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  • Vanity- NYC trip...best tour(s) suggestion

    06/14/2010 12:31:35 PM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 104 replies · 534+ views
    ME ^ | Wobbly Bob
    I did some searches on tours, so far Onboardnewyorktours.com looks to be a possible choice with their "See the Best" tour... I like Revolutionary War history and American history in general. (I also like pubs.)
  • Pondering a Wall, and Trying Not to Hit One [Battery Wall in Manhattan Follow-up]

    12/19/2005 7:34:50 PM PST · by Pharmboy · 21 replies · 540+ views
    NY Times ^ | December 19, 2005 | PATRICK McGEEHAN
    Cary Conover for The New York Times A 45-foot segment of cut and mortared stones, which archaeologists say was either a Colonial-era battery wall that protected European settlements in the south end of Manhattan or a piece of a fort that replaced Fort Amsterdam. Workers unearthed the wall last month while digging a subway tunnel in Battery Park. First came the excitement over the discovery of a Colonial-era fortification in Battery Park. Now it's decision time: What should the New York City do with this massive relic? City officials have conceded that the thick stone wall, which sits about...