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10 Cards in this Set
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Where is the Diamond District?
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47th St, between 5th & 6th Avenues
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What is unusual about the diamond trade?
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There are no contracts only handshakes
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Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District?
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Canal Street
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Where are the great works of Picasso found?
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Gagosian Gallery - which has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
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Where does the NY ballet Perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time?
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David H Koch Theater - formerly the NY State Theater - which is part of the Lincoln Center for performing Arts
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What book did photographer/reformer Jacob Riis write?
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"How the Other Half Lives" that was a look at impoverished life in the tenement houses that motivated social reform
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Who was Elizabeth Ann Seton?
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The first American born saint in the US & NY
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Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth ann Seton located?
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7 State St facing Battery Park
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Why was she canonized?
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Helped establish the Catholic Church and schools in the US
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What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden? Grand Central Station? Times Square? |
Madison Square Garden:
4 Penn Plaza Grand Central Station: 42nd and Park Ave Times Square: Junction of Broadway & 7th Ave between W42nd - W 47th streets |