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HOW TO FIND HISTORIC PICS OF YOUR BLOCK – The Brownstone Detectives
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How Fire Defined the Bronx, and Us - The New York Times
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Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 3 decades after his discovery
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No words': 9/11 death toll continues to rise 22 years later - ABC News
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Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco - The New York Times
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Flatiron Building - Wikipedia
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Chinatown, Manhattan - Wikipedia
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