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New York City is the second largest center for filmmaking and television production in the United States, producing about 200 feature films annually, employing 130,000 individuals; the filmed entertainment industry has been growing in New York, contributing nearly US$9 billion to the New York City economy alone as of 2015, [65] and by volume ...
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine [1] and Lincoln Kirstein. [2] Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are ...
The St. Regis New York is at 2 East 55th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. [1] It is on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue to the west and 55th Street to the north. The land lot is L-shaped and covers 22,544 sq ft (2,094.4 m 2 ), with a frontage of 250 ft (76 m) on 55th Street and a depth of 100 ft (30 m). [ 2 ]
Following the 1664 creation of the British Province of New York, newly renamed New York City was run by the British military governor, Richard Nicolls. The office of Mayor of New York City was established in 1665. Holders were appointed by colonial governors, beginning with Thomas Willett. The position remained appointed until 1777.
The City College of New York: 150 years of academic architecture, 1997. Roff, Sandra S., et al. From the Free Academy to Cuny: Illustrating Public Higher Education in New York City, 1847–1997, 2000. Rudy, Willis. College of the City of New York 1847–1947. The City College Press, 1949. Reprinted in 1977 by the Arno Press. Traub, James.
The 1989 New York City mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 7. Incumbent Mayor Ed Koch , who had served since 1978, ran for an unprecedented fourth term in office but was defeated in the Democratic Party primary by Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins .
New York Law School (NYLS) is a private law school in Tribeca, New York City.NYLS has a full-time day program and a part-time evening program. NYLS's faculty includes more than 50 full-time and over 100 adjunct professors.
It opened in the old premises of the Fillmore East, [1] a 1926-built, former-theater-turned-classic-rock-and-roll venue of the late 1960s and early 1970s, at 105 Second Avenue at 6th Street.