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  2. Oysters in New York City - Wikipedia

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    "Oyster stalls and lunch room at Fulton Market", 1867. Oysters in New York City have a long history as part of both the environmental and cultural environment. [1] [2] They were abundant in the marine life of New YorkNew Jersey Harbor Estuary, functioning as water filtration and as a food source beginning with Native communities in Lenapehoking. [3]

  3. Thomas Downing (restaurateur) - Wikipedia

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    When Thomas died in 1866, his son George continued to run the restaurant until 1871. In 1910, the oyster population in New York had declined due to overfishing and pollution. By 1927, the last New York oyster bed was shut down, as a result of untreated sewage being dumped into the New York City water every day. [10] [11]

  4. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell - Wikipedia

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    The book states that "an Oyster has a brain", but they do not. (pp. 50). George Washington never had children, but the book states Philip, the son of Washington, was put in charge of redistributing Loyalist-held properties in New York City after the Revolutionary War (pp. 92).

  5. Grasshopper Film Acquires ‘Holding Back the Tide,’ Queer ...

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    Grasshopper Film has acquired North American distribution rights to “Holding Back the Tide,” Emily Packer’s meditation on New York’s oysters and their transformations in the face of an ...

  6. Oysters Rockefeller - Wikipedia

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    Oysters Rockefeller was created in 1889 at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine's by Jules Alciatore, son of founder Antoine Alciatore. [3] Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of escargot, substituting the locally available oysters. The restaurant's recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been ...

  7. Fir-geddaboudit! Meet the New Yorker behind the Rockefeller ...

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    There was the 2021 tree, which came from Elkton, Md., that students from a nearby school gave a grand send-off by lining local streets, and the one from the little town of Florida, in New York’s ...

  8. Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York - Wikipedia

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    A local non-profit, the Oyster Bay Main Street Association, developed an audio tour of these historic sites and many others called the Oyster Bay History Walk. The oysters that give the bay its name are now the only source of traditionally farmed oysters from Long Island, providing up to 90% of all the oysters harvested in New York State.

  9. We're All Water - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The lyrics also point out the similarity between the listener and then-New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and with the singer. [ citation needed ] In one verse the song moves away from comparing people and instead suggests that the US president's residence, the White House , and the Great Hall of the People in China would ...