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West Executive Avenue was constructed in 1871, providing a first-time road link between the north and south sections of President's Park. [1] According to the U.S. Government, in 1910 it was the scene of the first recorded landing, on a public street, of an aircraft when Claude Grahame-White touched down in his Farman biplane to meet United States Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson for lunch.
November 9, 1994. 14th Street NW / SW is a street in Northwest and Southwest quadrants of Washington, D.C., located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) west of the U.S. Capitol. It runs from the 14th Street Bridge north to Eastern Avenue . Northbound U.S. Route 1 runs along 14th Street from the bridge to Constitution Avenue, where it turns east with US 50.
This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
Designated NYSRHP. December 9, 1997. Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue [ 4 ] – came together in the early 19th century. Its name denotes that "here was the union of the two principal ...
Neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, are distinguished by their history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography. The names of 131 neighborhoods are unofficially defined by the D.C. Office of Planning. [ 1 ]
Borough. Manhattan. Zip code. 10018, 10019, 10036 [ 1] Area codes. 212, 332, 646, and 917. New York City 's Theater District, sometimes spelled Theatre District and officially zoned as the " Theater Subdistrict ", [ 2] is an area and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, in addition to other theaters, movie ...
Washington, D.C., U.S. Coordinates. 38°53′34.8″N 77°01′48″W. / 38.893000°N 77.03000°W / 38.893000; -77.03000. Federal Triangle is a triangular area in Washington, D.C. formed by 15th Street NW, Constitution Avenue NW, Pennsylvania Avenue NW, and E Street NW. Federal Triangle is occupied by 10 large city and federal office ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other ...