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On April 13, 1776, Washington and his revolutionary army rolled into town...See his next move, here, if you don't remember !! Nyc History, Urban Center, Colonial America, New Amsterdam, Contemporary Illustration, Bowling Green, Interesting History, The Revolution, George Washington

Revolution was coming. The American Continental Congress, sensing the inevitability of a break from the British Empire and the ensuing war, had called George Washington, the head of the Continental Army, to come down to New York from Boston. Even though New York’s population of 20,000 was only the seventh largest in the colonies, Washington considered the city of “infinite importance,” as British control of its ports and waterways would “stop the intercourse between the northern and southern…

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Another special example of the distinctive buildings built so often in the city: 46 W. 56th St., north side, east of Sixth Ave., ca. 1912. The building is still there and retains many of its features, with the added adornment of a Potbelly Sandwich Shop on the ground floor. This was the Goraud Building, named after Jackson Gouraud who bought it around 1908. It was one of several limestone mansions that had replaced the neighborhood's "comfortable rows of identical brownstones," according to the 1930s New York Apartment, 40s New York, 19th Century New York, 1800s New York Aesthetic, 1920s House Aesthetic, 1940s Apartment New York, 1920s Apartment Building, 1920 City Aesthetic, English City Aesthetic

Another special example of the distinctive buildings built so often in the city: 46 W. 56th St., north side, east of Sixth Ave., ca. 1912. The building is still there and retains many of its features, with the added adornment of a Potbelly Sandwich Shop on the ground floor. This was the Goraud Building, named after Jackson Gouraud who bought it around 1908. It was one of several limestone mansions that had replaced the neighborhood's "comfortable rows of identical brownstones," according to…

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New Amsterdam - view of the Dutch colonial settlement that later Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 83326888 - Alamy Fort Ticonderoga, Treaty Of Paris, Dutch Heritage, Newyork Manhattan, Nyc History, Dutch Colonial, Colonial America, New Amsterdam, Lower Manhattan

Download this stock image: New Amsterdam - view of the Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City. Caption reads: t' Fort Nieuw Amsterdam op de Manhatans. Also called the Hartgers View. Published by Joost Hartgers, Amsterdam, c. 1626. - ERFT88 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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“a small fort, which our people call Fort Orange” | The New York State Museum Town Layouts, Star Fort, Nyc History, Hudson River Valley, New York Winter, Colonial History, Rpg Map, Colonial America, Old Fort

Fort Orange was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland, built as a trading post by the West India Company in 1624 at the location of present-day Albany along the Hudson River. Between 1624 and 1664, the fort’s role in the development of New Netherland changed—from a point of contact and trade between Native Americans and Europeans, to an enclosure with

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