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New York City’s Multiple Dwelling Law Is History — Here’s How It Happened
An obscure zoning regulation passed in 1961 has restricted residential housing development in New York City for the last 64 ...
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The 1950s: Decade of economic prosperity, rock’n’roll and a red scare
Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade ...
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Immigration to New York, 1900-2000
New York was once again a city of immigrants ... quotas that reduced the flood of newcomers to a trickle. By the 1950s, more than 80 percent of New Yorkers were native-born.
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Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at a diner in the 1950s
While there were reportedly over 1,000 diners in New York City around 30 years ago ... making diners popular even before their rise in the 1950s. During the Great Depression, diners provided ...
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Tanager Steps, 1952; New York, 1950s
34.6 x 22.9 cm. (13.6 x 9 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...