With an estimated population in 2022 of 8,335,897 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), the city is the
most densely populated major city in the United States. New York has more than double the population of
Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. New York is the geographical and demographic center of both the
Northeast megalopolis and the
New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and
urban area. With more than 20.1 million people in its
metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its
combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous
megacities. The city and its metropolitan area are the premier gateway for legal
immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. In 2021, the city was home to nearly 3.1 million residents born outside the U.S., the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. (Full article...)
The building comprises six separate residences in a U-shaped plan, with wings to the north, east, and south surrounding a courtyard on Madison Avenue. The
facade is made of Belleville
sandstone, and each house consists of a raised basement, three stories, and an attic. Among the artists who worked on the interiors were artist
John La Farge, sculptor
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and painter
Maitland Armstrong. Some of the more elaborate spaces, such as the Gold Room, dining room, and reception area in the south wing of the complex, still exist as part of the New York Palace Hotel.
The construction of below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the new building began on April 27, 2006. One World Trade Center became the
tallest structure in New York City on April 30, 2012, when it surpassed the height of the
Empire State Building. The tower's steel structure was
topped out on August 30, 2012. On May 10, 2013, the final component of the skyscraper's
spire was installed, making the building, including its spire, reach a total height of 1,776 feet (541 m). Its height in feet is a deliberate reference to the year when the
United States Declaration of Independence was signed. The building opened on November 3, 2014; the One World Observatory opened on May 29, 2015.
On March 26, 2009, the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) confirmed that the building would be officially known by its legal name of "One World Trade Center", rather than its colloquial name of "Freedom Tower". The building has 94 stories, with the top floor numbered 104. (Full article...)
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View from Lafayette Avenue looking west
The American Bank Note Company Printing Plant is a repurposed printing plant in the
Hunts Point neighborhood of
the Bronx in
New York City. The main structure includes three interconnected buildings. The Lafayette wing, spanning the south side of the block, is the longest and tallest, incorporating an entrance at the base of a nine-story tower. The lower, but more massive, Garrison wing is perpendicular to that. These two were built first, and constitute the bulk of the complex. Prior to
American Bank Note purchasing the property, the land on which the printing plant was built had been part of
Edward G. Faile's estate.
The plant was built in 1909–1911 by the American Bank Note Company contemporaneously with their corporate headquarters at
70 Broad Street, Manhattan. The design by
Kirby, Petit & Green (who also designed the Broad Street building) incorporated advanced engineering ideas such as the
sawtooth roof and large windows for improved lighting, unit drive electric motors in lieu of
line shafts, and increased electrical capacity; layout was based on a design philosophy of specifying the
production lines first, followed by the building which could enclose them. A small detached garage at the rear of the block was added in approximately 1911 and the Barretto wing was added to the west side of the property in 1912. Several building expansions took place between 1912 and 1928.
A wide variety of financial documents, including international
currency, were printed at the plant. At one point, over five million documents were produced per day, including half the
securities being traded on the
New York Stock Exchange. Although the plant printed money for countries around the world, it was best known for producing currencies for countries in
Latin America. The plant also housed a research department which worked to improve materials and processes to deter
forgeries. (Full article...)
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Dumile performing in July 2011
Daniel Dumile (/ˈduːməleɪ/DOO-mə-lay; July 13, 1971 – October 31, 2020), also known by his stage name MF Doom or simply Doom (both stylized in
all caps), was a British-American rapper and record producer. Noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and "
supervillain" stage persona, Dumile became a major figure of
underground hip hop and
alternative hip hop in the 2000s. After his death, Variety described him as one of the scene's "most celebrated, unpredictable and enigmatic figures".
Dumile was born in London and moved to
Long Island, New York, at a young age. He began his career in 1988 as a member of the trio
KMD, performing as Zev Love X. The group disbanded in 1993 after the death of member
DJ Subroc, Dumile's brother. After a hiatus, Dumile reemerged in the late 1990s. He began performing at
open mic events while wearing a metal mask resembling that of the
Marvel Comics supervillain
Doctor Doom, who is depicted on the cover of his 1999 debut solo album Operation: Doomsday. He adopted the MF Doom persona and rarely made unmasked public appearances thereafter.
During Dumile's most prolific period, the early to mid-2000s, he released the acclaimed Mm..Food (2004) as MF Doom, as well as albums released under the pseudonyms King Geedorah and Viktor Vaughn. Madvillainy (2004), recorded with the producer
Madlib under the name
Madvillain, is often cited as Dumile's magnum opus and is regarded as a landmark album in hip hop. Madvillainy was followed by another acclaimed collaboration, The Mouse and the Mask (2005), with the producer
Danger Mouse, released under the name
Danger Doom. (Full article...)
Western Union decided to construct the building in 1872 after outgrowing a previous space at 145 Broadway. Post was selected as the winner of an
architectural design competition, and the building was completed in February 1875. At the time of its completion, it was one of the tallest structures in New York City, behind only
Trinity Church, the
New York Tribune Building, and the
Brooklyn Bridge towers. The original design contained eleven stories, including the ground story. It had a three-story
mansard roof and a
clock tower whose pinnacle gave the building its 230-foot height. The interior included executive offices, a large telegraph operating room, and office space that could be rented to other tenants.
The top five stories were destroyed by fire in 1890, although the superstructure of the ground story and the lowest five floors remained intact. Hardenbergh designed a four-story flat-roofed expansion to the structure, completed in 1891.
AT&T, which acquired the Western Union Telegraph Building, decided to redevelop the site with a 29-story building at
195 Broadway, which was completed in 1916. The old Western Union Building was demolished between 1912 and 1914, although Western Union continued to occupy the replacement structure until 1930. (Full article...)
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The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building (originally the Municipal Building and later known as the Manhattan Municipal Building) is a 40-story, 580-foot (180 m) building at 1
Centre Street, east of
Chambers Street, in the
Civic Center neighborhood of
Manhattan in
New York City. The structure was built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the
1898 consolidation of the city's
five boroughs. Construction began in 1909 and continued through 1914 at a total cost of $12 million (equivalent to $260,294,000 in 2022).
Designed by
McKim, Mead & White, the Manhattan Municipal Building was among the last buildings erected as part of the
City Beautiful movement in New York. Its architectural style has been characterized as
Roman Imperial,
Italian Renaissance,
French Renaissance, or
Beaux-Arts. The Municipal Building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world, with about 1 million square feet (93,000 m2) of office space. The base incorporates a
subway station, while the top includes the gilded Civic Fame statue.
The Municipal Building was erected after three previous competitions to build a single municipal building for New York City's government had failed. In 1907, the city's Commissioner of Bridges held a competition to design the building in conjunction with a subway and trolley terminal at the
Brooklyn Bridge, of which McKim, Mead & White's plan was selected. The first offices in the Municipal Building were occupied by 1913. In later years, it received several renovations, including elevator replacements in the 1930s and restorations in the mid-1970s and the late 1980s. The
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a landmark in 1966, and it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In October 2015 the building was renamed after
David N. Dinkins, New York City's first African-American mayor. (Full article...)
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View of the southbound upper level platform, with the passageway to the reopened Bedford Avenue mezzanine in the distance
The station was planned as part of the construction of the
Independent Subway System (IND)'s Fulton Street Line. Construction of the station began around 1929, and it was opened to service on April 9, 1936. Several of the station's entrances were closed in the late 20th century due to crime. In the 2010s and 2020s, the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced plans to make the station
ADA-accessible and to reopen closed exits.
Nostrand Avenue has four tracks and four
side platforms, with two platform levels. Express trains stop on the upper level while local trains stop on the lower level. This is because, in the original design for the station, the Nostrand Avenue station was slated to be a local station with only two platforms, and the current upper level was intended to be a mezzanine. The primary entrances to the local and express platforms in each direction are at Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street. Another set of entrances from both sets of platforms leads to
Bedford Avenue and Fulton Street. (Full article...)
The
facade, made of
limestone, contains slight inwardly-curved
bays with
fluting to resemble curtains. On the lower stories are narrow windows with
mullions, as well as ornate entrances. The
massing of 1 Wall Street incorporates numerous small
setbacks, and the top of the original building consists of a freestanding tower. The corners of the original building consist of
chamfers, while the top of the tower has fluted windowless bays. The facade of the annex is crafted in a style reminiscent of the original structure. The interior features an ornate main lobby adorned with colored mosaics.
1 Wall Street had been constructed for
Irving Trust, one of the larger banks in New York City in the early 20th century. At the time of its construction, the building occupied what was considered one of the most valuable plots in the city. The building replaced three previous structures, including the
Manhattan Life Insurance Building, which was once considered the world's tallest building. After Irving Trust was acquired by
The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) in 1988, 1 Wall Street subsequently served as BNY Mellon's global headquarters through 2015. After
Harry Macklowe purchased the building, it has been undergoing renovation since 2018, converting the interior to residential use with some commercial space. (Full article...)
The site formerly contained
Tammany Hall and the
Academy of Music, as well as the offices of Con Ed's predecessor, Consolidated Gas. The gas company was originally headquartered at 15th Street and Irving Place, but had outgrown its original building by the 1910s. As a result, Hardenbergh designed an expansion for the existing headquarters, which was constructed from 1911 to 1914. This expansion was later incorporated into a larger structure built by Warren and Wetmore between 1926 and 1929. Upon completion, the building's design was lauded by local media, and its "Tower of Light" became a symbol of the local skyline. In 2009, the building was declared a
New York City designated landmark. (Full article...)
Plans for a fixed vehicular crossing over the Hudson River were first devised in 1906. However, disagreements prolonged the planning process until 1919, when it was decided to build a tunnel under the river. Construction of the Holland Tunnel started in 1920, and it opened in 1927. At the time of its opening, it was the longest continuous
underwater tunnel for vehicular traffic in the world.
The Holland Tunnel was the world's first
mechanically ventilated tunnel. Its
ventilation system was designed by
Ole Singstad, who oversaw the tunnel's completion. Original names considered for the tunnel included Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel and Canal Street Tunnel, but it was ultimately named the Holland Tunnel in memory of
Clifford Milburn Holland, its initial chief engineer who died suddenly in 1924 prior to the tunnel's opening. (Full article...)
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Marilyn E. Saviola (July 13, 1945 – November 23, 2019) was an American
disability rights activist, executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York from 1983 to 1999, and vice president of Independence Care System after 2000. Saviola, a
polio survivor from
Manhattan, New York, is known nationally within the
disability rights movement for her advocacy for people with disabilities and had accepted many awards and honors for her work. (Full article...)
Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a
U.S. Armyinfantryman in the
European Theater. Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with
Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with "
Because of You" in 1951. Several popular tracks such as "
Rags to Riches" followed in early 1953. He then refined his approach to encompass
jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his
signature song, "
I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and personal life experienced an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out
gold record albums again and expanding his reach to the
MTV Generation while keeping his musical style intact.
Bennett continued to create popular and critically praised work into the 21st century. He attracted renewed acclaim late in his career for his collaboration with
Lady Gaga, which began with the album Cheek to Cheek (2014); the two performers
toured together to promote the album throughout 2014 and 2015. With the release of the duo's second album, Love for Sale (2021), Bennett broke the individual record for the longest run of a top-10 album on the
Billboard 200 chart for any living artist; his first top-10 record was I Left My Heart in San Francisco in 1962. Bennett also broke the
Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an
album of new material, at the age of 95 years and 60 days. (Full article...)
The Bowling Green Offices Building was built to a
HellenicRenaissance-style design by
W. & G. Audsley. The building's
articulation consists of three horizontal sections similar to the components of a
column—namely a base, shaft, and
capital—and has a facade of granite at its base and white brick on the upper stories. The building contains an interior skeleton of structural steel, several ornamental features on the facade, as well as a floor plan that maximizes natural light exposure.
The Bowling Green Offices Building, erected as a 16-story structure, initially hosted various steamship offices due to Bowling Green's proximity to the
New York Harbor, and later hosted law firms and other companies. The Broadway Realty Company, for whom the building was built, owned 11 Broadway for several decades following its completion. Five additional stories were built in 1920–1921. In 1995, the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated 11 Broadway as an official city landmark. It is also a contributing property to the
Wall Street Historic District, a
National Register of Historic Places district created in 2007. (Full article...)
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"Best Sex I've Ever Had" is a
headline that appeared on the front page of the New York Post on February 16, 1990. The headline is purportedly a quote from
Marla Maples, who would become the second wife of businessman
Donald Trump. The quote refers to Trump's supposed sexual prowess. Trump was married to
Ivana Trump at the time of the headline; the couple's divorce was granted that year. The headline appeared during a
media frenzy concerning the Trumps' marriage and his affair with Maples. (Full article...)
After the success of Ghostbusters,
Columbia Pictures wanted a sequel but struggled to overcome objections from the cast and crew. As with the first film, Aykroyd and Ramis collaborated on the script, which went through many variations. The pair wanted to convey a message about the consequences of negative human emotions in large cities. They settled on the idea of negative feelings creating a mass of supernatural slime beneath New York City that empowers malevolent spirits. With a budget of $30–40 million, filming took place between November 1988 and March 1989 in New York City and Los Angeles. Production was rushed compared to the original film's 13-month shooting schedule; large sections of the film were scrapped after poorly received test screenings. New scenes were written and filmed during re-shoots between March and April 1989, only two months before its release.
GhostbustersII was released on June 16, 1989, to generally negative reviews. Critics responded unfavorably to what they perceived as largely a copy of the original and a softening of its cynical, dark humor to be more family-friendly, although the performances of
Peter MacNicol and Rick Moranis were repeatedly singled out for praise. As the sequel to the then-highest-grossing comedy film of all time, GhostbustersII was expected to dominate the box office. Instead, the film earned $215.4 million during its theatrical run compared with the original's $282.2 million, making it the
eighth-highest-grossing film of the year. Columbia Pictures deemed it a financial and critical failure, effectively dissuading Murray from participating in a third Ghostbusters film. Its soundtrack single, "
On Our Own" by
Bobby Brown, was a success, spending 20 weeks on the United States music charts. (Full article...)
The structure was designed in the
Art Deco style by John Sloan and T. Markoe Robertson of the firm Sloan & Robertson, with the assistance of Chanin's architect Jacques Delamarre. It incorporates architectural sculpture by
Rene Paul Chambellan, as well as a
facade of
brick and
terracotta. The skyscraper reaches 680 feet (210 m), with a 649-foot-tall (198 m) roof topped by a 31-foot (9.4 m) spire. The Chanin Building includes numerous
setbacks to conform with the
1916 Zoning Resolution.
The Chanin Building was constructed in 1927–1929 on the site of a warehouse, one of the last remaining undeveloped sites around Grand Central Terminal. Upon opening, the building was almost fully rented, and it was the
third-tallest building in New York City. Over the years, the upper floors have contained a movie theater, observation deck, and radio broadcast station, while the lower floors were used as offices and a bus terminal. The building was designated a
New York City landmark in 1978, and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980. (Full article...)
Massino was a protégé of
Philip Rastelli, who took control of the Bonanno family in 1973. Rastelli spent most of his reign in and out of prison, but was able to get the assassination of
Carmine Galante, a mobster vying for power, approved in 1979. Originally a truck hijacker, Massino secured his own power after arranging two 1981 gang murders, first a triple murder of three rebel captains, then his rival
Dominick Napolitano. In 1991, while Massino was in prison for a 1986 labor
racketeering conviction, Rastelli died and Massino succeeded him. Upon his release the following year, he set about rebuilding a family that had been in turmoil for almost a quarter of a century. By the dawn of the new millennium, he was reckoned as the most powerful Mafia leader in the nation. Massino became known as "The Last Don", the only full-fledged New York boss of his time who was not in prison.
In July 2004, Massino was convicted in a
RICO case based on the testimony of several cooperating
made men, including Massino's disgruntled
underboss and brother-in-law
Salvatore Vitale. He was also facing the
death penalty if convicted in a separate murder trial due to be held later that year, but after agreeing to testify against his former associates, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for both indictments in 2005. Massino testified twice for the government, helping to win a murder conviction against his acting boss
Vincent Basciano in 2011, and was resentenced to
time served in 2013. (Full article...)
One Vanderbilt's
facade and design is intended to harmonize with
Grand Central Terminal immediately to the east. The building's base contains a wedge-shaped void, and the tower tapers as it rises, with several "pavilions" and a pinnacle at the top. The facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the
spandrels between stories are made of
terracotta. The
superstructure is made of steel and concrete, and the interior spaces are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32 m). The lobby has a bank branch and an entrance to the nearby railroad terminal and the
associated subway station, while the second floor contains the
Le Pavillon restaurant. Most of the building is devoted to office space. The top stories contain the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck.
SL Green acquired the site between 2001 and 2011 and announced plans to construct the building in 2012. A planned
zoning amendment for the neighborhood failed in 2013, delaying the project for several months.
TD Bank signed as the anchor tenant in May 2014 and after the skyscraper was approved one year later, the existing structures on the site were demolished. A
groundbreaking ceremony for One Vanderbilt was held in October 2016.
Topping out occurred on September 17, 2019, but the
COVID-19 pandemic delayed its completion. The building opened in September 2020, followed by the observation deck 13 months later. (Full article...)
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Souvenir theatre card
Henry Edwards (27 August 1827 – 9 June 1891) was an English stage actor, writer and
entomologist who gained fame in Australia, San Francisco and New York City for his theatre work.
Edwards was drawn to the theatre early in life, and he appeared in amateur productions in London. After sailing to Australia, Edwards appeared professionally in
Shakespearean plays and light comedies primarily in Melbourne and Sydney. Throughout his childhood in England and his acting career in Australia, he was greatly interested in
collecting insects, and the
National Museum of Victoria used the results of his Australian fieldwork as part of the genesis of their collection.
In San Francisco, Edwards was a founding member of the
Bohemian Club, and a gathering in Edwards' honour was the spark which began the club's traditional summer encampment at the
Bohemian Grove. As well, Edwards cemented his reputation as a preeminent stage actor and theatre manager. After writing a series of influential studies on
Pacific Coast butterflies and moths he was elected life member of the
California Academy of Sciences. Relocating to the
East Coast, Edwards spent a brief time in Boston theatre. This led to a connection to
Wallack's Theatre and further renown in New York City. There, Edwards edited three volumes of the journal Papilio and published a major work about the life of the butterfly. His large collection of insect specimens served as the foundation of the
American Museum of Natural History's butterfly and moth studies. (Full article...)
Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9, 1903 – August 9, 1979) was an American sports executive who owned the
Brooklyn /
Los Angeles Dodgers team in
Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1979. In 1958, as owner of the Dodgers, he brought major league baseball to the
West Coast, moving the Dodgers from
Brooklyn to Los Angeles despite the Dodgers being the second most profitable team in baseball from 1946 to 1956, and coordinating the move of the
New York Giants to San Francisco at a time when there were no teams west of
Kansas City, Missouri. In 2008, O'Malley was elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame for his contributions to and influence on the game of baseball.
O'Malley's father,
Edwin Joseph O'Malley, was politically connected. Walter, a
University of Pennsylvaniasalutatorian, went on to obtain a
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), and he used the combination of his family connections, his personal contacts, and both his educational and vocational skills to rise to prominence. First, he became an entrepreneur involved in
public works contracting, and then he became an executive with the Dodgers. He progressed from being a team lawyer to being both the Dodgers' owner and president, and he eventually made the business decision to relocate the Dodgers franchise. Although he moved the franchise, O'Malley is known as a businessman whose major philosophy was stability through loyalty to and from his employees. (Full article...)
With a population of 2,405,464 as of the
2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the
fourth most-populous in the U.S. after
New York City itself,
Los Angeles, and
Chicago. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated borough in New York City and the fourth-most densely populated
U.S. county. About 47% of its residents are
foreign-born. Queens is the most
linguistically and
ethnically diverse place on Earth. (Full article...)
The Bronx is divided by the
Bronx River into a hillier section in the
west, and a flatter
eastern section. East and west street names are divided by
Jerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County (modern-day Manhattan) in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, including
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Van Cortlandt Park,
Pelham Bay Park, the
New York Botanical Garden, and the
Bronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. The
Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden is thousands of years old and is New York City's largest remaining tract of the original forest that once covered the city. These open spaces are primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan. (Full article...)
Named after the Dutch town of
Breukelen in the Netherlands, Brooklyn shares a border with the borough of
Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the
East River, and is connected to
Staten Island by way of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. With a land area of 69.38 square miles (179.7 km2) and a water area of 27.48 square miles (71.2 km2), Kings County is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third smallest by total area. (Full article...)
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/STAT-ən) is the southernmost
borough of
New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southern tip of the
U.S. state of
New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of
New Jersey by the
Arthur Kill and the
Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by
New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the
2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2); it is also the least densely populated and most
suburban borough in the city.
A home to the
Lenape indigenous people, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was
consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the
city government. It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks. (Full article...)
Image 25Anderson Avenue garbage strike. A common scene throughout New York City in 1968 during a sanitation workers strike (from History of New York City (1946–1977))
Image 26The Sunday magazine of the New York World appealed to immigrants with this April 29, 1906 cover page celebrating their arrival at Ellis Island. (from History of New York City (1898–1945))
... that Lucy Feagin founded the
Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays?
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