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Greater New York: The city that never Americanizes
A sweeping portrait of New York’s vast population, finances, and government. The piece contrasts the cosmopolitan metropolis with other world capitals, notes spending of over $156 million annually, and details municipal structures, debt, and the influence of Tammany Hall led by Croker and Murphy. It warns of governance failures and calls out water, transit, and education costs amid rapid growth.
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Europe
Manhattan Island
Henry Hudson
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Naples
Canton
United States
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Columbus
Ohio
Macon
Georgia
Babylon
Christ
Rome
Peter Minuet
Vork
West India Company
Broadway
Wall Street
Singer
City Investment
Trinity
Equitable Life Insurance
Little Rock
Ark
Emporia
Iran
Plaza Hotel
Rochester
N. Y
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Turkey
Department of Education
Bureau of Municipal Research
John D. Rockefeller
The
Oil Trust
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Robert Fulton Cushing
Sugar Trust
Tammany Han
Tucuer
Uiu
Hatus
Tuichard Croker
Brooklyn
Richmond County
Queens County
Tammany
Croker
Robert A. van Wyck
Gen. Tracy
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Jefferson Democrats
Henry George
Charles F. Murphy
Boys of
McClellan
Judge Gaynor
Murphy
Roach
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate and
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Traction Trust
Ramapo Company
Cate Kl
Croton
Board of Water Supply
Catskill Mountains