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  2. New York City waste management system - Wikipedia

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    New York City's waste management system is a refuse removal system primarily run by the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The department maintains the waste collection infrastructure and hires public and private contractors who remove the city's waste. For the city's population of more than eight million, The DSNY collects ...

  3. New York Mercantile Library - Wikipedia

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    New York Mercantile Library. The Center for Fiction, originally called the New York Mercantile Library, is a not-for-profit organization in New York City, with offices at 15 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Prior to their move in early 2018, The Center for Fiction was located at 17 East 47th Street, between Madison and Fifth Avenues ...

  4. John M. Mossman Lock Museum - Wikipedia

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    John M. Mossman Lock Museum. The John M. Mossman Lock Collection is housed at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York building at 20 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The museum houses one of the largest collections of bank and vault locks in the world, with more than 370 locks, keys and tools ...

  5. Frick Collection - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .frick .org. The Frick Collection is an art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Established in 1935 to preserve the art collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick, the museum consists of 14th- to 19th-century European paintings, as well as other pieces of European fine and decorative art.

  6. Time Life - Wikipedia

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    Time Life, is an American company formerly known for its production company and direct marketer conglomerate known for selling books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. The current focus of the group is music, video, and entertainment experiences (such as the StarVista cruises) as the Time Life book division closed in 2001.

  7. Paley Center for Media - Wikipedia

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    The Paley Center for Media, formerly the Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) and the Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S. Paley, is an American cultural institution in New York with a branch office in Los Angeles, dedicated to the discussion of the cultural, creative, and social significance of television, radio, and emerging platforms for the professional community and media ...

  8. Times Square - Wikipedia

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    Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and ...

  9. New-York Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The museum has mounted exhibits on national themes through history in New York. For instance, beginning in 2005 with Slavery and the Making of New York, 1600s–1827, it mounted the first exhibition ever in New York City on the major but little-known role of slavery in the city's economy and history. During the colonial years, 41% of households ...