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Tuesday

New York Architecture Images-

Tammany (LOC)
Tammany (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)
New York Architecture Images-:


Tammany Hall
North Side of 14th Street, East of Broadway


 "Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of Fiorello LaGuardia in 1934.

The eighty-year period between those two elections marks the time in which Tammany was the city's driving political force, but its origins actually date to the late 18th century and its fall from power was not truly complete until the early 1960s.
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Wednesday

West Side Story Birth of a Classic - Exhibits (Library of Congress)

West Side Story on Broadway
West Side Story on Broadway (Photo credit: Mihai Bojin)
West Side Story Birth of a Classic - Exhibits (Library of Congress):

 "When West Side Story opened on Broadway on September 26, 1957, it changed the nature of the American musical and challenged the country’s view of itself. The show dealt seriously with violence, adolescent gangs, and racial prejudice—themes rarely included in musicals—and ended with one of the show’s leads dead on stage. The integration of music, dance, and script and the theatricality of the staging were a revelation to audiences."

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