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… and it was true decades ago for a group of seven young artists who lived on Manhattans Coenties Slip a tiny block … a decade and in that short time their work electrified the art world  In the 1700s and early 1800s when shipping was at … called a slip as well In the 1950s and 60s when the seven artists moved to No 35 25 and 27 the Slip was no longer used …

… In 1934 the establishment of the New York City Housing Authority which built owned and operated housing for the … class and poor was a watershed it was the first such authority in the country and it immediately embarked on a … … history … new development … Review … In New York Rising authors explore 400 years of the citys history …

… Readers learn of Harlems early 20thcentury history from the Cotton Club to its noted literary salons from its white …