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(Encyclopedia) Bexley, outer borough of Greater
London, SE England. Bexley has many parks and open areas. Within the
borough, Erith and Crayford are industrial centers...
(Encyclopedia) Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John ...
(Encyclopedia) West Caldwell, borough (1990 pop. 10,422), Essex co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of Newark and New York City; inc. 1904. It has some light manufacturing.
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(Encyclopedia) Harlem, residential and business section of upper Manhattan, New York City, bounded roughly by 110th St., the East River and Harlem River, 168th St., Amsterdam Ave., and Morningside Park. The Dutch se...
(Encyclopedia) Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y., a...
(Encyclopedia) New York State Barge Canal: see New York State Canal System.
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(Encyclopedia) Wakefield, city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 74,764), N central England, on the Calder River. Wakefield has been a center of the cloth industry from the 14th cent. Other manufactures include wo...
(Encyclopedia) Bellevue Hospital, municipal hospital, in New York City. America's oldest public hospital, Bellevue developed from a “Publick Workhouse and House of Correction” commissioned in 1734. The establish...
(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte Marie, city (1990 pop. 14,689), seat of Chippewa co., N Mich., Upper Peninsula, a port of entry on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; inc. as a city 1887. A variety of li...
(Encyclopedia) Aspen
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[key], city, alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo., on the Roaring
Fork River; founded c.1879 by silver prospectors, inc. 1881. Decl...