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Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
1. What is Civic Fame? - Correct Answer: A 25-foot tall golden statue on
top of the Manhattan Municipal Building. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman
to celebrate the merging of the 5 boroughs in 1898.
2. Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who is living or has lived
there? - Correct Answer: Central Park West (Eighth Ave) and W. 72nd
Street. Henry Hardenbergh design. Lauren Bacall, Connie Chung & Maury
Povich, Roberta Flack, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, John
Lennon.
3. Name buildings designed by Henry Hardenbergh - Correct Answer:
Dakota, Plaza, Schermerhorn Building, the original Waldorf Astoria on 5th
(Empire State Building there now), Willard, Copley Plaza,
4. What was the Campbell Apartment? - Correct Answer: An opulent
space in Grand Central Terminal, occupied by a friend of William Kissam
Vanderbilt. Police thought it was lived in when they saw a shower and
toilet. It is now an opulent bar.
Formerly the private office and salon of 1920's tycoon, John W. Campbell,
The Campbell Apartment has been fully-restored to its original splendor --
, and reborn as a chic cocktail lounge cited in the national media as one of
"the best bars in America".
5. Where can you find a famous smallpox hospital? - Correct Answer:
Roosevelt Island. Designed by James Renwick, Jr.
6. Equitable Building - Who, where, when. What did it cause? - Correct
Answer: Ernest Graham, 120 Broadway, 1915, Zoning setback restrictions
resulting in the Wedding Cake Silhouette architecture.
7. What was Chumley's? - Correct Answer: A former speakeasy in the
Village frequented by writers. There will be a picture. Look for curved top
door, courtyard.
8. What was the reason for purchasing and who sold Manhattan to the Dutch?
- Correct Answer: Peter Minuit acquired Manhattan in 1626 from the
Lenape tribe in exchange for goods worth 60 guilders. The Dutch wanted a
protective citadel for their fur trading post, according to the document by
Pieter Janszoon Schagen.
9. What is the name of the Mayor's house? - Correct Answer: Gracie
Mansion
10.What was the name of Giants' Stadium in Harlem? - Correct Answer:
Polo Grounds
,11.What's the name of the Greek Revival houses north of Washington Square?
- Correct Answer: The Row
12.What is the history of the many Ray's Pizza stores in Manhattan? -
Correct Answer: When the Albanians were overrun in wartime Europe, they
found refuge in Italy and learned to make pizza. OR a mob guy decided to
open a pizza store and it was so good many people copied the name until it
became a joke in NYC.
13.What were the Stonewall Riots? - Correct Answer: In 1969, gay people
fought with police at 53 Christopher St. and began the gay pride/rights
movement.
14.House That Ruth Built? - Correct Answer: Yankee Stadium
15.To what does the Dispensary Triangle refer? - Correct Answer: Medical
care for the poor.
16.What Latin dance was popular in the 80's? - Correct Answer: Salsa
17.What was previously in Bryant Park? - Correct Answer: Bryant Park,
named after William Cullen Bryant, was the site of the Croton Reservoir, and
later the Crystal Palace. Behind current NYC Library
, 18.What is the name of an early black settlement in Brooklyn, settled by
freedmen in 1838? - Correct Answer: Weeksville was named after James
Weeks.
19.What was the name of a popular vending machine system for food? -
Correct Answer: Automats
20.What effect did the 1811 Grid Plan have on the city? - Correct Answer:
No alleys, single family homes, cross-ventilation, reduced construction
costs. All of the above?
21.What team did Lou Gehrig play for? - Correct Answer: Yankees
22.What does Bowery mean? - Correct Answer: Dutch, for farm
23.What was Dumbbell Architecture and what was it intended to correct? -
Correct Answer: Buildings with narrow spaces between them to act as air
shafts and allow sunlight in. Designed to correct the flaws of the 1867
zoning laws but dumbbell apartments were worse.
24.What areas were reduced as the result of the 1924 Johnson-Reed
Immigration Act? - Correct Answer: Southern and Eastern Europe, East
Asians and Asian Indians
25.Tavern-On-The-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park was
what before? - Correct Answer: It was a sheep barn
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With
ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!
1. What is Civic Fame? - Correct Answer: A 25-foot tall golden statue on
top of the Manhattan Municipal Building. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman
to celebrate the merging of the 5 boroughs in 1898.
2. Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who is living or has lived
there? - Correct Answer: Central Park West (Eighth Ave) and W. 72nd
Street. Henry Hardenbergh design. Lauren Bacall, Connie Chung & Maury
Povich, Roberta Flack, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, John
Lennon.
3. Name buildings designed by Henry Hardenbergh - Correct Answer:
Dakota, Plaza, Schermerhorn Building, the original Waldorf Astoria on 5th
(Empire State Building there now), Willard, Copley Plaza,
4. What was the Campbell Apartment? - Correct Answer: An opulent
space in Grand Central Terminal, occupied by a friend of William Kissam
Vanderbilt. Police thought it was lived in when they saw a shower and
toilet. It is now an opulent bar.
Formerly the private office and salon of 1920's tycoon, John W. Campbell,
The Campbell Apartment has been fully-restored to its original splendor --
, and reborn as a chic cocktail lounge cited in the national media as one of
"the best bars in America".
5. Where can you find a famous smallpox hospital? - Correct Answer:
Roosevelt Island. Designed by James Renwick, Jr.
6. Equitable Building - Who, where, when. What did it cause? - Correct
Answer: Ernest Graham, 120 Broadway, 1915, Zoning setback restrictions
resulting in the Wedding Cake Silhouette architecture.
7. What was Chumley's? - Correct Answer: A former speakeasy in the
Village frequented by writers. There will be a picture. Look for curved top
door, courtyard.
8. What was the reason for purchasing and who sold Manhattan to the Dutch?
- Correct Answer: Peter Minuit acquired Manhattan in 1626 from the
Lenape tribe in exchange for goods worth 60 guilders. The Dutch wanted a
protective citadel for their fur trading post, according to the document by
Pieter Janszoon Schagen.
9. What is the name of the Mayor's house? - Correct Answer: Gracie
Mansion
10.What was the name of Giants' Stadium in Harlem? - Correct Answer:
Polo Grounds
,11.What's the name of the Greek Revival houses north of Washington Square?
- Correct Answer: The Row
12.What is the history of the many Ray's Pizza stores in Manhattan? -
Correct Answer: When the Albanians were overrun in wartime Europe, they
found refuge in Italy and learned to make pizza. OR a mob guy decided to
open a pizza store and it was so good many people copied the name until it
became a joke in NYC.
13.What were the Stonewall Riots? - Correct Answer: In 1969, gay people
fought with police at 53 Christopher St. and began the gay pride/rights
movement.
14.House That Ruth Built? - Correct Answer: Yankee Stadium
15.To what does the Dispensary Triangle refer? - Correct Answer: Medical
care for the poor.
16.What Latin dance was popular in the 80's? - Correct Answer: Salsa
17.What was previously in Bryant Park? - Correct Answer: Bryant Park,
named after William Cullen Bryant, was the site of the Croton Reservoir, and
later the Crystal Palace. Behind current NYC Library
, 18.What is the name of an early black settlement in Brooklyn, settled by
freedmen in 1838? - Correct Answer: Weeksville was named after James
Weeks.
19.What was the name of a popular vending machine system for food? -
Correct Answer: Automats
20.What effect did the 1811 Grid Plan have on the city? - Correct Answer:
No alleys, single family homes, cross-ventilation, reduced construction
costs. All of the above?
21.What team did Lou Gehrig play for? - Correct Answer: Yankees
22.What does Bowery mean? - Correct Answer: Dutch, for farm
23.What was Dumbbell Architecture and what was it intended to correct? -
Correct Answer: Buildings with narrow spaces between them to act as air
shafts and allow sunlight in. Designed to correct the flaws of the 1867
zoning laws but dumbbell apartments were worse.
24.What areas were reduced as the result of the 1924 Johnson-Reed
Immigration Act? - Correct Answer: Southern and Eastern Europe, East
Asians and Asian Indians
25.Tavern-On-The-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park was
what before? - Correct Answer: It was a sheep barn
