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What Made New York the Empire State? It’s Not What You Think
Have you ever looked closely at a New York license plate and wondered why it proudly calls itself the “Empire State”? Most people today simply assume it is named after that famous art deco skyscraper piercing the clouds in Midtown Manhattan. But the truth is much older. The nickname actually arrived long before that massive… Continue reading
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