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William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement in mid-19th-century New York City .
The Meatpacking District is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from West 14th Street south to Gansevoort Street, and from the Hudson River east to Hudson Street. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The Meatpacking Business Improvement District along with signage in the area, extend these borders farther north to West 17th Street, east ...
Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street. Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street is a black and white photograph produced by Danish-American photojournalist and social reformer Jacob Riis in 1888. [ 1][ 2] The photograph was possibly not taken by Riis but instead by one of his assistant photographers, Henry G. Piffard or Richard Hoe Lawrence. [ 3]
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The two trucks got $500 seed money and were given special instructions: they had to sell $500 in each of the five New York City boroughs, unable to move to the next borough until they hit the 500 limit in each (first the Bronx, then Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and finally Manhattan where the sales needed were doubled to $1,000).
The Welsh name also suited Wright's roots, as the Lloyd Joneses gave Welsh names to their properties. [12] The hill upon which Taliesin was built was a favorite from Wright's youth; he saw the house as a "shining brow" on the hill, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] in hope of a place of refuge "but I had forgotten grandfather Isiah's punishments and beatings".
Map of Barbados. This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Barbados. Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles, in the Americas. It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi).
They are New York County ( Manhattan ), Kings County ( Brooklyn ), Bronx County ( The Bronx ), Richmond County ( Staten Island ), and Queens County ( Queens ). In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by the city government. [ 4]