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  History of New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New York was greatly damaged twice by fires of dubious origin during the British occupation that followed the Battle of Brooklyn at the start of the American Revolutionary War and which lasted until November 25, 1783.
New York grew as an economic center with the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, and Tammany Hall began to grow in influence with the support of many of the immigrant Irish, culminated in the election of the first Tammany mayor, Fernando Wood, in 1854.
In 1977, the city was struck by the twin catasrophes of the New York City flout of 1977 and the Son of Sam serial murderer's continued slayings.
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 New York City - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
New York City was the site of a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 when nearly 3,000 people were killed by the terrorist strike on the World Trade Center, including New Yorkers employed in the buildings and hundreds of firemen, policemen, and rescue workers who came to their aid.
Upper New York Bay is surrounded by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and is connected by the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island to Lower New York Bay, which is partially surrounded by Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and opens to the Atlantic Ocean.
New York is a city of "great museums" with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's 's 20th century collection, and the American Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the sciences.
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 New York, New York Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
New York—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.
New York City is part of the New York metropolitan area with a population of around 20 million.
A resident of New York City is a New Yorker.
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 New York City
During the Civil War, the city's strong commercial ties to the South, as well as its growing immigrant population, led to a split in sympathy between the Union and Confederacy, culminating in the Draft Riots of 1863, the worst civil unrest in American history.
Prior to 1898, New York City consisted of Manhattan and the Bronx, which was annexed by the city from southern Westchester County in two separate actions: the western portion in 1874, and the remaining portion in 1895.
New Yorkers are jaded and things that others would consider drawbacks to life in The City (crime, prostitution, pollution, noise...) are instead marks of pride, and the very lures that keep them from ever leaving.
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 sociology - New York City
New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture.
New York City is among the world's most important global cities, as it is home to a nearly unrivaled collection of world-class museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, corporations, and the hundreds of international consulates associated with the United Nations.
New York City was the site of the deadliest attack in national history, on September 11, 2001, and nearly 3,000 people were killed by the terrorist strike on the World Trade Center, including New Yorkers employed in the buildings and hundreds of firemen, policemen, and rescue workers who came to their aid.
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 New York, New York
New York City started out as the colony of New Amsterdam in the 1624, after the Dutch bought the land from the Wanarsie natives.
The modern city of New York, with the five boroughs, came in 1898.
The City of New York is composed of 5 boroughs, each a county of New York State:
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 ipedia.com: New York City Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
For other uses of the term "New York", see New York.
On the west side, NYC has the Intrepid Museum, an air-craft carrier converted to a sea and air museum.
New York is actually more diverse than that, including Bronx, Brooklyn Staten Island and Queens boroughs even if they have shorter buildings than Manhattan does.
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