- 807 5th Ave.
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40.765953, -73.971549 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Plaque on the corner of the building
- Sum of digits
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Detailed answer
187119151962Answer: 51 / CP removed from Griffin route, any answers proving that CP was reached will be accepted in Lion category
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51 / CP removed from Griffin route, any answers proving that CP was reached will be accepted in Lion category
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Historical background
Manhattan Island saw various settlers following each other, mixing and creating a new cultural pattern. In 1625 the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam appeared on the island’s southern tip. Almost forty years later the town was taken over by the British and renamed as New York. Taking their roots from the native residents of New Amsterdam, native New Yorkers started to be called the knickerbockers for favoring a certain type of garment: baggy breeches gathered under the knees. The notion of a “Knickerbocker” was established thanks to the American writer Washington Irving. In 1809 Irving published his “History of New York” under the penname of Diedrich Knickerbocker. Cartoonist George Cruikshank in his illustrations depicted Dutch colonists wearing short baggy pants, or knickerbockers. One more important fact adding popularity to knickerbockers originates from the history of baseball. In 1845 a resident of New York Alexander Cartwright developed the rules of baseball which soon became commonly accepted. The team created by him was called “The New York Knickerbocker” and it was the first one to introduce a full club outfit. In 1849 they appeared in the field wearing dark blue breeches, white shirts and straw hats! Since then the baseball players’ outfit kept changing, the “knickerbocker” breeches were gradually reduced to “knickers”, but the Knickerbockers remain an important name in the history of New York.
Present in routes of categories Lion, Griffin
Passed by: 43/45 (96%).
By categories:
- Griffin: 8/9 (89%)
- Lion: 35/36 (97%)