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54 relations: American Museum of Natural History, Anti-nuclear protests in the United States, Beaux-Arts architecture, Belvedere Castle, Calvert Vaux, Carrère and Hastings, Catskill Aqueduct, Central Park, Central Park Conservancy, Chelone glabra, City Beautiful movement, Dave Matthews Band, Delacorte Theater, Diana Ross, Dragonfly, Eighth Avenue (Manhattan), Elite, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Elton John, Eutrophication, Fifth Avenue, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Frederick Law Olmsted, Frederick William MacMonnies, Garth Brooks, George S. Greene, Great Depression, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Hooverville, Iris (plant), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, King Jagiello Monument, Manhattan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Opera, New York City, New York City water supply system, New York Philharmonic, New York Public Library, Plaza Hotel, Plácido Domingo, Pocahontas (1995 film), Pope John Paul II, Robert Moses, Saururus cernuus, Schoenoplectus, Sheep Meadow, The Concert in Central Park, Thomas Hastings (architect), Trocadéro, ..., United States, United States Geological Survey, World War I, World's Columbian Exposition. Expand index (4 more) »
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world.
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Anti-nuclear protests in the United States
There were many anti-nuclear protests in the United States which captured national public attention during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.
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Belvedere Castle
Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City.
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Calvert Vaux
Calvert Vaux (December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was a British-American architect and landscape designer.
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Carrère and Hastings
Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère (November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was one of the outstanding Beaux-Arts architecture firms in the United States.
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Catskill Aqueduct
The Catskill Aqueduct, part of the New York City water supply system, brings water from the Catskill Mountains to Yonkers where it connects to other parts of the system.
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Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.
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Central Park Conservancy
The Central Park Conservancy is a private, nonprofit organization that manages Central Park under a contract with the City of New York and NYC Parks.
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Chelone glabra
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) is an herbaceous species of plant native to North America.
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City Beautiful movement
The City Beautiful Movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities.
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Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, also known by the acronym DMB, is an American rock band that was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991.
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Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater is a 1,800-seat open-air theater located in Central Park, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.
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Dragonfly
A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "uneven" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", because the hindwing is broader than the forewing).
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Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)
Eighth Avenue is a major north-south avenue on the west side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic below 59th Street.
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Elite
In political and sociological theory, the elite (French élite, from Latin eligere) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a society.
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Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (born 1936) is a landscape designer, landscape preservationist and writer, whose lasting memorial is the revitalization of Central Park, New York City, under her guidance as the first Central Park Administrator, and through the Central Park Conservancy, a private not-for-profit corporation that was founded, largely through Rogers' efforts, in 1980 to bring citizen support to the restoration and renewed management of Central Park.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication (from Greek eutrophos, "well-nourished"), or hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients that induce excessive growth of plants and algae.
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Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
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Fiorello H. La Guardia
Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American politician.
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Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.
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Frederick William MacMonnies
Frederick William MacMonnies (September 28, 1863 – March 22, 1937) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States.
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Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.
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George S. Greene
George Sears Greene (May 6, 1801 – January 28, 1899) was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist and geologist.
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Hooverville
A "Hooverville" was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America.
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Iris (plant)
Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis (born Bouvier; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the First Lady of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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King Jagiello Monument
The King Jagiełło Monument is an equestrian monument of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, located in Central Park, New York City.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.
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Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York City water supply system
New York City's water supply system is one of the most extensive municipal water systems in the world.
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New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic, officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States.
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New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City.
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Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan, New York City.
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Plácido Domingo
José Plácido Domingo Embil, (born 21 January 1941), known as Plácido Domingo, is a Spanish tenor, conductor and arts administrator.
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Pocahontas (1995 film)
Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romantic drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Giovanni Paolo II; Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła;; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 to 2005.
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Robert Moses
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American public official who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area.
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Saururus cernuus
Saururus cernuus (lizard's tail, water-dragon, swamp root) is a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America.
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Schoenoplectus
Schoenoplectus (club-rush, bulrush or tule) is a genus of plants in the sedges with a cosmopolitan distribution.
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Sheep Meadow
Sheep Meadow is a preserve located at the west side of Central Park from 66th to 69th Streets in Manhattan, New York City.
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The Concert in Central Park
The Concert in Central Park, released in February 1982 on Warner Bros. Records, is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
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Thomas Hastings (architect)
Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929) was an American architect, a partner in the firm of Carrère and Hastings (active 1885–1929).
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Trocadéro
The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World's Columbian Exposition
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.
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References
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