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  2. Holmes Towers - Wikipedia

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    In order to build the towers, property developer and de Blasio donor Fetner Properties would lease the land from NYCHA for $25 million for 99-years, pocketing all rent, qualifying for $13 million in subsidies, and paying no property taxes. [12] In 2019, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer sued Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYCHA to block the new ...

  3. Alphabet City, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.

  4. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and ...

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    Website. www .nyc .gov /hpd. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development ( HPD) is the department of the government of New York City [ 1] responsible for developing and maintaining the city's stock of affordable housing. Its regulations are compiled in title 28 of the New York City Rules. The Department is headed by a Commissioner ...

  5. Columbia University - Wikipedia

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    Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [7] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan , it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States .

  6. Manhattan Municipal Building - Wikipedia

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    The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building (originally the Municipal Building and later known as the Manhattan Municipal Building) is a 40-story, 580-foot (180 m) building at 1 Centre Street, east of Chambers Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The structure was built to accommodate increased governmental space ...

  7. State Street Corporation - Wikipedia

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    State Street Corporation. State Street Corporation (stylized in all caps ), is a global [ 2] financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Congress Street in Boston with operations worldwide. It is the second-oldest continually operating United States bank; its predecessor, Union Bank, was founded in 1792.

  8. Street light - Wikipedia

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    A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform. When urban electric power distribution became ubiquitous in developed countries in the 20th century, lights for urban streets followed, or ...

  9. Morningside Heights - Wikipedia

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    Morningside Heights. /  40.80972°N 73.96028°W  / 40.80972; -73.96028. Morningside Heights is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside Heights borders Central ...