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  2. Land reclamation in Lower Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers as well as those of the Upper New York Bay. The extension of the ...

  3. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.

  4. Cartography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan, Brooklyn Colton Map 1853 J. H. Colton: Manhattan, Long Island, Bronx, New Jersey, Staten Island New York Bay and Harbor, 1861 1861 United States Coast Guard Manhattan, Long Island (Brooklyn & Queens), Bronx, New Jersey, Staten Island Dripps Map 1863 Matthew Dripps Manhattan, Brooklyn Viele Map 1865 Egbert Ludovicus Viele: Rogers Map ...

  5. Commissioners' Plan of 1811 - Wikipedia

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    Commissioners' Plan of 1811. The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day. It has been called "the single most important ...

  6. History of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    History of Manhattan. The Castello Plan, a 1660 map of New Amsterdam (the top right corner is roughly north) in Lower Manhattan. New Amsterdam, centered in what eventually became Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year England took control and renamed it New York. The area of present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory. [1]

  7. List of smaller islands in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Brooklyn. Canarsie Pol, uninhabited, 222-acre (90 ha) island in Jamaica Bay. Coney Island, no longer an island. Prospect Park Lake islands, Chaim Baier Music Island. Duck Island. Three Islands. Mau Mau Island (also called White Island), located in Marine Park. Ruffle Bar (Jamaica Bay)

  8. East Side Access - Wikipedia

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    East Side Access (ESA) is a public works project in New York City that extended the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) two miles from its Main Line in Queens to the new Grand Central Madison station under Grand Central Terminal on Manhattan 's East Side.

  9. East River - Wikipedia

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    East River. Coordinates: 40.700°N 74.005°W. East River. East River (foreground) and the headquarters of the United Nations in Manhattan (background) seen from Roosevelt Island in December 2006. Aerial map of New York City with the East River shown in red. Location.

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