One neighborhood of New York County is contiguous with the mainland. Marble Hill at one time was part of Manhattan Island, but the Harlem River Ship Canal, dug in 1895 to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separated it from the remainder of Manhattan as an island between the Bronx and the remainder of Manhattan.
For other uses, see Avant-garde (disambiguation). The Love of Zero, a 1927 film by Robert Florey. The avant-garde (from French, advance guard or vanguard, literally fore-guard) are people or works that are experimental, radical, or unorthodox, with respect to art, culture, and society.
A group that creates or promotes innovative ideas or techniques in a given field, especially in the arts. adj. Of, relating to, or being part of an innovative group, especially one in the arts: avant-garde painters; an avant-garde theater piece. aâ²vant-gardâ²ism n.