 words)

  
 The New York Subway System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This list includes opening dates of parts of the system and is organized by the letter/number system currently in use.
Back in the early days of the New York subway system, the cars had no signs on the ends to tell the riders the train's destination or route.
New photos are included taken with the Kodak DC290 camera beginning in 2000.
thejoekorner.quuxuum.org   (1269 words)

  
 NEW YORK SUBWAY
Reviewer: D. Leslie Winter (see more about me) from New York City No other historian has identified so important a piece of NYC's history on which so little is known, and written so lucidly about it.
The greatest city of the modern era had its pivotal moment early in the 20th century with the decision in 1913 to double the size of its subway system: the largest public-works expenditure in the Western Hemisphere to that date.
In Grand Central Terminal: Railroads, Engineering and Architecture in New York City, Kurt C. Schlichting tells its story, from its arduous 10-year construction (more than three million cubic yards of rock and earth had to be moved) and final completion in 1913, to its late 20th-century decline and 1990s restoration.
atourist.com /new-york-subway.html   (749 words)

  
 English Usage Potpourri
A comprehensive list of Saints' names, their meanings, their Feast Days, and tidbits of information about who each Saint is and what was remarkable about their lives.
The rule has been broken many times in the past especially within the medical profession which is steeped in Latin and often, when forming a name for a phobia, they have dipped into what they know and have used a Latin suppletion affixed to the Greek stem to form their names.
The methodology of the project is to record and correlate the words listed in a number of small dictionaries.
www.yaelf.com /potpourri.shtml   (6587 words)

  
 HopStop.com - Subway Directions and Bus Directions for New York City (NYC)
Search for places to eat, drink, sleep and see in the City Guide.
Text or email us address(es) and you'll receive a reply with subway directions or closest subway.
Discussion around and about subway and bus stops and lines.
www.hopstop.com   (118 words)

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