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American Academy of Arts and Letters (Visit this link)

The archives houses original manuscripts by its members. And its membership has included Sherwood Anderson, Saul Bellow, Paul Bowles, and Gwendolyn Brooks, to name 4 of the 13,000 deceased artists, architects, writers and composers. Call first to find out about visiting the archives that you're interested in.

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Last Modified: Thursday Sep 11 2008

American Academy of Arts and Letters is located in
Washington Heights

other neighborhoods in Northern Manhattan include:

East Harlem , Fort George , Harlem , Hamilton Heights , Inwood , Morningside Heights , Washington Heights

Main Street Manhattan

My Snapple cap has just informed me that Manhattan is the only city in America without a Main Street. In fact, none of her streets or avenues could be considered primary arteries – this city is full of large, tiny, and in-between streets you will enjoy navigating.

The streets are numbered from the East Village north, starting at 1st Street and continuing to 220nd Street. Streets are typically three car-lengths wide: a traveling lane sandwiched between two sides of parked cars. On alternate side of the street parking days, the sandwich is open-faced.

You will also notice that the north/south blocks are short. Twenty north/south blocks equal one mile. The seven avenues of the east side equal approximately a mile (her width varies); the width of Central Park is one-half mile, and five cross-town blocks of the west side equal a mile. Crossing Manhattan from north to ...

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