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    1. richard
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      Olmsted and Vaux's design for Grand Army Plaza began in 1865.

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

      Building (1931) being precisely framed within the Arch (1892)?

      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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