Portal:New York City/Did you know/14


 * ... that the Gotham Book Mart in Manhattan's diamond district, with its iconic Wise Men Fish Here sign, was frequented by distinguished authors such as Henry Miller and Allen Ginsberg?
 * ... that the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden at the Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society in Queens has a lime tree that was planted by former Czechoslovakia president Václav Havel?
 * ... that Robert Tishman co-founded Tishman Speyer in 1978 with his son-in-law Jerry Speyer, a firm that is one of the largest owners and builders of office buildings in the New York?
 * ... that TriBeCa's St. John's Park was a farm, a private park, and a freight depot on the West Side Line before being used for exits of the Holland Tunnel?
 * ... that the 19th century New York City saloon Hole-in-the-Wall employed two female criminals as bouncers?