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  2. Land reclamation in Lower Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    Gansevoort Peninsula, located in what is now known as the Meatpacking District at the northern end of Greenwich Village, was originally a spit of land jutting into the Hudson River. The North Battery was an artillery battery built 1808–1811 in the river, connected by a bridge and jetty/breakwater to Hubert Street.

  3. Thirteenth Avenue (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    An 1891 map published by G. W. Bromley shows Thirteenth Avenue heading north from 11th Street to around 29th Street, where it merged into 12th Avenue. West Washington Market on the Gansevoort Peninsula, on a map published in 1904

  4. Gansevoort, New York - Wikipedia

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    Gansevoort is a hamlet in the town of Northumberland in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The hamlet of Gansevoort is named for Peter Gansevoort , [ 1 ] a hero in the siege of Fort Stanwix (Fort Schuyler) which contributed to the downfall of Burgoyne's army at the Battle of Saratoga during the Revolutionary War.

  5. Fort Gansevoort - Wikipedia

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    Fort Gansevoort is a former United States Army fort in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was also known as the White Fort due to its whitewashed exterior. [1]

  6. A beach in Manhattan? Two years and $73 million later, sure ...

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    Gansevoort Peninsula, the first public beach in Manhattan, is open on an old landfill site along the Hudson River. It's no California beach, or even a Hamptons beach, but something uniquely New ...

  7. Chelsea Piers - Wikipedia

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    The only section of 13th Avenue that remains is behind the sanitation facility, now a parking lot for sanitation trucks. That section is now called the Gansevoort Peninsula. The new piers were designed by the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore, which also designed Grand Central Terminal.

  8. Gansevoort–Bellamy Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Gansevoort–Bellamy Historic District is a national historic district located at Rome in Oneida County, New York, USA. The district includes ten contributing ...

  9. Gansevoort/East Steuben Streets Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Gansevoort/East Steuben Streets Historic District is a national historic district located at Bath in Steuben County, New York. The district contains 22 residences dating from about 1830 to 1908 and designed in a broad range of architectural styles.