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				A modern redrawing of the 1807 version of the Commissioner's Grid plan for Manhattan, a few years before it was adopted in 1811. Central Park is absent.		            
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            May 27, 2014            
           
           
            
                
				In Manhattan, uptown means north (more precisely north-northeast, which is the direction the island and its street grid system is oriented) and downtown means south (south-southwest)		            
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            May 27, 2014            
           
           
            
                
				In contrast with New York City's urban atmosphere, the vast majority of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. 		            
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            May 27, 2014            
           
           
            
                
				New York County as a whole covers a total area of 33.77 square miles (87.5 km2), of which 22.96 square miles (59.5 km2) are land and 10.81 square miles (28.0 km2) are water.		            
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            May 27, 2014            
           
           
            
                
				The blog post slider is automatically created with images you upload to the post and one video from Vimeo or YouTube (optional). It's built on the Boostrap slider.		            
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            May 27, 2014            
           
           
            
                
				The logo is a rebus borrowed by Milton Glaser from a Montreal radio campaign. CJAD Montreal Quebec Canada ran a campaign entitled "Montreal, the city with a heart		            
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