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Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York. [4] As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509, [1] its highest decennial count ever and a 7.2% increase from the 219,607 recorded at the 2010 census, [5] representing one of the fastest growth rates in the northeastern United States; and despite ...
The Thain Family Forest is a 50-acre (20 ha) section of old-growth forest along the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden, for a time known as the Native Forest and historically as the Hemlock Grove. [1] [2] Its heritage dates in part to pre-colonial Lenapehoking. New York City acquired 4,000 acres (~1620 ha) as parkland in 1888, and in ...
In the 1890s, Deposit was a center of publishing with the relocation of the Outing Publishing Company to the town (from New York). Several magazines, including The Bohemian, were published and printed from Deposit. The Outing Publishing Company went out of business a few years after the failure of the Knapp Bros. Bank in 1909. [5]
Union Square in autumn. New York City falls under different climate types depending on the climate classification system used. However, the Köppen climate classification system is the most widely used climate classification scheme, in which New York City falls under the humid subtropical zone.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.
Some New York City bagel shops, like Murray's in Chelsea and Ess-a-Bagel at 21st and Third Avenue, have had no-toasting policies. [10] [11] Toasting of bagels in New York City is considered a bastardization [10] and sacrilege. [12] Former New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton called the practice of eating toasted bagels obscene. [13]
New Shoreham, Rhode Island with Old Harbor in the foreground New Harbor - The Great Salt Pond. New Harbor was created in 1895 when a channel was dug to connect the Great Salt Pond to the ocean through the northwestern side of the island. The Island Free Library was established in 1875 and is Block Island's only public library.
The New York Transit Museum (also called the NYC Transit Museum) is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region.