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2. Gotham Book Mart - Wikipedia

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   Iconic Wise Men Fish Here sign, (2007). The Gotham Book Mart was a famous Midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark that operated from 1920 to 2007. The business was located first in a small basement space on West 45th Street near the Theater District, then moved to 51 West 47th Street, then spent many years at 41 West 47th Street within the Diamond District in Manhattan, New York City ...

3. Charles Scribner's Sons Building - Wikipedia

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   Designated entity. Retail interior. The Charles Scribner's Sons Building, also known as 597 Fifth Avenue, is a commercial structure in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, on Fifth Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets. Designed by Ernest Flagg in a Beaux Arts style, it was built from 1912 to 1913 for the Scribner's Bookstore .

4. Powell's Books - Wikipedia

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   Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of downtown and occupies a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W. Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over 68,000 ...

5. Bodega (store) - Wikipedia

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   Many bodegas keep late hours or even 24/7 service, contributing to New York City's reputation as The City That Never Sleeps. Bodegas in popular culture. One famous bodega, Gem Spa, was a gathering place for beat poets in New York's Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Gem Spa is also thought by some to be the birthplace of the egg cream.

6. List of New York Public Library branches - Wikipedia

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   Designed by McKim, Mead & White and opened in 1904. 8. 58th Street Library. [6] 127 East 58th Street. Originally designed by Carrère & Hastings and opened May 10, 1907. The original building was demolished and replaced by a new branch in two floors of an office tower at 127 East 58th Street, which opened in 1969. 9.

7. Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello - Wikipedia

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   One of Azzarello's signs. On April 19, 2024, at around 1:35 pm EDT, Maxwell Crosby Azzarello (April 11, 1987 – April 19, 2024), a 37-year-old man, immolated himself in Collect Pond Park in New York City, outside the courthouse where jurors were being chosen for the New York state criminal trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump.