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This interactive map shows you what your NYC block looked like 400 years ago
The Welikia Project, made by ecologists at the New York Botanical Garden, uncovers all the flora and fauna that thrived in ...
Philly was once the country’s circus capital. Some people are trying to bring back those glory days.
Nearly 200 years before Center City’s Loews Hotel opened its doors, the corner of 12th and Market Streets was America’s circus capital. The street corner saw the merging of two worlds: a newly formed ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
The Chrysler Building Has Towered Above New York City for Nearly a Century. Now, the Art Deco Skyscraper Is for Sale
When it was completed in 1930, the 1,046-foot building was briefly the tallest in the world. In recent years, it's fallen ...
The best hotels in York for a history-filled city break
The best hotels in York for a history-filled city break - From Georgian mansions to Regency townhouses, York has some of the ...
The Architect’s Newspaper4d
The reopened Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, by WHY Architecture, raises ethical questions about decolonization and repatriation at The Met
Almost 2,000 objects from three disparate geographic areas are back on view at The Met in a light-filled wing overlooking ...
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Big question marks for New York City’s hotel industry as migrant shelter era winds down
Hotels were struggling at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration offered a lifeline to some of the city’s most cash-strapped operators by awarding them ...
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US Justice Department investigating New York migrant hotels, reports say
March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday opened an investigation into the operation of New York City hotels as migrant shelters, according to media reports. The Guardian ...
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The Roosevelt Hotel: A window into New York City's history
The Roosevelt Hotel, a New York City landmark for over a century, once again faces an uncertain future. Last month, city officials announced plans to stop using it as a migrant shelter and ...
Los Angeles Times3mon
New York City set to close hub for migrants at the formerly grand Roosevelt Hotel
NEW YORK — A Manhattan hotel-turned-shelter is set to close after becoming an emblem of New York City’s fraught effort to manage an influx of international migrants. Mayor Eric Adams said this ...
U.S. News & World Report3mon
New York City Is Set to Close a Hub for Migrants at the Formerly Grand Roosevelt Hotel
New York City Is Set to Close a Hub for Migrants at the Formerly Grand Roosevelt Hotel NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan hotel-turned-shelter is set to close after becoming an emblem of New York City ...
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New York City's Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Midtown is shutting down. Here's why.
New York City is shutting down its main migrant intake center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday, signaling the crisis is abating. The closure is the ...
The Baltimore Sun3mon
New York City to close Roosevelt Hotel migrant center after managing 232,000 arrivals since 2023
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city is working to shut down what’s been called The Roosevelt Hotel’s “Asylum Arrival Center and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief ...