The street that runs along this city's western dike is known as Nieuwendijk, or New Dike
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Was Amsterdam named after a dam in the river Amstel?  Dec 30, 2010 ... Initially the Amstel proper only reached the area now known as ... located at the present-day Damrak  the street that runs between Dam Square and Central Station. ... along what is currently called Nieuwendijk (literally, New Dike) and, ... West  and between the Baltic Sea and the hinterland and beyond.
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Jeopary Questions page 1930 - MOVIE DEBUTS - TriviaBistro.com  19TH CENTURY AMERICA: This island in New York Harbor began ... The street that runs along this city's western dike is known as Nieuwendijk, or New Dike.
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Medieval Amsterdam: Old Side and (older) New Side ...  Oct 20, 2008 ... Included in this entry: the oldest known city map of Amsterdam, painted in 1538. ... the popular shopping streets, Nieuwendijk (New Dike) and Kalverstraat ... the western boundary was formed by a watercourse running along...
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J! Archive - Show #2861, aired 1997-01-27  The street that runs along this city's western dike is known as Nieuwendijk, or New ... She immigrated to New York from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 was the first U.S....
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Free Flashcards about WORLD CAPITAL CITIES - StudyStack  Free flashcards to help memorize facts about WORLD CAPITAL CITIES. Other activities ... THIS NEW SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITAL WAS DEDICATED ON APRIL 21, 1960, BRASILIA. MAJOR ..... THE STREET THAT RUNS ALONG THIS CITY'S WESTERN DIKE IS KNOWN AS NIEUWENDIJK, OR NEW DIKE, AMSTERDAM.
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Jeopary Questions page 1780 - WORD ORIGINS - TriviaBistro.com  NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS: Moving several times, the first was .... BABYLON 5: Etemenanki, a ziggurat, is sometimes identified as this legendary landmark.
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Canals of Amsterdam - Wikipedia  Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometers of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, ... calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting...
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Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia  Flood control is an important issue for the Netherlands, as about two thirds of its area is ... In several places the sea had broken through these natural defenses and created ... Taking land from the cycle of flooding by putting a dike around it prevents it .... The first dikes and water control structures were built and maintained by...
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Old New York: Dutch names in New York, with soundfiles  Flushing was already the English name for the Dutch port Vlissingen. (View map, hear name) ... 'Kil' or 'kille' means 'river' or 'canal' (no longer found in modern Dutch.) ... (old spelling, nuts island, present-day Governors Island) ... Names. "Rembrandt van Rijn" - Rembrandt Page --- "Johannes Vermeer" - Vermeer Page.
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Capital Dilemma - The New York Times  "Bonn was a beginning, a city without a past" recalled West Germany's founding ... Politicians thus located the new national legislature, the Bundestag, inside a prime ... was a building of pure white planes set along the Rhine River south of the town .... The official canonization of what had become a transatlantic architectural...
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New Amsterdam - Wikipedia  New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established ... New Amsterdam was renamed New York on September 8, 1664, in honor of ..... Only starting from Wall Street going uptown did the typical grid become ... Dutch until the Napoleonic Wars and retained its name also afterwards.
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Squares in Amsterdam - Dam | Leidseplein | Rembrandtplein ...  Amsterdam has a number of main squares around the city centre - from the ... Dam Square - The city's principal square near to Amsterdam central station. ... Just beyond the western side of Leidseplein is the Melkweg concert and theatre venue. ... Across the road is the old Hirschgebouw building which now hosts the...
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Building :: New Museum  The New Museum building is intended as a home for contemporary art and an ... Amidst a cluster of relatively small and mid-sized buildings of varying types and uses, ... As visitors approach on the Bowery or from the west along Prince Street, they ... and right for the budget and the place, Sejima and Nishizawa have stated.
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Boulevard - Wikipedia  A boulevard often abbreviated Blvd, is a type of large road, usually running through a city. These roads often replaced obsolete fortifications, hence the name. In modern American usage it often means a wide, multi-lane arterial ... In some countries, the term boulevard is rarely encountered; the term avenue is often used...
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When Wall Street Was a Wall: A 1660 Map of Manhattan - Curbed NY  May 5, 2013 ... The Castello Plan is the earliest known map of New Amsterdam, and it was ... most border (at the right of the image), built to keep the natives out. .... I'm not sure the Dutch settler built the canals to make it feel more "Dutch. .... the City as much against attacks by the English as the Natives Indian Tribes.
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jeopardy/2418_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  NEW YORK BUILDINGS | This building, John Lennon's last residence, was so named because 72nd St. seemed like the Far West | the Dakota. right: Wendi.
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Ponte Garibaldi - Wikipedia  De Ponte Garibaldi is een brug over de Tiber in Rome die de wijk Regola op de ... De brug is vernoemd naar Giuseppe Garibaldi, een van de hoofdrolspelers...
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Warsaw/rdmiecie  Travel guide at Wikivoyage  Today's city centre is a mixture of brand-new, 21st-century development and remains ... Being home to many well-known businesses, governmental institutions, ... Nowy wiat - historical Trakt Krlewski - Royal Route) and Centrum Nauki ... Nowy wiat and Ujazdowskie is this modern wide thoroughfare, whose sides are...
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New Netherland - Wikipedia  New Netherland was a 17th-century colonial province of the Seven United Netherlands that ... The surrender of Fort Amsterdam to England in 1664 was formalized in 1667, contributing to the ... The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands had become a home to many ...... New Netherland Museum and the Half Moon.
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Place Charles de Gaulle - Wikipedia  The Place Charles de Gaulle, historically known as the Place de l'toile is a large road junction in Paris, France, the meeting point of twelve straight avenues (hence ... The Marquis de Marigny constructed monumental roadworks, completed in ... The modern Place de l'toile and the avenues radiating from it were created...
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Wall Street - Wikipedia  Wall Street is a 0.7-mile-long (1.1 km) street running eight blocks, roughly northwest to ... Anchored by Wall Street, New York City has been called both the most ... from an earthen wall on the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement, ... But soon after that, the Dutch governor, Kieft, sent his men out there one night...