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Green, a world war i veteran from new york city who worked as a mail carrier and later as a travel agent. Greenpages directory launches the expansion of its sustainable search engine platform under new brand, intengine enterprises inc. Information is current as of the green book posted date and is available in reports, maps and data downloads. The negro motorist green book also the negro motorist greenbook, the negro travelers green book, or simply the green book was an annual guidebook for africanamerican roadtrippers. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. Apr, 2020 search for new york city directory under texts to find several editions of trows and longworths along with a number of other topical directories. If family histories or just digging into old documents is your thing, then oh man the brooklyn public library has some good news for you the library announced this month that it has digitized 107 years of city directories and telephone books, spanning 18561967, all easily perusable online the phone books, and in the pretelephone era, city directories, contain valuable information. The green book includes detailed listings of contacts within each agency.
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New york city directories record the names and addresses of city residents, businesses, churches, schools, police stations, courts, and other government offices, as well as the names of individuals associated with those institutions. May 11, 2012 the green book, which generations of lobbyists, journalists and others have used to find out who does what in new york city, has been converted to an online directory. Apr 27, 2016 the green book online is a fully searchable database which gives new yorkers the opportunity to search for the agencies, offices, boards and commissions that keep our city running. The green book directory of alcohol and other drug and mental health services in western australia provides information to workers and the community online at au.
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With more than 30 categories and over 600 community resources listed, the green book is the most comprehensive directory the north shore has to offer. Nypl labs is in the process of extracting the data from the green books themselves and welcomes you to explore its contents in new ways. The 2006 green book was orange, made to reflect 2005s gates art project in central park. Search using name, postcode, suburb or service type and well present back the most relevant services. The greenbook includes the full text of the surrogates court procedure act, the estates, powers and trusts law, the uniform rules for surrogates court, and miscellaneous court rules.
The official directory has been published since 1918. They also feature images, including maps, illustrations of buildings, and advertisements. Nonattainment areas for criteria pollutants green book us epa. Department of education meets in the hall of the board for a monthly business meeting on the third wednesday, of each month at 6. New york city, new york online historical directories. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months.
The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. Directory of market research companies, focus group facilities, moderators, online marketing research firms, and consultants. Department of citywide administrative services nyc dcas. Oct 22, 2018 today grownyc is the largest and most established environmental organization in nyc, helping more than 3 million new yorkers a year, by providing resources and education that enable healthy and. Green book department of citywide administrative services. Mar, 2019 first published in 1936, the green book was the brainchild of a harlembased postal carrier named victor hugo green. The accordian door and white pages telephone directory holder disappeared long ago, but its telephone is still working. The subscription database archive of americana is a vast electronic resource that includes a number of digitized new york city directories among its resources. The directory builds on wanadas directory of community alcohol and other drug agencies, commonly known as the green book. The green book was a travel guide published between 1936 and 1966 that listed hotels, restaurants, bars, gas stations, etc. The green book online is a fully searchable database. The greenbook directory is where thousands of buyers are searching for your services. The green book raises awareness of, and provides access to, essential services within the north shore community.
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