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Há 1 dia · New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, considered the most influential American metropolis and the country’s financial and cultural center.
Há 4 dias · New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain , which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland ; see the list of colonial governors ...
Há 1 dia · Brent Staples writes editorials on politics and culture for the New York Times and is the recipient of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. He is the author of the essay “The Lost Story of New York’s Most Powerful Black Woman,” published in the New York Times in February 2024. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lost ...
Há 4 dias · In 1898 Greater New York was formed when Manhattan was joined with the newly created boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, and the Bronx. Manhattan is considered one of the world’s foremost commercial, financial, and cultural centres. It is renowned for its many points of interest.
Há 4 dias · The 1825 opening of the Erie Canal across upstate New York transformed the economy of the region and the state. The canal greatly eased the movement of goods from across the upper Midwest and the cities along the Great Lakes through upstate New York and to the port of New York City.
Há 3 dias · Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southwestern Long Island, southeastern New York state, coextensive with Kings county. It is separated from Manhattan by the East River and bordered by the Upper and Lower New York bays (west), Atlantic Ocean (south), and borough of Queens (north and east).
Há 5 dias · The Historic Houses on the Dutch Heritage Trail. Noah Sheidlower. New Amsterdam was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at Manhattan’s southern tip, which served as the seat of the...
