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    Collect Pond, or Fresh Water Pond, was a body of fresh water in what is now Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, New York City. For the first two centuries of...
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    low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the...
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    11, 1987 – April 19, 2024), a 37-year-old man, immolated himself in Collect Pond Park in New York City, outside the courthouse where jurors were being...
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    Isaac Coulthard in 1792 southeast of a body of freshwater known as the Collect Pond. The brewery was subsequently involved in a legal case which went to...
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  • reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version is temporarily displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan. The work has been linked to the Me Too movement...
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  • Scene at Collect Pond, opposite the courthouse, on April 4...
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    Manhattan in 1776 after the population grew up to 22,000. Collect Pond, or "Fresh Water Pond", was a body of fresh water in what is now Chinatown in Lower...
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    northerly direction, was made to avoid the wetlands surrounding the Collect Pond. During the period of the American Revolution, Mulberry Street was usually...
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    east, south and west, which enveloped the southern shore of Collect Pond and the Little Collect. The burial ground was outside the stockade marking the northern...
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    stretches between Forsyth Street and the Manhattan Bridge. By 1800, Collect Pond, one of New York City's few natural sources of fresh water, had become...
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    former site of Collect Pond, specifically the smaller portion known as "Little Collect Pond" which used to lie to the south of Collect Pond proper. This...
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    there was no Centre Street. The area was previously occupied by the Collect Pond, a body of fresh water that was the nascent city's primary supply of...
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    drained the old Collect Pond and continued west to the Hudson River.: 220  Because engineers had expected to find quicksand near the pond's site, contractors...
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    marshes in the area and a big pond in what is now Foley Square that the early settlers called "The Collect" or "Collect Pond". The area was so low lying...
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  • focused on acquiring items Collect call, a telephone call paid for by the person called Collect Pond, New York, United States Collect – 12" Mixes Plus, 1991...
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    in New York City and its relationship to today's streets and the old Collect Pond". flickr.com. January 18, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2018. O'Kane, James...
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    Council, answering the complaints of landowners in the area, drained the Collect Pond, which had once been an important source of fresh water for the island...
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    Brown Walk Carl Schurz Park Central Park Chelsea Park City Hall Park Collect Pond Columbus Park Corlears Hook Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Damrosch Park Dante...
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    A pond is a small, still, land-based body of water formed by pooling inside a depression, either naturally or artificially. A pond is smaller than a lake...
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    of the project. The building site had been created by filling in the Collect Pond that was the principal water source for Colonial New York City. Industrialization...
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    from southeast to northwest then turned north at the "Bend" to avoid Collect Pond and surrounding low-lying wetland to the west. The present-day Columbus...
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    established by the Lenape throughout Manhattan. The 48-acre (19 ha) Collect Pond, which fed the fresh water streams and marshes around it, was also an...
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    judging. The skimmer allows water to be drawn from the surface of the pond. It collects leaves, pollen, twigs, uneaten food and all other kinds of floating...
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    century. At that time, Mott Street passed just to the east of the Collect Pond; Collect Park today is three blocks to the west at Centre Street. Like many...
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    Chinatown. Indirectly named after Lenape shell middens: Pearl Street and Collect Pond Aquehonga – name for Staten Island Manacknong – name for Staten Island...
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    sometimes called a retention pond, wet detention basin, or storm water management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter...
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  • presence of deep fresh water aquifers near the southern tip, especially the Collect Pond, and an unusually varied geography ranging from marshland to large outcrops...
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  • Chinatown, Manhattan Manhattan, New York City Green spaces Columbus Park Collect Pond Park Sara Delano Roosevelt Park Education Shuang Wen School Pace University...
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    along the banks of the unnamed body of "fresh water" later known as the Collect Pond, with its marsh lying to the north. The future "Five Points" intersection...
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    A dew pond is an artificial pond usually sited on the top of a hill, intended for watering livestock. Dew ponds are used in areas where a natural supply...
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