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New York stretches from the Atlantic coast and Long Island to the Great Lakes, with the Adirondacks, Catskills, Hudson River, and more than 7,600 freshwater lakes, ponds, and reservoirs shaping the state.
Empire
State
New York is a state shaped by movement, ambition, and connection. From the Adirondack Mountains and Finger Lakes to the Hudson River and New York Harbor, its geography helped turn it into a crossroads of trade, culture, immigration, finance, and ideas. This project explores how place becomes influence.
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