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History
• Giovanni da Verrazzano (1524)
• Henry Hudson (1609)
• New Amsterdam
• Manhattan purchase (1626)
• New York (1664)
• The capital of the USA (1789 – 1790)
19th century
• A population boom
• A grid plan for Manhattan (12 avenues + 155 streets)
• The New York Stock Exchange
• African-Americans
• Gangs
• Carnegie Hall
• Central Park
20th century
• NYC Subway System (1904)
• Skyscrapers (Art Deco)
• Rockefeller Center
• Harlem Renaissance
• Crime
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