17th Street (Manhattan)

17th Street (Manhattan)

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17th Street is an east-west running street between First Avenue and Eleventh Avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs one way along the street, from east to west.

17th Street forms the northern borders of both Union Square (between Broadway and Park Avenue South) and Stuyvesant Square.

Composer Antonín Dvořák's New York home was located at 327 East 17th Street, near Perlman Place. The house was razed by Beth Israel Medical Center after it received approval of a 1991 application to demolish the house and replace it with an AIDS hospice. [Horowitz, Joseph. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E4DD1E3DF933A25751C0A9649C8B63 "MUSIC; Czech Composer, American Hero"] , "The New York Times", February 10, 2002. Accessed November 3, 2007. "IN 1991, the New York City Council was petitioned by Beth Israel Hospital to permit the demolition of a small row house at 327 East 17th Street, once the home of Antonin Dvorak."]

"Time" Magazine was started at 141 East 17th Street. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802604,00.html From the Magazine | A Letter From The Publisher] , April 12, 1943.]

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