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Old Posted Aug 8, 2019, 4:05 PM
iheartthed iheartthed is offline
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Originally Posted by The North One View Post
That being said, yeah they're basically the same but New York doesn't seem to have any original thirteen colony stuff left and obviously has wider streets.
Not as much survived in NYC from the colonial era - compared to Philly and Boston - because the city tore down a lot to grow, but the buildings are not entirely gone. For instance:

George Washington frequented this bar/restaurant:
https://goo.gl/maps/FVA7dLFV9euGp4sx9
The buildings on the left: https://goo.gl/maps/eGe196eCSpXUHm5x5

There are other examples through lower Manhattan, and also in upper Manhattan. There are also a few buildings still standing in Brooklyn.

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