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71 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of the building formerly located at Rose and Duane streets used by the British as a prison during the Revolution? |
The Rhinelander Sugar House |
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What former slum no longer exists since the completion of the Foley Square courthouse complex? |
5 Points |
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What was the name of the body of water that was originally on the site of the current Foley Square? |
The Collect Pond |
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What year was the Brooklyn Bridge completed? |
1883 |
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What was the last of the bridges downtown bridges connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn? |
The Manhattan Bridge |
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From 1860-1890 more buildings with cast-iron facades were built in NYC than anywhere in the world; the majority in this neighborhood. |
SoHo |
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This SoHo building is known as the Parthenon of Cast-Iron Architecture in America. |
The Haughwout Building |
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When was the Brooklyn Academy of Music founded? |
1859 |
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The "cobblestones" that were used to pave the streets and are still visible in some places are properly called this. |
Belgian blocks |
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What is the architectural style of Brooklyn Borough Hall? |
Greek Revival (1849) (with a Georgian cupola added later, 1898) |
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What is the architectural style of Brooklyn Borough Hall? |
Greek Revival (1849) (with a Georgian cupola added later, 1898) |
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Who created the Angel of the Waters sculpture atop Central Park's Bethesda Fountain? |
Emma Stebbins |
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Who is considered the "father of the Brooklyn Bridge"? |
John A. Roebling |
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An 8ft bronze statue by John Quincy Adams Ward of this preacher and prominent abolitionist stands in Cadman Plaza. |
Henry Ward Beecher |
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Who helped oversee the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband was stricken with caisson disease (the bends) during construction? |
Emily Roebling |
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Who took over direction of the Brooklyn Bridge after his father died early during its construction? |
Washington Roebling |
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This Gothic-style landmark stands at the bend of Broadway at 10th St. |
Grace Church |
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This park takes its name from the place of "connection" of the Bowery Rd and Bloomingdale Rd (now Broadway) in the early 19th Century. |
Union Square Park |
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This political organization was founded in 1788 as an outgrowth of the Sons of Liberty. |
Tammany Hall |
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George Washington entered NYC marking the end of the British occupation on this date. |
November 25, 1783 (Evacuation Day) |
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The 1856 equestrian statue of George Washington in Union Sq Park was created by these 3 artists. |
Henry Kirke Brown with John Quincy Adams Ward pedestal by Richard Upjohn |
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He sculpted the statue of Lafayette in Union Square Park. |
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
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The sculptor of the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in Union Square Park. |
Henry Kirke Brown |
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The only US President born in NYC. |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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The address if the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt. |
28 East 20th Street |
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What is the only private park in the city? |
Gramercy Park |
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This prolific architect was murdered by Harry K. Thaw. |
Stanford White |
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Who designed the Statue of Liberty? Who designed her iron truss skeleton? |
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Gustave Eiffel |
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Who designed the Statue of Liberty? Who designed her iron truss skeleton? |
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Gustave Eiffel |
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She penned the sonnet inscribed on a plaque in the Statue of Liberty's base. |
Emma Lazarus |
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The stretch of 28th Street near Broadway where popular music publishers were located around the turn of the 20th Century was known as this. |
Tin Pan Alley |
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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's sermon's that reached a nationwide radio audience originated from this church on 29th Street. |
Marble Collegiate Reformed Church |
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Stanford White's 1890 masterpiece was which incarnation of Madison Square Garden? |
The 2nd |
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Who designed The NY Life Insurance Company Building? |
Cass Gilbert |
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This building completed in 1909 is based on the campanile in St Mark's Square in Venice. |
Metropolitan Life Tower |
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A 51ft tall granite obelisk sits atop this New Yorker's grave site on Broadway. |
Gen. William Jenkins Worth |
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The 1876 bronze statue of this statesman in Madison Sq Park represents the first New Yorker honored with a public monument. |
William Henry Seward |
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The Flatiron Building was designed by who and in what style? |
Daniel H. Burnham Italian Renaissance |
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This 1883 Victorian building on 23rd St has had the likes of Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas, and O. Henry grace it's guest register. |
Hotel Chelsea |
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This New Yorker and professor at the General Theological Seminary in Chelsea made Santa Claus popular with his poem "A Visit from St Nicholas". |
Clement Clarke Moore |
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What is NY's only museum dedicated exclusively to photography? |
International Center of Photography
43rd and 6th |
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The Croton Distributing Reservoir (1842-1911) stood on this current site. |
The NY Public Library (5th Ave- Bryant Park) |
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NY's first World's Fair, held on the site of Bryant Park in 1853, was called...? |
The Crystal Palace Exposition |
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The 2 lions flanking the entrance to the New York Public Library are by this sculptor. |
Edward C Potter |
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The firm that designed the NYPL Central Research Library building on 5th Ave. What style is the building? |
Carrere & Hastings Beaux Arts |
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This place on W 44th St was a favorite haunt of a group of stage and literary personalities in the 1920's known as the "Round Table". |
Hotel Algonquin |
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The sculpture group atop the center arch of Grand Central Terminal was designed by...? |
Jules Coutan |
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The sculpture group atop the center arch of Grand Central Terminal was designed by...? |
Jules Coutan |
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Architects of the Grand Central Terminal building (2) and the interior if the terminal (2)... |
Whitney Warren & Charles D. Wetmore
Charles A. Reed & Allen H. Stem |
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The painter of the Sky Ceiling of Grand Central Terminal. |
Charles Gulbrandsen |
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All of the stars on the Grand Central Sky Ceiling are reversed, seen from God's point of view, with these notable exceptions... |
Orion's Belt |
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This building was originally known as The Pan Am Building when it was built in 1963. |
the MetLife Building |
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This Art Deco building designed by William Van Alen was completed in 1930. |
The Chrysler Building |
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This English Cottage style community was developed between 1925-1928. |
Tudor City |
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The sculptures "The Garment Worker" and "Needle threading a button" are both located at the NE corner of this intersection. |
39th & 7th |
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Located along 7th Ave in the Garment District, this is the only permanent landmark to American Fashion. |
The Fashion Walk of Fame |
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In what year did the Queensboro Bridge open? |
1909 |
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Disaster befell this paddlewheel steamer while sailing through Hell Gate on June 15, 1904. |
General Slocum |
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Disaster befell this paddlewheel steamer while sailing through Hell Gate on June 15, 1904. |
General Slocum |
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This country manor house built in the Federal Style in 1799 is now part of Carl Schurz Park. |
Gracie Mansion |
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This was previously known as Welfare Island, Blackwell's Island, and Hog Island. |
Roosevelt Island |
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The city's first luxury apartment house, completed in 1884. |
The Dakota |
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The disastrous Battle of Brooklyn took place on this date. |
August 27, 1776 |
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This monument to the Union victory was unveiled in 1892 in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. |
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch |
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Stanford White designed this monument to American POWs located in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park. |
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument |
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This Gothic style building on Mott St, completed in 1815, is the oldest Roman Catholic building in the city. |
St Patrick's Old Cathedral |
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This building at 240 Centre St, now housing luxury condominiums, was built in the Beaux Arts, Edwardian Baroque, and Renaissance Revival styles between 1905-1909. |
Old NYC Police Headquarters |
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This church on 5th Ave whose designer Ralph Adams Cram believed that if a building is Gothic in style it should be Gothic in construction was built without steel. |
St Thomas Episcopal Church |
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Who designed St Patrick's Cathedral and in what year was it dedicated? |
James Renwick; 1879 |
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This largest Jewish house of worship in the world at 65th & 5th opened in 1929. |
Temple Emanu-El |
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Where is the Hall of Fame for Great Americans located? |
Bronx Community College |