1900s New York City

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:borough gptkb:Brooklyn
gptkb:Manhattan
gptkb:Queens
gptkb:Staten_Island
gptkb:The_Bronx
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1909
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1900s New York City
gptkbp:immigrationWave high levels from Europe
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mayor gptkb:Seth_Low
gptkb:Robert_A._Van_Wyck
gptkb:George_B._McClellan_Jr.
gptkbp:notable_disaster_response General Slocum disaster (1904)
gptkbp:notableBuilding Metropolitan Life Tower (completed 1909)
Singer Building (completed 1908)
gptkbp:notableCrime gptkb:Tammany_Hall_political_machine
gang activity
gptkbp:notableEvent Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (1911, but relevant to the era)
construction of the Flatiron Building (1902)
opening of the first subway line (1904)
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Broadway
gptkbp:notableIndustry finance
shipping
garment industry
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Brooklyn_Bridge
gptkb:Central_Park
gptkb:Ellis_Island
gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty
gptkb:Prospect_Park
gptkbp:notableModel gptkb:railway_station
streetcars
elevated trains
gptkbp:notableMovement Harlem Renaissance (began late 1900s)
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Little_Italy
gptkb:Lower_East_Side
gptkb:Harlem
bay
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:New_York_World
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:New_York_Journal
gptkbp:notableTeam gptkb:New_York_Giants_(baseball)
Brooklyn Superbas (later Dodgers)
New York Highlanders (later Yankees)
gptkbp:population over 3 million (1900 census)
gptkbp:startDate 1900
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Calendar_Girl_(1947_film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7