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Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent science fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau and Harry Dean Stanton.
New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [19] New York is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and urban area.
Joining MoMA from Canada’s Art Gallery of Ontario in 1995, Lowry is the sixth director in the storied museum’s 95-year history. He helmed the institution through a merger with the P.S.1 ...
The versions in New York and Ottawa are both in oils on canvas, and measure 65.4 cm × 90.2 cm (25.7 in × 35.5 in). On the wooden bench seat facing the viewer are seated, from left, a woman nursing her baby, an older woman with her hands clasped atop a basket, and a young boy asleep.
Sheba Chhachhi (born 1958), is an Ethiopian-born Indian photographer, women's rights activist, writer, filmmaker, and installation artist. She is based in New Delhi and has exhibited her works widely in India and internationally.
Zarina Hashmi (née Rashid; 16 July 1937 – 25 April 2020), known professionally as Zarina, was an Indian American artist and printmaker based in New York City.Her work spans drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin [a] (9 December 1842 [b] – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.. Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended Page Corps and later served as an officer in Siberia, where he participated in several geological expeditions.
An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. [1] The 19th century brought changes to the ...