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NYC’s Secret Origins of American Icons | New York City News

NYC’s Secret Origins of American Icons | New York City News

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New York City’s got a history so deep it predates the subway itself—literally. Forget Boston, the Beach Tunnel opened in February 1870, charging 25 cents for a ride that changed urban transit forever. And yes, the first cappuccino in America? Also NYC. Historian John Fria’s got the facts—and they’re deliciously surprising.

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