| Here are a few fun facts and trivia
about Manhattan.
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1. Manhattan was the first capital
of the United States from 1789-90.
2. Manhattan has the most skyscrapers in the world.
3. Central Park was a swamp before it was a park.
4. Manhattan has the largest standing collection
of cast-iron structures in the world.
5. Times Square is named after the New York Times
building, which move to 43rd street in 1902.
6. Originally Broadway stretched all the way to
Albany New York.
7. Manhattan had the first Board of Health in
the United States.
8. There are 469 subway stations in Manhattan
and 109 of them have public restrooms.
9. Most of Manhattan's fire stations are over
100 years old.
10. The first international trade in Manhattan
was for beaver pelts.
11. Tenement housing regulations required building
to be at least 25 ft. wide by 100 ft. long.
12. The East River is not a river it is an estuary.
13. The first motion picture was exhibited in
Manhattan in the late 1800’s.
14. The Dutch built four windmills on Manhattan
in the 1700’s.
15. An average of 300,000 people walk to work
in Manhattan.
16. There are 2 beavers on the seal of New York
City.
17. The first roll of toilet paper in the world
was for sale in 1857 in Manhattan.
18. Recommended Reading for more Manhattan Trivia:
The Encyclopedia of New York City, Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson
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