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NYCHistory: January 2008
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Sunday, January 27, 2008. Why is there the “The” in The Bronx? I’ve often wondered why certain street names and places are named as they are. So, in keeping with the theme of the last post ( Houston Street. And The Aqualung (The East River). As the...
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NYCHistory: James Rivington British Publisher! American Spy?
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Monday, January 24, 2011. James Rivington British Publisher! Ever wonder who certain streets are named after? Take my post of December 25, 2007 named Houston Street? Who is it really named after! In the year 1765 the Stamp Act was passed, and the d...
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NYCHistory: April 2009
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Jackie Robinson Day April 15. A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson, that was the beginning of the civil rights movement. That was before Brown vs. Th...With ...
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NYCHistory: Art Imitates Life: Bernard Goetz
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Art Imitates Life: Bernard Goetz. It is amazing how inspiration can come about. I was watching the second episode of Season One of the original Law and Order (Originally broadcast back in 1990). Click Here to access th...
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NYCHistory: August 2010
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Wednesday, August 11, 2010. New York City As An Example of Religious Freedom. And the Flushing Remonstrance. The New Amsterdam colony was unique. I won't say that it was for altruistic reasons that religious freedom came about in New Amsterdam&...
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NYCHistory: December 2007
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Saturday, December 29, 2007. The Society of Friends was established in England by George Fox in the year 1652. The Quakers (as they were negatively called but grew to accept the moniker). It wasn’t until the year 1662 that things came to a he...
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NYCHistory: March 2007
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Thursday, March 15, 2007. 1960 Plane Crash in Brooklyn. Well, it really happened, and it happened in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn on December 16, 1960. Miraculously, one young man of 11 years of age, Stephen Baltz of Wilmette, Illinois was to...
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NYCHistory: July 2007
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Thursday, July 5, 2007. Lou Gehrig July 4, 1939. Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen ye...Also,...
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NYCHistory: February 2007
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Ever been interested in the History of New York City? I have and still find myself intrigued on how much has happened and continues to occur in the Greatest City of the World. Join us as we discuss dates, places and faces along the historical landscape of NYC. Sunday, February 18, 2007. George Washington and NYC Part I. George Washington: The Revolutionary War Years. With half of his army (at the current location of Flatbush). That the American troops scored some minor victories against the advancing Bri...