Secrets of NYC
How to See the Liberty Bell...in Queens
A copy of the famous American bell can be found inside a bank, which itself is modeled after Independence Hall!
David Dinkins
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Secrets of NYC
5 Replicas of the NYC World’s Fair Trylon and Perisphere
The Trylon and Perisphere were the centerpieces of the 1939/1940 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Standing at
Arts & Culture
David Dinkins Circle in Queens, Tucked Inside Flushing Meadows
In memoriam to former New York City mayor David Dinkins, the city’s first Black mayor, we first shared the
Architecture
David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building is Named for NYC’s 1st Black Mayor
In 2015, the Manhattan Municipal Building was renamed the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building in honor of New York
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: In 1985, NYC Battles Apartheid
Many know that South African apartheid was brought down in part by an aggressive international divestment campaign, but fewer know
