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Kearny Street ( / ˈkərni / [1]) in San Francisco, California runs north from Market Street to The Embarcadero. Toward its south end, it separates the Financial District from the Union Square and Chinatown districts. [2] Further north, it passes over Telegraph Hill, interrupted by a gap near Coit Tower .
Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was a California labor leader from Ireland who was active in the late 19th century and was known for his anti-Chinese activism. [1] [2] Called "a demagogue of extraordinary power," [3] he frequently gave long and caustic speeches that focused on four general topics: contempt for the press, for capitalists, for politicians, and for Chinese immigrants.
Kearny (/ ˈ k ɑːr n i / KAR-nee [1] [21]) is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark.As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 41,999, [11] [12] an increase of 1,315 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 40,684, [22] [23] which in turn reflected an increase of 171 (+0.4%) from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 ...
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, in a letter to William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, about the British army's decision to leave Boston, dated March 21, 1776. Many crucial events of the American Revolution occurred in or near Boston. The then-town's mob presence, along with the colonists' growing lack of faith in either Britain or its Parliament, fostered a revolutionary spirit there. When the ...
Directions to Wikimedia Foundation offices. Wikimedia Foundation Inc. 120 Kearny Street, Suite 1600. San Francisco, California 94108. Telephone: (415) 839-6885.
State Street is one of the oldest and most historic streets in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located in the financial district, it is the site of some historic landmarks, such as Long Wharf , the Old State House and the Boston Custom House .
Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third ...
State Street Corporation. State Street Corporation (stylized in all caps ), is a global [ 2] financial services and bank holding company headquartered at One Congress Street in Boston with operations worldwide. It is the second-oldest continually operating United States bank; its predecessor, Union Bank, was founded in 1792.