A City Full of History: Where is the Center of New York City?
Embedded in the sidewalk on Queens Boulevard in Woodside is a marker that denotes the spot as the geographical center of NYC. But is it really? Find out more.
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When Manhattan had a Tower Just for Manufacturing Lead Bullets, the Youle Shot Tower
in 1823, a lead shot tower belonging to George Youle dominated the Midtown waterfront landscape, created for the manufacturing of bullets and ammunition.
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When Soho Had 10,000 Square Foot Illuminated Panorama Painting Showing Exotic Places Around the World
In 1830s Soho there was a 10,000 sq ft rotunda that showed illuminated panorama paintings showing views of Jersualem, Niagara Falls and other exotic places.
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Inwood Hill Park’s Secret Native American Caves
On a visit to Inwood Hill Park on the northernmost tip of Manhattan, dig into the history of the Inwood Native American Caves amongst the schist and rock.
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The Bremen, The First Airplane to Fly Across the Atlantic from East to West
The history of transatlantic flight is at once both fascinating and tragic. The Bremen was the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic from East to West.
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The Secret Plot to Kidnap Benedict Arnold in NYC
It was October, 1780, and George Washington had a problem. General Benedict Arnold, decorated officer, the hero of Saratoga, had just defected to the British.
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Find the Stone Pillars Used to Test Grand Central’s Facade with ‘City Full of History’ Episode 4
In 1905 the New York Central Railroad needed to figure out what to build Grand Central Terminal out of. Their experiment is still in Van Cortlandt Park!
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Why NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is Crowned With Piles of Blocks
Almost no one notices the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most curious design feature: the four piles of uncut, unfinished stone blocks atop the museum’s entrance.
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The Norwegians Who Crossed the Atlantic from NYC in a Rowboat in 1896
In 1896 Norwegian immigrants George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen set out to make their fortune by rowing an 18-foot rowboat across the Atlantic Ocean
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