Nyc Tour Guide Test 2 - Co

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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?

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The Rhinelander Sugar House

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What former slum no longer exists since the completion of the Foley Square courthouse complex?

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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?

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The Collect Pond

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What year was the Brooklyn Bridge completed?

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1883

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What was the last of the bridges downtown bridges connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn?

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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.

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SoHo

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This SoHo building is known as the Parthenon of Cast-Iron Architecture in America.

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The Haughwout Building

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When was the Brooklyn Academy of Music founded?

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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.

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Belgian blocks

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What is the architectural style of Brooklyn Borough Hall?

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Greek Revival (1849)

(with a Georgian cupola added later, 1898)

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What is the architectural style of Brooklyn Borough Hall?

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Greek Revival (1849)

(with a Georgian cupola added later, 1898)

Front 12

Who created the Angel of the Waters sculpture atop Central Park's Bethesda Fountain?

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Emma Stebbins

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Who is considered the "father of the Brooklyn Bridge"?

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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.

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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?

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Emily Roebling

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Who took over direction of the Brooklyn Bridge after his father died early during its construction?

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Washington Roebling

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This Gothic-style landmark stands at the bend of Broadway at 10th St.

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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.

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Union Square Park

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This political organization was founded in 1788 as an outgrowth of the Sons of Liberty.

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Tammany Hall

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George Washington entered NYC marking the end of the British occupation on this date.

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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.

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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.

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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

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The sculptor of the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in Union Square Park.

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Henry Kirke Brown

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The only US President born in NYC.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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The address if the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt.

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28 East 20th Street

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What is the only private park in the city?

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Gramercy Park

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This prolific architect was murdered by Harry K. Thaw.

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Stanford White

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Who designed the Statue of Liberty? Who designed her iron truss skeleton?

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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Gustave Eiffel

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Who designed the Statue of Liberty? Who designed her iron truss skeleton?

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Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Gustave Eiffel

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She penned the sonnet inscribed on a plaque in the Statue of Liberty's base.

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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.

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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.

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Marble Collegiate Reformed Church

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Stanford White's 1890 masterpiece was which incarnation of Madison Square Garden?

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The 2nd

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Who designed The NY Life Insurance Company Building?

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Cass Gilbert

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This building completed in 1909 is based on the campanile in St Mark's Square in Venice.

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Metropolitan Life Tower

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A 51ft tall granite obelisk sits atop this New Yorker's grave site on Broadway.

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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.

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William Henry Seward

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The Flatiron Building was designed by who and in what style?

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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.

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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".

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Clement Clarke Moore

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What is NY's only museum dedicated exclusively to photography?

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International Center of Photography

43rd and 6th

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The Croton Distributing Reservoir (1842-1911) stood on this current site.

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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...?

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The Crystal Palace Exposition

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The 2 lions flanking the entrance to the New York Public Library are by this sculptor.

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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?

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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".

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Hotel Algonquin

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The sculpture group atop the center arch of Grand Central Terminal was designed by...?

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Jules Coutan

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The sculpture group atop the center arch of Grand Central Terminal was designed by...?

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Jules Coutan

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Architects of the Grand Central Terminal building (2) and the interior if the terminal (2)...

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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.

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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...

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Orion's Belt

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This building was originally known as The Pan Am Building when it was built in 1963.

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the MetLife Building

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This Art Deco building designed by William Van Alen was completed in 1930.

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The Chrysler Building

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This English Cottage style community was developed between 1925-1928.

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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.

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39th & 7th

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Located along 7th Ave in the Garment District, this is the only permanent landmark to American Fashion.

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The Fashion Walk of Fame

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In what year did the Queensboro Bridge open?

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1909

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Disaster befell this paddlewheel steamer while sailing through Hell Gate on June 15, 1904.

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General Slocum

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Disaster befell this paddlewheel steamer while sailing through Hell Gate on June 15, 1904.

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General Slocum

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This country manor house built in the Federal Style in 1799 is now part of Carl Schurz Park.

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Gracie Mansion

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This was previously known as Welfare Island, Blackwell's Island, and Hog Island.

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Roosevelt Island

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The city's first luxury apartment house, completed in 1884.

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The Dakota

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The disastrous Battle of Brooklyn took place on this date.

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August 27, 1776

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This monument to the Union victory was unveiled in 1892 in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza.

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Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch

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Stanford White designed this monument to American POWs located in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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St Thomas Episcopal Church

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Who designed St Patrick's Cathedral and in what year was it dedicated?

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James Renwick; 1879

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This largest Jewish house of worship in the world at 65th & 5th opened in 1929.

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Temple Emanu-El

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Where is the Hall of Fame for Great Americans located?

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Bronx Community College