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The Young and Windy Road

According to Chudacoff in The Evolution of American Urban Society, urban cities started devoting much of their time and efforts to build roads for better transportation.  New roads were needed because the existing ones weren’t ‘up to par’.  Because of … Continue reading

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His Dream Became A Reality

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Bloody Deaths Lead to Peace

One specific event changed and connected the beginnings of New York City.  This event is formally known as the Pavonia Massacre.  The back story of this is that a death [and denial] of a Dutchman infuriated the Dutch and decided … Continue reading

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Wait, what did I just read?

50 years from now, when historians are looking back at archived tweets from the billions of people of the past decades and on (being optimistic that twitter will be still around) they are going to think “Wait, what did I … Continue reading

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