30 July 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Living, Working, Building , New York City
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Tudor City is an
apartment complex located on the southern edge of
Turtle Bay on the
East Side of
Manhattan in
New York City , near Turtle Bay’s border with
Murray Hill . It lies on a low cliff, which is east of
Second Avenue between 40th and 43rd Streets and overlooks
First Avenue . Construction commenced in 1926, making it the first
residential skyscraper complex in the world. Tudor City was one of the first, largest, and most important examples of a planned middle-class residential community in New York City. It is named for its
Tudor Revival architecture .
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27 April 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Smorgasburg is an open-air food
market that originated in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn next to the
East River . It takes place every Saturday in an empty lot. The name Smorgasburg is a
portmanteau of “
Smörgåsbord ” and “Williamsburg”. Dozens of vendors sell their food and wares. It initially was started in 2011, by Jonathan Butler and Eric Demby as an offshoot of
Brooklyn Flea .
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11 April 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Turtle Bay is a
neighborhood in
New York City , on the east side of
Midtown Manhattan . It extends from roughly
43rd Street to
53rd Streets, and eastward from
Lexington Avenue to the
East River ‘s western branch (facing
Roosevelt Island ). The neighborhood is the site of the
headquarters of the United Nations and the
Chrysler Building . The
Tudor City apartment complex is to the south of Turtle Bay. Turtle Bay is named after a former cove of the East River. The neighborhood was originally settled as a Dutch farm in the 17th century, and was subsequently developed with tenements, power plants, and slaughterhouses in the 19th century. These industrial structures were largely demolished in the 1940s and 1950s to make way for the United Nations headquarters. Today, Turtle Bay contains multiple missions and consulates to the nearby United Nations headquarters.
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20 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Upper New York Bay, or Upper Bay, is the traditional heart of the
Port of New York and New Jersey , and often called
New York Harbor . It is enclosed by the
New York City boroughs of
Manhattan ,
Brooklyn , and
Staten Island and the
Hudson County, New Jersey , municipalities of
Jersey City and
Bayonne .
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11 March 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Dumbo (short for
D own
U nder the
M anhattan
B ridge
O verpass) is a neighborhood in the
New York City borough of
Brooklyn . Several other New York City neighborhoods are known by
portmanteaus , including
Tribeca ,
SoHo ,
NoHo ,
NoMad , and
Nolita in Manhattan, and
BoCoCa in Brooklyn. The area known as DUMBO used to be known as
Gairville . It encompasses two sections: one located between the
Manhattan and
Brooklyn Bridges , which connect Brooklyn to
Manhattan across the
East River , and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the
Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is bounded by
Brooklyn Bridge Park to the north, the
Brooklyn Bridge to the west,
Brooklyn Heights to the south and Vinegar Hill to the east. Dumbo is part of
Brooklyn Community Board 2 .
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28 December 2018 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan . Since the 1920s, Harlem has been known as a major
African American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a
Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of
Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem’s history has been defined by a series of economic
boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Since New York City’s revival in the late 20th century, Harlem has been experiencing the effects of
gentrification and new wealth.
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13 September 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of
Manhattan in
New York City , between
Central Park /
Fifth Avenue ,
59th Street , the
East River , and
96th Street . The area incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including
Lenox Hill ,
Carnegie Hill , and
Yorkville . Once known as the
Silk Stocking District, it is now one of the most affluent neighborhoods in New York City.
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30 August 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the
New York City borough of
Manhattan , roughly located between the
Bowery and the
East River , and
Canal Street and
Houston Street . Traditionally an immigrant, working-class neighborhood, it began rapid
gentrification in the mid-2000s, prompting
The National Trust for Historic Preservation to place the neighborhood on their list of
America’s Most Endangered Places in 2008. The neighborhood is bordered in the south and west by Chinatown – which extends north to roughly Grand Street, in the west by Nolita and in the north by the East Village. Historically, the “Lower East Side” referred to the area alongside the East River from about the
Manhattan Bridge and
Canal Street up to
14th Street , and roughly bounded on the west by
Broadway . It included areas known today as
East Village ,
Alphabet City ,
Chinatown ,
Bowery ,
Little Italy , and
Nolita . Parts of the East Village are still known as
Loisaida , a Latino pronunciation of “Lower East Side.”
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3 July 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Midtown Manhattan, or Midtown, represents the central lengthwise portion of the
borough and island of
Manhattan in
New York City . Midtown is home to some of the city’s most iconic buildings, including the
Empire State Building , the
Chrysler Building , and the
headquarters of the United Nations , and it contains world-renowned commercial zones such as
Rockefeller Center ,
Broadway , and
Times Square . Along Manhattan’s north-south long axis, Midtown Manhattan separates
Lower Manhattan from
Upper Manhattan . Geographically, the northern border of Midtown Manhattan is commonly defined to be
59th Street on
Manhattan Island , and although its southern border is less clear, it is variously taken to be
34th Street ,
23rd Street , or even
14th Street . Midtown spans the entire island of Manhattan along an east-west axis, being bounded by the
East River on its east and the
Hudson River to its west. Midtown is the original district in the United States to bear the name and included historical but now defunct neighborhoods such as the
Ladies’ Mile , along
Fifth Avenue from 14th to 23rd Street; and the
Tenderloin , from 23rd to
42nd Street and from Fifth Avenue to
Seventh Avenue .
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