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Gansevoort

American  
[ganz-vawrt, -vohrt] / ˈgænz vɔrt, -voʊrt /

noun

  1. Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.


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The Gansevoort Peninsula presented a unique opportunity: It’s a landfill, not a pier supported by piles, as all the other structures are.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

Rattlestick also shares a rehearsal space on Gansevoort Street with three other theater organizations.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

My weekly Datebook of artsy fartsy happenings came back to roaring life this week with a show by Christopher Myers at the new East Hollywood art space Fort Gansevoort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2019

When he decided to cut holes in Pier 52, at the end of Gansevoort Street, he was acting on his own, without permits or authorization.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019

The sortie was gallantly made, and entirely successful; but the attack on Herkimer rendered it of so little avail, that the battle of Oriskany left Gansevoort hardly better off than before.

From Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. by Samuel Adams Drake

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