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A series of world events in the 19th century, including great waves of immigration, would change the culture and character of New York City forever.
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19th Century/Crime
Author:Christopher Morell
The Silver Dollar Saloon was located at 64 Essex Street and owned and operated by Charles R. Solomon (1851-1899), better known as Silver Dollar Smith. Smith and his saloon earned the title of ‘‘silver dollar,’’ because he had scattered and...
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19th Century/Misc Articles
Author:Emma Marconi
Richard Morris Hunt, known as the architect of the Gilded Age, significantly influenced the world of architecture. As the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Hunt introduced the United States to Beaux Arts and Renaissance...
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19th Century/Little Germany
Author:Ina Reuss
In the 1870, wealthy German-Americans began to move out of the area of the Lower East Side then known as Little Germany, or Kleindeutschland, finding better living conditions in Yorkville, on Manhattan's Upper East Side (Third Avenue in the 80s)....
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19th Century/Little Germany
Author:Ina Reuss
Between 1864 and 1874, nearly 1.5 million German immigrants arrived in New York City. To accommodate this growth, a new German neighborhood developed east of the Bowery and north of Division Street, which became known as Little Germany,...
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19th Century/Immigration
Author:Ina Reuss
New York City was the prefered destination for European immigrants to America, because its direct connection to the Erie Canal provided ready access to new frontiers and opportunities out west. In 1832, the number of German immigrants arriving in...
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19th Century/Little Germany
Author:Ina Reuss
Between the 1680s and the 1760s, large numbers of Germans migrated to America hoping to find better economic conditions, prosperity, and success in the New World. Many people fled from the rampant war, poverty, and religious persecution in Western...
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19th Century/Little Germany
Author:David Bellel
Little Germany, Kleindeutschland in German, was a densely populated German neighborhood around Tompkins Square Park (which is bounded by Avenue A and Avenue B and 7th and 10th Streets) in the Lower East Side. This area of New York City is today...
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19th Century/Immigration
Author:LESHP
The first Jews to settle on Manhattan Island were Sephardic Jews, immigrating in 1654 from northern Brazil after their Dutch colony fell into the hands of the Portuguese government. They were not welcomed in New York by the Dutch governor, Peter...
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19th Century/Misc Articles
Author:LESHP
1800 - New York City population: 60,515.
1801 - The Brooklyn Navy Yard opens.
1806 - The Public School Society begins educating children of the poor.
1811 - NYC adopts a street grid to include all ...
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