Tag: Haarlem
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Um, no.
Uptown Harlem and Downtown Brooklyn, please. For sale, HERE. Professor Seeking Apartment for Spring Semester Tulane professor seeks quiet Manhattan apartment for Spring 2024 fellowship at Fordham/NYPL. Dates are flexible and she is willing to help with mail, plants, etc, Contact: JewishStudies@Fordham.edu if you have a lead.
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Haarlem vs. Harlem
The oldest map that shows habitation in Harlem is the Manatus Map from 1639. You can see Staten Island, Hell Gate, the Hudson river, etc. It’s unclear who the cartographer was, and the original drawing is lost. As a result, the image above is one of two later 17th-century copies made in the same studio with…
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Haarlem and Other Dutch Artifacts
So many New York place names have Dutch roots: Stuyvesant The Bouwerie Greenwyck (Greenwich Village) Breuckelen (Brooklyn) Parelstraat (Pearl Street) Fresh Kills Gravesende Van Cortland Vlissing (Flushing) Lange Eyelandt Roode Eyelandt And, of course, our very own Nieuw Haarlem (Harlem). Join Nina Saxon on Sunday Nina Saxon would love for you to attend her Sunday…
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Lost Dog in Haarlem
In 1666, a white dog with a blind red eye was reported lost in Rotterdam. His owner placed an announcement in the “Oprechte Haerlemse Courant” offering a reward for returning the dog. This is one of the first, published lost dog announcements ever recorded. Oh, and NYC is How Much of America? If you take…
