NYC Sightseeing Revised Questions and Answers / 2024
The Dutch paid $24 for Manhattan, why? - Because the people who sold it to them were the Carnessa tribe, they didn't own the land and were just passing by. Where did the term Manhattan derive from? - The Lenape, Manhattan's original inhabitants, called the island Manahatta, which means "hilly island." What does halal mean? - Islamic Why are dumbbell apartments called so? - after the shape of the building footprint: the air shaft gives each tenement the narrow-waisted shape of a dumbbell, wide facing the street and backyard, narrowed in between to create the air corridor
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