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Here grows New York

5th Avenue with yellow cabs in NYC.

Fewer than 300 people lived in New Amsterdam when the first dutch families came in 1624. 

See how this great city grows from back to the days of the first Dutch settlement to the New York City of today.

This great animation from Myles Zhang illustrates the development of New York City’s street grid and infrastructure systems from 1609 to the present-day.

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How to find an NYC apartment when you don’t live here

It’s hard enough to find a new apartment in New York when you actually live here but even harder if you don’t live here. Due to a quick job relocation or other change some people find themselves dealing with the task of finding a new apartment to rent or buy from out of state, or even the country. This is challenging but not impossible.

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