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has gloss | eng: PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is claimed by its owner, the Hotel Pennsylvania, to be the oldest continuing phone number in New York City. The telephone number is based on the old telephone exchange name system. The first two letters "PE" in PE6-5000 stand for the rotary dial numbers 7 and 3, making the number (with Manhattans area code) +1 (212) 736-5000. The exact age of the phone number, and the veracity of the Pennsylvanias claim, is unknown. The earliest it could have existed is around 1930, when seven-digit telephone numbers were first adopted in New York City. |
lexicalization | eng: Pennsylvania 6-5000 |
instance of | c/Telephone numbers in the United States |
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