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    1. richard
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      Near the Arch - Sat and Sun - 9am -Noon

      1865 - Olmsted and Vaux Design Plaza.

      How and why did their plan result in the Tower of the

      Empire State Building (1931) bisecting the Plaza's

      the Arch (1892), Fountain and JFK Memorial?

      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Arch_and_EmpireSB_-_Grand_Army_Plaza_Brooklyn.jpg
      Don't let the turkeys get you down.

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