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The exhibits are housed in and around Pier 15, which extends over 800 ft (240 m) over the Bay. [14] The Exploratorium at Pier 15 was designed by architectural firm EHDD. [15] The General Contractor was Nibbi Brothers, [16] and the Glazing Contractor was AGA (Architectural Glass and Aluminum). The piers had been neglected for decades prior to ...
New York City's piers and wharves were the most valuable assets of the New York City government in the 1860s, [2] worth almost $15.8 million without any repairs in 1867. [3] Nevertheless, by that time they had been in such a poor state of repair as to drive steamboat companies to other nearby cities such as Hoboken and Jersey City . [ 4 ]
Pier 11/Wall Street is a pier providing slips to ferries and excursion boats on the East River in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located east of South Street and FDR Drive just south of Wall Street in Lower Manhattan , New York City .
The St. Nicholas Historic District, known colloquially as "Striver's Row", [3] is a historic district located on both sides of West 138th and West 139th Streets between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue), in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City.
The Trinity Building, designed by Francis H. Kimball and built in 1905, with an addition of 1907, [1]: 1 and Kimball's United States Realty Building of 1907, [2]: 1 located respectively at 111 and 115 Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District, are among the first Gothic-inspired skyscrapers in New York, and both are New York City designated landmarks.
The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a small New York City and national historic district located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.It consists of 50 residential rowhouses built between 1890 and 1902, and one apartment building constructed in 1909, as the heirs of Eliza Jumel sold off the land of the former Roger Morris estate. [2]
The Black or African American population is in a state of flux, as New York is the largest recipient of immigrants from Africa, [164] while established Blacks and African Americans are migrating out of New York to the southern United States. [165] The New York City neighborhood of Harlem has historically been a major cultural capital for Blacks ...
15 East (also known as 15 East at Tocqueville) [1] [2] is a French-inspired Japanese restaurant at 1 East 15th Street in Union Square, Manhattan, New York City. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The restaurant has received a Michelin star, but lost it in 2016.