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  2. American Fur Company - Wikipedia

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    The assets of the company were split into several smaller operations, most of which failed by the 1850s. In 1834, John Jacob Astor sold his interest on the river to replace the old fur company. He invested his fortune in real estate on Manhattan Island, New York, and became the wealthiest man in America.

  3. Duffy Square - Wikipedia

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    Duffy Square, officially named Father Duffy Square in 1939, is the northern triangle of Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded by 45th and 47th Streets, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It is now well known for the TKTS reduced-price theater tickets booth located there.

  4. List of eponymous streets in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Hugh J. Grant Circle – Hugh J. Grant, 88th mayor of New York City from 1889 to 1892. Van Cortlandt Avenue – Jacobus Van Cortlandt, a wealthy Dutch-born American merchant, slave owner, and politician who served as the 30th and 33rd Mayor of New York City from 1710 to 1711 and again from 1719 to 1720.

  5. The Best Tailors and Leather Specialists in Manhattan - AOL

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    Madison Avenue Furs & Henry Cowit Inc. Known for modernizing, repairing, and even buying new furs, NoMad's Cowit comes highly recommended by Kim. 224 W 30th Street

  6. History of New York City (prehistory–1664) - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Rapelje (b.1625) was the first European born in the future New York City. Later in 1626, Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island and Staten Island from native people in exchange for trade goods. [12] The Dutch took heavy advantage of the Indigenous reliance on wampum as a trading medium by exchanging European-made metal tools for beaver ...

  7. Land reclamation in Lower Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers as well as those of the Upper New York Bay. The extension of the ...

  8. Russeks - Wikipedia

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    Russeks started as a furrier in New York City during the early 1900s, and expanded into luxury clothing and accessories. [2] In 1924, they opened a department store on 390 Fifth Avenue and West 36th Street. [3] [4] This was 390 Fifth Avenue, designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, and completed in 1904-1905 for the Gorham ...

  9. History of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    The Almanac of New York City (2008) Jaffe, Steven H. New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham (2012) Excerpt and text search; Lankevich, George J. New York City: A Short History (2002) Lockwood, Charles. Manhattan moves uptown: an illustrated history (Courier, 2014). Munn, Nancy D.