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Baker ran a popular nightclub, Pimm's Cafe, in West Berlin during the 1960s, [5] and in 1986 opened the cafe Chez Josephine in New York. [ 6 ] In 1993, he co-authored, with Chris Chase , a biography of Josephine Baker, Josephine: The Hungry Heart , described as a "shocking look into the star's seriously whitewashed past".
American born singer and dancer Josephine Baker (1906 – 1975), surrounded by male dancers at the Folies Bergere. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Brasserie Les Halles was a French-brasserie-style restaurant located on 15 John Street (between Broadway & Nassau Street; in the Financial District) in Manhattan, New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Previous locations were on Park Avenue South in Manhattan, in Tokyo , Miami, and Washington, D.C. Author and television host Anthony Bourdain was the ...
New York City's AI sector raised US$483.6 million in venture capital investment in 2022. [339] In 2023, New York unveiled the first comprehensive initiative to create both a framework of rules and a chatbot to regulate the use of AI within the sphere of city government. [340]
The 2006 edition was the first edition of the Michelin Guide to New York City to be published. It was the first time that Michelin published a Red Guide for a region outside Europe. [4] In the 2020 edition, the Guide began to include restaurants outside the city's five boroughs, adding Westchester County restaurants to its listing. [5]
The neighborhood takes its name from Ditmars Boulevard which was named in honor of Abram Ditmars, the first mayor of Long Island City, New York, elected in 1870 (the city became a mere neighborhood when Queens became a part of Greater New York). His ancestors were German immigrants who settled in the Dutch Kills area in the 1600s. [41]
City of New York: Maintained by: NYCDOT: Length: 5.7 mi (9.2 km) [1] Location: Manhattan, New York City: South end: Greenwich Street: North end: Broadway above West 220th Street in Inwood, Manhattan: East: Eighth Avenue (below 59th Street) Central Park West (59th–110th Streets) West: Tenth Avenue (below 59th Street) Amsterdam Avenue (above ...
Naming New York: Manhattan Places & How They Got Their Names. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-2712-6. Plunz, Richard. A History of Housing in New York City. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.