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Did you know
Gotham Book Mart sign
... that the
Gotham Book Mart
in
Manhattan
's
diamond district
, with its iconic
Wise Men Fish Here
sign, was frequented by distinguished authors such as
Henry Miller
and
Allen Ginsberg
?
... that the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden at the
Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society
in Queens has a
lime tree
that was planted by former
Czechoslovakia
president
Václav Havel
?
... that
Robert Tishman
co-founded
Tishman Speyer
in 1978 with his son-in-law
Jerry Speyer
, a firm that is one of the largest owners and builders of office buildings in the New York?
... that
TriBeCa
's
St. John's Park
was a farm, a
private park
, and a freight depot on the
West Side Line
before being used for exits of the
Holland Tunnel
?
... that the
19th century
New York City
saloon
Hole-in-the-Wall
employed two female criminals as
bouncers
?
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