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Commissioners' Plan of 1811. The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 was the original design for the streets of Manhattan above Houston Street and below 155th Street, which put in place the rectangular grid plan of streets and lots that has defined Manhattan on its march uptown until the current day. It has been called "the single most important ...
John Vliet Lindsay ( / vliːt /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, the mayor of New York City, and a candidate for U.S. president. He was also a regular guest host of Good Morning America.
Wilson Goode. Woodrow Wilson Goode Sr. (born August 19, 1938) is a former Mayor of Philadelphia and the first African American to hold that office. He served from 1984 to 1992, a period which included the controversial MOVE police action and house bombing in 1985. Goode was also a community activist, chair of the state Public Utility Commission ...
Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public ...
A new resident to The Annex, Jane Jacobs, had been instrumental in blocking the Lower Manhattan Expressway in New York City before moving to Canada in 1969. According to Jacobs, it was the construction of expressways into major American cities that led to an exodus of the middle class, and the death of once-vibrant downtown cores.
Willie Wilson (born June 16, 1948) [1] is an American businessman and perennial political candidate from Chicago, Illinois.He unsuccessfully ran in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 Chicago mayoral elections, the 2016 United States presidential election, and for the United States Senate in 2020.
Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. [ a] He also represented the city for several terms in the United States House of Representatives . After rapidly rising through Tammany Hall, Wood served ...
October 23, 2020. ( 2020-10-23) –. September 1, 2023. ( 2023-09-01) How To with John Wilson is an American television comedy docuseries created by filmmaker John Wilson. [ 4] The series, executive produced by Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman and Clark Reinking, was ordered by HBO. [ 5] It premiered on October 23, 2020.