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.
5 often preceded by: the an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels, (U.S. and Canadian equivalent) subway. 6 usually preceded by: the. a any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etc. the. U.S. avant-garde rock group (1965--70): originally comprised Lou Reed, John Cale (born 1940; bass guitar and viola), Sterling Morrison (1942--95; guitar), and Maureen Tucker (born 1945; drums). Their albums include The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967), White Light/White Heat (1967), and Loaded (1970).