MODERN TIMES 1929-1999

1929-40 The Great Depression |
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1931-39 Rockefeller Center built |
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1933 Prohibition repealed |
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1934-45 Fiorello La Guardia elected mayor |
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1934-60 Robert Moses serves as NYC's park commissioner |
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1939-40 New York World's Fair |
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1952 United Nations Headquarters built |
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1959-1966 Lincoln Center built |
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1965 Landmark Preservation Commission |
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1964 New York World Fair, 1964 |
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1970s Ford to NYC: "Drop Dead!" |
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1972 World Trade Center is built |
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1980s Rebirth of Wall Street |
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1990s New York City is safe again |
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