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Along the way, bicyclists can encounter the last remaining watchtowers, museums and memorials, and the modern-day city center.
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In India, a drunk elephant attacked a watchtower, while in China the supply of humanoid robots struggled to keep pace with rental demand.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
It was used by the K.G.B. as a watchtower and a radio antenna during the long occupation, which ended only with the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1991.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These watchtowers were commonly built along the edge of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century, and there were several graves surrounding the structure.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In India, a drunk elephant attacked a watchtower, while in China the supply of humanoid robots struggled to keep pace with rental demand.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
It was used by the K.G.B. as a watchtower and a radio antenna during the long occupation, which ended only with the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1991.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These watchtowers were commonly built along the edge of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century, and there were several graves surrounding the structure.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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The hotel tower, which is expected to open in 2031, will also feature a 76,000-square-foot Skyloop, an multi-level observation deck about 245 meters above ground, providing panoramic views of the city and the harbor.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The site at 145 St. and Lenox Ave. will include 338 affordable units across three buildings: two towers at 30 and 32 stories tall, with a third 8-story building set to contain 90 affordable senior units funded by the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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