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More than one of my New York friends have built or bought houses solely to avoid this annual inconvenience. [23] [15] John Pintard, a co-founder of the New-York Historical Society described moving day in a letter to his daughter Eliza in 1832 or 1833: The chaos of Moving Day in New York City in 1856. Tuesday 1st May. Hazy, raw.
While the world watches the pomp and circumstance of Inauguration Day unfolding at the U.S. Capitol, an intricate and highly orchestrated move unfolds behind the scenes at the White House. This ...
That six-hour period of time on Inauguration Day is chronicled in a chapter of designer Michael S. Smith's book Designing History: The Extraordinary Art & Style of the Obama White House (Rizzoli ...
Moving Day (New York City) or "Rent Day", a traditional moving day in New York City; Moving Day (Boston), a traditional moving day in Boston, Massachusetts; Moving Day, an 1822 work by Louis-Léopold Boilly; Moving Day (poetry collection), a book of poetry by Ralph Fletcher; Moving day, a golfing term referring to the penultimate day of a golf ...
New York City has seen a cycle of modest boom and a bust in the 1980s, a major boom in the 1990s, and mixed prospects since then. This period has seen severe racial tension, a dramatic spike and fall of crime rates, and a major influx of immigrants growing the city's population past the eight million mark.
1955: Several schedule changes have been made to the New York Central System's passenger trains. The Commodore will begin stopping in South Bend.
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
A 1973 photo of New York City skyscrapers in smog. From November 23 to 26, 1966, New York City was covered by a major smog episode, filling the city's air with damaging levels of several toxic pollutants. The smog was caused by a combination of factors, including the use of coal-burning power plants, the heavy traffic on the city's roads, and ...