New York , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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NEW YORK , city, United States city (1990 pop...largest city in the United States and one of the largest...parts of SE New York state, NE New Jersey, and...and Republican (2004) party conventions and was the...City is the seat of the United Nations . Lincoln Center...American Museum of Natural History (with the Hayden Planetarium...the British colonial government from the city. Although...character of urban life and politics in the city. The coming...Civil War, and after 1865, with the acceleration...reached 3,437,000 by 1900 and 7 million by 1930...disclosures about the citys political life came in 1871, leading...