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43 Cards in this Set
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Abraham Levitt
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Born 1880
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Al Smith
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Born 1873
Died 1944 1911- commission for factor reforms 1921 - commission for PA |
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Andrew Carnegie
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Born 1835
Died 1919 |
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Andrew Haswell Green
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Born 1820
Died 1903 1888- report that recommended consolidation. |
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Austin Tobin
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Born 1903
Died 1978 Became executive director of the PA in 1942 |
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Belle Moskowitz
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Born 1877
Died 1933 |
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Blackouts
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1881
1965 1977 1990 2003 |
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Bridge Street AME Church
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formed in 1766
Separation in 1818 |
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FDR
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born 1882
died 1945 polio 1921 president 1932 |
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Balanchine
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born 1904
died 1983 1934: SAB 1948: NYCB |
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Gouverneur Morris
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born 1752
died 1816 commission for erie canal (1810ish) |
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Greyhound Bus
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1939: LaGuardia had a committee to address the numbers of buses that entered NYC
1947-1953: moses and greyhound bus worked together |
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Born 1813
Died 1887 1847: took charge of the plymouth congregational church |
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HOLC
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Law in 1933
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IRT
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Company formed in 1902
First subway opened in 1904 Bought by city in 1940 |
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International Style
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1950's
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John Puroy Mitchel
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Born 1879
Died 1918 Collector of Port of NY in 1913 |
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Earl Manigualt
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High School Basketball - 1962 & 1963
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Rheingold
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1855 - 1976
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Restrictive Covenants
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up until 1916
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Setback
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first zoning laws 1916
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Great Negro Plot
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1741
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Tin Pan Alley
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1890's - 1950's
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Elisha Otis
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b: 1811
died: 1861 device created in 1852 |
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TBA
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1933
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FHA
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begun in 1934
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consolidation
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1898
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containerization
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1930's onward
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core stall-in
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1964
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diedrich knickerbocker
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1809
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Jones Beach
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1929
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Joseph Mitchell
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1938 - 1996
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Shelley v. Kraemer
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1948
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Lillian Edelstein
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1952
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Mary White Ovington
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1865 - 1951
NAACP 1909 |
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New Law Tenament
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1901
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Parkways
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1928
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Dongan's Charter
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1683
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Draft Riots
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1863
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Dumbbell Tenement
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1879
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Pete Hamill
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begin career in 1960's
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PA of NY and NJ
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formed in 1921
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Redlining
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Housing act of 1934
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