NEW YORK CITY

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History

• Giovanni da Verrazzano (1524)

• Henry Hudson (1609)

• New Amsterdam

• Manhattan purchase (1626)

• New York (1664)

• The capital of the USA (1789 – 1790)

19th century

• A population boom

• A grid plan for Manhattan (12 avenues + 155 streets)

• The New York Stock Exchange

• African-Americans

• Gangs

• Carnegie Hall

• Central Park

20th century

• NYC Subway System (1904)

• Skyscrapers (Art Deco)

• Rockefeller Center

• Harlem Renaissance

• Crime

9/11

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