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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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    The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on...
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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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    Azzarello (class of 2005), conspiracy theorist who self-immolated in Collect Pond Park outside the court where Donald Trump's jurors were being chosen...
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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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    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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    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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    island, a large fresh water pond, the level of which changes with the tides due to the freshwater lens effect. This pond used to be a very valuable water...
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