Flatiron Building

9. A round-trip in under two days, part ONE...

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November 13th 2005
Ok, so it was a round-trip of Manhattan island, but considering all of the communities and the ethnic microcosoms crammed into that 23 square miles, it's almost a trip round the world. I decided sometime in the middle of last week that I'd been spending far too much time piddling around New Jersey and not enough time actually seeing Manhattan itself. Sure, I spend every single day traveling in ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more