Photo Credits:

Most of the photos are by PortableNYC, but some are gratefully taken from wiki commons. See credits below:
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Tavern on the Green
By Jim.henderson - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5289874

Salmagundi Club
​By Dmadeo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5794240

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