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Visit our fascinating new exhibit celebrating the Triborough Bridge, which explores its history and role in uniting Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens in a rapidly expanding city.
More than 720,000 newly digitized historical photographs of every house and building in the 5 boroughs can be searched and viewed in the gallery.
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10,000 Women’s Stories
Help build the first permanent catalog of women activists in NYC.
A Shared Cultural Heritage Project
Explore 17th-Century Records between Amsterdam and New York City.
Your Story, NYC's History
Help connect local history with the records of City government.
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