New York City Home of Legends - Hoodies

New York City Home of Legends - NYCHL Unisex Hoodie

New York City Home of Legends (NYCHL) was created as a clothing brand to celebrate the iconic history of New York City and, through proceeds derived from the marketing and sale of its products, assist New Yorkers in need.

Through curated designs that will present historical as well as educational information, NYCHL is focused on cultivating an apparel line about New York City for the benefit of New York City.  

This hoodie, with its NYCHL logo embossed, is a salute to the spirit of New York City. It is soft, comfortable, and will attract glances.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Staten Island Unisex Hoodie:

In 1609 Henry Hudson sailed into the New York City Narrows—the passage of waterways separating the cities of Staten Island, Brooklyn and New York City—and officially named Staten Island as Staaten Eylandt. In 1664 the British took control of the city and it was renamed to its more commonly known spelling.

Staten Island's location was pivotal in George Washington's ability to survey British forces during the Revolutionary War.

In 1898 Staten Island officially became part of New York City and its third largest borough, in terms of land mass. Today, beyond its geographical position and historical relevance to New York City, Staten Island is known for its development of green spaces, considering that it has cultivated an astounding 170 public parks.

The borough is also known for its many museums, which includes the Staten Island Children's Museum, the National Lighthouse Museum, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, and the Museum of Maritime Navigation.

Perhaps the most famous Staten Island attraction, however, is the Staten Island Ferry, which transports approximately 25 million passengers per year. The Staten Island Ferry was established in 1810 by Cornelius Vanderbilt, a Staten Island native, who was then only 16-years-old.

Other notable figures from Staten Island include, rocker David Johansen, folk singer Joan Baez, pop singer Christina Aguilera and hip hop artists Wu-Tang Clan, to name just a few.

This Staten Island hoodie will be  a welcome friend, and be especially welcome during those cooler months.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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Those fortunate enough to be familiar with Classical Hollywood cinema of the 1940s will recall the occasional appearance of the archetypal Brooklynite, an individual so self-attesting as to be known simply as "Brooklyn", and who is frequently depicted as sober-minded, straight-talking, and streetwise.

This characterization still holds true for many living in New York City’s culturally diverse and most populous borough, a borough that would be the third largest city in the United States, had it been an independent entity.

This is Brooklyn, home of the storied Brooklyn Dodgers, the legendary Brooklyn Bridge, the heralded Brooklyn Museum, and the world-famous Coney Island.

This is Brooklyn, eternally bold, bright and always … Brooklyn. This comfortable garment is dedicated to Brooklyn and Brooklynites everywhere.

Everyone enjoys the luxury of having a cozy go-to hoodie nearby. Reach into your closet for this soft, stylish, Brooklyn flavor.

• 100% cotton face
• 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester
• Front pouch pocket
• Self-fabric patch on the back
• Matching flat drawstrings
• 3-panel hood
• Blank product sourced from Pakistan

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

• Traceability:
- Weaving—Pakistan
- Dyeing—Pakistan
- Manufacturing—Pakistan
• Contains 0% recycled polyester
• Contains 0% dangerous substances

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New York City Home of Legends - Unisex Team Royal Hoodie (blue):

This stylish hoodie is destined to become a classic. It will also be a trusted companion during those cooler months.

• 100% cotton face
• 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester
• Front pouch pocket
• Self-fabric patch on the back
• Matching flat drawstrings
• 3-panel hood
• Blank product sourced from Pakistan

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

• Traceability:
- Weaving—Pakistan
- Dyeing—Pakistan
- Manufacturing—Pakistan
• Contains 0% recycled polyester
• Contains 0% dangerous substances

New York City Home of Legends - Unisex Hoodie (black): 

New York City has always braved the elements, through all types of seasons and eventualities, and with that ever-present dash of can-do spirit. Such is the essence of this NYC unisex black hoodie.

Enhance your wardrobe with this versatile garment. Combine it with your favorite jeans and fetching boots or your favorite pair of casual slacks.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Queens Unisex Hoodie:

Named after the wife of King Charles II of England, Queen Catherine of Braganza, Queens is the largest borough in New York City, in terms of landmass.

This attractive Queens hoodie will attract glances and it is also a great companion in cooler months.

• 100% cotton face • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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The Bronx is the only New York City borough that is connected to the mainland of the United States, and this is fitting, since it has held such a strong connection to the nation and, extensively, to the rest of the world, for being the original home of hip hop.

Still, the Bronx is also known for Pelham Bay Park, the largest recreational park in New York City, as well as the home of the Bronx Zoo. And, perhaps, most importantly for sports fans, the Bronx is the home of legendary Yankee Stadium and the world-famous New York Yankees.

This comfortable hoodie is dedicated to the Bronx, it will be as formidable as the borough for which it is named.

• 100% cotton face
• 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester
• Front pouch pocket
• Self-fabric patch on the back
• Matching flat drawstrings
• 3-panel hood
• Blank product sourced from Pakistan

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!

• Traceability:
- Weaving—Pakistan
- Dyeing—Pakistan
- Manufacturing—Pakistan
• Contains 0% recycled polyester
• Contains 0% dangerous substances

Size guide

Hip Hop has always resided at the intersections of rhythm rhyme and culture, and the origins of such intersections took shape during the early 1970s in the borough of the Bronx in New York City.

The rhythm evolved through the blissful dance grooves emanating from the turntables of deejay Clive Campbell, professionally known as DJ Kool Herc, who is considered to have been the first to isolate and play back the most infectious passages and transitional breaks from popular dance records of the day, which resulted in an effective dance frenzy among his listening audience.

His presentation, which is considered the foundation of hip hop, provided a feast for the ears, hands and feet of responding African American and Latino dancers who adapted and honed Kool Herc’s beats, as well as the efforts of other DJs such as Grandmaster Flowers, Grandmaster Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Caz and Grandmaster Flash, into a dynamic new art form.

Soon there appeared a host of brilliant wordsmiths, otherwise known as rappers, from all five boroughs of New York City, as well as other states across the nation, pioneering artists such as the Sugarhill Gang, Curtis Blow, Afrika Bambaataa and Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five, whose socially conscious record "The Message" signaled the potential relevance of hip hop as a cultural force.

Over the past few decades, the genre has showcased scores of chart-topping artists and has attracted tremendous favorability beyond the borders of the United States, where international response has ensconced it among the top of the world's most prominent forms of popular music.

This eye-catching hoodie captures the energy of hip hop, with locking wrenches representing break dancers, as well as the letters HI and HO paired with wrench-shaped microphones as the letter P, all creating the words HIP HOP. This hoodie is stylish and comfortable through all seasons. Celebrate New York City and hip hop with a soon to be wardrobe favorite.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Harlem Unisex Hoodie:

The cultural legacy of Harlem has been comprehensive. During the early 1900s, following an extensive migration of African Americans from the South and other regions across the United States, as well as Caribbean immigrants, Harlem soon experienced a cultural eruption in art, music and literary expression.

By 1920, Harlem's literary luminaries would include poets Claude McKay and Jean Toomer, anthropologist and folklorist Zora Neal Hurston, writer and philosopher Alain Leroy Locke, and playwright, lyricist, author and editor Langston Hughes.

Talented sculptors and painters such as James Richmond Barthé and Charles Henry Alston, among others, aided in the ushering in of an era that would soon be known as the Harlem Renaissance, a tremendously influential period that would be energized by the explosion of jazz within the Harlem community.

Harlem's inspiring culture would soon resonate, not only within New York City, but also throughout the nation, and the world.

This elegant unisex hoodie is lightweight and comfortable, and celebrates the legendary history of Harlem.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Times Square Unisex Hoodie:

In 1904 New York’s Time Square was officially introduced to midtown Manhattan and into the consciousness of New Yorkers, when the region, formally known as Long Acre Square, was summarily changed in honor of the recently established New York Times building.

Over the ensuing years, this iconic region would quickly become intrinsic to the lifeblood of New York City and to the scores of people who visit it.

In 1928 the “Times Square Tower” installed an electric ticker sign bulletin board, known as “The Zipper”, in order to display important news headlines to the public—all within a minute of breaking news.

The letters of The Zipper extended around the Times Square Tower and could be seen for several city blocks, as it alerted the public to some of the most important headlines of the past, such as the passing of FDR, the end of World War 2, and the moon landing.

Beyond the excitement of capturing the zeitgeist of the nation and the world, however, Times Square would become important throughout the decades for being the gathering place at the end of each year, where New Years Eve revelers assemble to ring in the New Year.

This unisex hoodie tribute to Times Square will steal glances, just as time square itself. It is soft, warm, and your go-to hoodie for cooler days.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Bright Lights Hoodie (navy):

Throughout its history, Broadway has regaled theater goers with the best in staged entertainment.

Many of its celebrated actors and skilled artisans, who have exhibited their tremendous talents for more than a century, have become legendary in their own right. This unisex  "Bright Lights" hoodie is a salute to these exceptional individuals of the past and present.

• 100% cotton face • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back
• Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Broadway Unisex Hoodie:

Broadway began as a Native American trail and represented one of two streets in the formerly Dutch West India settlement of Fort Amsterdam, which eventually became New York in 1664.

This winding thoroughfare would become reflective of the excitement of New York City and be immortalized in the musical composition Lullaby of Broadway, by the prolific song writing team of Harry Warren and Al Dubin. Lullaby of Broadway would be introduced in the film Gold Diggers of 1935.

Big, bold and compelling, the musical ode transported us to a bustling thruway, shimmering with irresistible energy and beckoning allure:

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway
The hip hooray and ballyhoo
The lullaby of Broadway

This unisex hoodie is a tribute to Broadway, the storied thoroughfare in a legendary city. It is soft and provides a comfortable fit for both men and women.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Brooklyn Unisex Hoodie (black):

At its core, Brooklyn has always been a living thriving embodiment of the American experience, and it is therefore fitting that the legendary borough is referenced as one of the twin cities in “The New Colossus” a poem by Emma Lazarus, which was dedicated to The Statue of Liberty and is mounted on the pedestal of the statue.

Brooklyn’s proximity to Ellis Island made it a natural magnate to immigrants entering the United States, a possible factor why the borough has been ranked among the largest cities in the country for generations, a trajectory that had been well underway as far back as the early part of the 19th century.

Still, beyond the number and breadth of its population, Brooklyn is the spirit of its people. It is the syncopated strains of Caribbean rhythms, lazy backyard barbeques and picnics in Prospect Park. It is spices from the Middle East and the taste of Babka from Eastern Europe.

Brooklyn is both "Saturday Night Fever" and "Do the Right Thing". It is The Beastie Boys as well as Biggie Smalls and Jay-Z, the Coney Island Boardwalk and "The  Honeymooners". Brooklyn is the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Brooklyn Nets. It is culture cured and seasoned, and the spirit of Caribbean carnival that has now found a traditional home in Brooklyn.

This garment is dedicated to Brooklyn and Brooklynites everywhere. It is soft and lightweight, and flattering to all.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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New York City Home of Legends - Unisex Hoodie (navy):

This NYC navy hoodie captures the elegant charm of New York City, even in modest colors. This garment signals the start of a whole new relationship, especially during cooler temperatures. Say hello to a charming new friend.

• 100% cotton face • 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester • Front pouch pocket • Self-fabric patch on the back • Matching flat drawstrings • 3-panel hood

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