18 New York Facts Even New Yorker's Don't Know

Опубликовано 7 июня 2014, 17:10

How well do YOU know the Big Apple?
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Did you know that the Empire State Building has it's own zip code? Or that Washington Square Park used to be a cemetery? Test your knowledge of the Big Apple with this list of weird, obscure, and interesting facts about New York City.

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fire lane by Angelo DeSantis
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Albert Einstein by Hulton Archive
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Bryant Park by Brian Clift
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General George Washington Statue at Union Square NYC
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Young Boy Dressed As A Bank Robbery
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Pedestrian crossing
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Hidden Secrets Of The Grand Central Terminal
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a symbol denotes the presence of a crosswalk
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Push button to cross the street
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A man pushing a crosswalk button that reads, "Push Butt to Cross Street".
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Old provincial cemetery on a cold foggy morning
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DEBUSSY IS DEREZZED from Mirkan Arslan
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New York, New York from The Girls With Glasses
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New York - Vacation City by Prelinger Archives
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A Day In The Life (New York City) from bhsaTV
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New York City Timelapse 2013 from Binayak Dasgupta
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1958 commercial for Fritos and Philadelphia Cream Cheese (1958) via Archive.org
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''Sheriff of Cochise'' - Bank Robbery (1957, Drama) (1957) via Archive.org
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DC to NYC from Yann Guyot
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