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Culture of New York City

  • The New YorkerThe New Yorker magazine opened its doors on the 21st of February 1925. Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant established the publication in a small office at…
  • NylonWall Street and the City of London stand as twin pillars of global finance. The New York Stock Exchange holds the title of the largest stock exchange in the…
  • Sesame StreetIn 1966, television producer Joan Ganz Cooney sat across from Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd Morrisett to discuss a radical idea.
  • Punk rockThe Kingsmen released "Louie, Louie" in 1963, a song that later became known as punk rock's defining ur-text. This garage band from Portland, Oregon, played…
  • American handballA game involving a ball and a wall appears in the writings of Homer, dating back to ancient Greece. Records from 1287 show the Synod of Exeter banned such…
  • Metropolitan Museum of ArtOn the 13th of April 1870, the New York State Legislature granted an Act of Incorporation to establish a Museum and Library of Art in New York City.