April 23rd in N.Y.C. History
Posted: Apr 23, 2013 | 3:59 AM
by Jared Goldstein
1775: Inspired by colonial clashes at the battles of Lexington and Concord, revolutionary NYC crowds seized British weapons and formed a militia.
Colonial NYC tours.
1789: President-elect George Washington and wife moved into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City, loaned by a local Quaker merchant.
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Washington lived in the mansion on the right corner.
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George Washington's New York Tour, George Washington the NYC Tour, South Street Seaport tour, Colonial tour, Colonial NYC tour.
1932: "The premier fashion designer of all America,"
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Halston, born in Des Moines, Iowa.
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He broke out with Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat, became America's first world-class designer, invented designer licensing, and dressed
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Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, and.... He also designed uniforms such as for the Girl Scouts and the NYPD.
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1968: Columbia University students began a
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week-long occupation of several campus buildings
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in protest against university involvement in the Vietnam War as well as building a community-segregated gym on public property.
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Sampling CU President Grayson Kirk's cigars and brandy.
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Columbia tour, Columbia University tour, Uptown tour, Harlem tour.