With an estimated population in 2023 of 8,258,035 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), the city is the
most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of
Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. New York is the geographical and demographic center of both the
Northeast megalopolis and the
New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and
urban area. With more than 20.1 million people in its
metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its
combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous
megacities. The city and its metropolitan area are the premier gateway for legal
immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. In 2021, the city was home to nearly 3.1 million residents born outside the U.S., the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. (Full article...)
The
facade is largely made of brick and stone and contains classical design elements such as
brackets,
dentils, ornate
lintels,
quoins, and
rustication. On both 29th and 30th Streets, the facade is divided vertically into seven
bays and horizontally into a two-storey base and ten-storey upper section, with a recessed top floor. The hotel originally contained several amenity areas for guests on the lower two storeys, including a lobby, dining rooms, reception rooms, and ballroom. Generally men were only permitted to enter the ground-level spaces and some of the second-storey spaces. The upper storeys originally contained 200 short-term guest rooms and 400 long-term residences, which were downsized to 250 hotel rooms by the 2020s.
The Woman's Hotel Company was established in 1897 and sought to identify a site and raise money over the following four years. Construction began in mid-1901, and the Martha Washington Hotel opened on March 1, 1903, as both a hotel and a long-term residence. Though there was initially high demand for the Martha Washington's rooms, the hotel's owners struggled to raise money and leased it out beginning in 1907. The
Manger family operated the Martha Washington from 1920 to 1948, and the Sillins Hotel Corporation operated the hotel from 1950 to 1997. The hotel was converted to a mixed-sex tourist hotel in 1998 and, after a renovation, was renamed the Thirty Thirty in 2000. The hotel was further renovated in 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2019, undergoing several name and ownership changes during that decade. As The Redbury New York, it saw decreased patronage during the COVID-19 pandemic and became a temporary shelter for migrants in 2023. (Full article...)
The film tells the story of powerful and sleazy newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker (portrayed by Lancaster and based on
Walter Winchell) who uses his connections to ruin his sister's relationship with a man he deems unworthy of her.
Despite a poorly received preview screening, Sweet Smell of Success has greatly improved in stature over the years. It grew to become highly acclaimed by film critics, particularly for its cinematography and screenplay. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry by the
Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (Full article...)
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New York City high school students Michael Kaplan, Dennis Wynn, and Rachel Lachhmans, attend the panel interviewing
Leon Lederman at the 2008 World Science Festival.
The inaugural
World Science Festival was held in
New York City from May 28 to June 1, 2008. It consisted mainly of panel discussions and on-stage conversations, accompanied by multimedia presentations. A youth and family program presented topics such as sports from a scientific perspective and included an extensive street fair. A cultural program led by actor and writer
Alan Alda focused on art inspired by science. The festival also included a World Science Summit, a meeting of high-level participants from the worlds of science, politics, administration, and business.
He provided testimony that helped convict his sister and brother-in-law
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for their spying activity. Greenglass served nine and a half years in prison. (Full article...)
The Barclay–Vesey Building's architects intended for the structure to have an imposing form, with vertical
piers designed as
buttresses;
setbacks at upper floors; and a program of elaborate ornamentation on the exterior and interior. The Barclay–Vesey Building's design has been widely praised by architectural critics, both for its design scheme and for its symbolism. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009, and its exterior and first-floor interior were declared city landmarks by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1991. (Full article...)
The Apollo was developed by
Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon as a
burlesque venue, which opened in 1913 and originally served only white patrons. In 1928, the
Minsky brothers leased the theater for burlesque shows. Sidney Cohen acquired the theater in 1934, and it became a venue for black performers. Frank Schiffman and his family operated the theater from 1935 to 1976. A group of black businessmen briefly operated the theater from 1978 to 1979, and former Manhattan borough president
Percy Sutton bought it at an auction in 1981. The Apollo reopened in 1985 following a major refurbishment that saw the construction of new recording studios. In September 1991, the
New York State Urban Development Corporation bought the Apollo and assigned its operation to the ATF. Further renovations took place in the mid-2000s, and an expansion of the theater commenced in the 2020s.
Among the theater's longest-running events is Amateur Night at the Apollo, a weekly show where audiences judge the quality of novice performances. Many of the theater's most famous performers are inducted in the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame, and the theater has commissioned various works and hosted educational programs. Over the years, the theater has hosted many musical, dance, theatrical, and comedy acts, with several performers often featured on the same bill. In addition, the theater has hosted film screenings, recordings, and tapings, as well as non-performance events such as speeches, debates, and tributes. The Apollo has had a large impact on
African-American culture and has been featured in multiple books and shows. (Full article...)
390 Fifth Avenue was occupied by the Gorham Manufacturing Company between 1905 and 1923. It was then home to
Russeks department store from 1924 to 1959, and then Spear Securities from 1960, who changed the street level facade. It was designated a
New York City landmark in 1998, after the lower floors were significantly altered from their original design. (Full article...)
The Beaumont occupies the southern and western sides of its building's first and second floors, while the library wraps above and on top of it. The main
facade faces Lincoln Center's plaza and is made of glass and steel, with a
travertine attic above. The main auditorium has approximately 1,080 seats across two levels, arranged in a steeply sloped semicircular layout. The Beaumont differs from traditional Broadway theaters because of its use of a flexible stage, which could be extended with a
thrust stage of varying length. The layout led to complaints about inferior sightlines and acoustics in the theater's early years. The 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater is in the basement and the 112-seat Claire Tow Theater is on the roof.
Allen donated $3 million for the theater's construction in 1958 but died before its completion. The Beaumont opened on October 21, 1965, and was originally operated by
Jules Irving and
Herbert Blau of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, generally presenting four shows a season. The Beaumont was managed by the
New York Shakespeare Festival, under the direction of
Joseph Papp, from 1973 to 1977. Richmond Crinkley took over the theater for the next eight years, with the Beaumont only operating for two seasons during that time. Controversies over the Beaumont's operation, a proposed renovation, and financial difficulties led to LCT being reorganized in 1985, with
Gregory Mosher and
Bernard Gersten taking over as the new Director and Executive Producer. The Beaumont became much more successful and was renovated in 1996. The theater has hosted several popular productions since the late 1980s, including Anything Goes, Contact, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, The King and I, and My Fair Lady. (Full article...)
Built by the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on May 30, 1906, as part of the
first subway, although the line had opened two months earlier and trains were skipping the station. It is one of three stations in the Fort George Mine Tunnel, which carries the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line under Washington Heights, and is 120 feet (37 m) below ground level. Due to the station's depth, the tunnel was blasted through the hillside; during the station's construction, a 300-ton boulder had killed 10 miners. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1948. The station was closed from December 2020 to November 2021 for elevator replacement.
The 181st Street station contains two
side platforms and two tracks. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations as well as a ceiling vault. The platforms contain exits to 181st Street and Broadway. 181st Street is one of three New York City Subway stations that can be accessed only by elevators; however, the station's four elevators are not compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The station is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. (Full article...)
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"Best Sex I've Ever Had" is a
headline that appeared on the front page of the New York Post on February 16, 1990. The headline is purportedly a quote from
Marla Maples, who would become the second wife of businessman
Donald Trump. The quote refers to Trump's supposed sexual prowess. Trump was married to
Ivana Trump at the time of the headline; the couple's divorce was granted that year. The headline appeared during a
media frenzy concerning the Trumps' marriage and his affair with Maples. (Full article...)
The 40-story building is designed in the
Art Deco style and contains numerous
setbacks as mandated by the
1916 Zoning Resolution. The
facade of the lowest six stories are clad with black granite and contain large
display windows for stores, as well as large windows for art galleries. The triple-height main entrance is decorated with architectural sculpture by
Elie Nadelman. The remaining stories are largely designed with light cast stone and smaller windows. The interior has richly decorated
vestibules and lobby featuring marble walls, bronze detailing, and mosaic floors.
The Fuller Building was constructed as part of the artistic hub that occupied East 57th Street during the early 20th century. At the time of its completion, the Fuller Building housed several art galleries with the address 41 East 57th Street, as well as offices at the address 595 Madison Avenue. It was purchased several times over the years before being acquired in 1999 by
Vornado Realty Trust, its owner . The Fuller Building and its interior became
New York City designated landmarks in 1986. (Full article...)
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The facade of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, on whose property the Lafargue Clinic operated
The Lafargue Mental Health Clinic, more commonly known as the Lafargue Clinic, was a mental health clinic that operated in
Harlem,
Manhattan, New York, from 1946 until 1958. The clinic was named for French Marxist physician
Paul Lafargue and conceived by German-American psychiatrist
Fredric Wertham, who recognized the dire state of mental health services for blacks in New York. With the backing of black intellectuals
Richard Wright and
Ralph Ellison, as well as members of the church and community, the clinic operated out of the parish house basement of
St. Philip's Episcopal Church and was among the first to provide low-cost psychiatric health services to the poor, especially for poor blacks who either could not afford treatment at New York hospitals or faced racial discrimination from doctors and other hospital staff. The staff consisted entirely of volunteers, and Wertham and
Hilde Mosse were the clinic's lead doctors.
Though the clinic only operated for 12 years, Wertham and Mosse's experiences from Lafargue were cited in a court decision to integrate schools in
Wilmington, Delaware, and later in Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that separate black and white schools were unconstitutional. Wertham would use case studies from his time at the clinic to support his later arguments that comic books caused juvenile delinquency, as evidenced in his 1954 work Seduction of the Innocent. (Full article...)
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The Salvation Army Headquarters seen from 14th Street
The building contains a
facade of
cast stone and
buff brick. The office wing on 14th Street is sparsely decorated, although Walker used brick and cast stone, as well as stepped archways, to create a textile-like appearance. East of the office wing is the Centennial Memorial Temple, with a triple-story opening whose design was intended to welcome visitors. The dormitory, in the rear of the building, contains
setbacks to comply with the
1916 Zoning Resolution. The building's main auditorium had between 1,600 and 2,000 seats, while the dormitory had 220 rooms that were originally reserved for women. The building also had a recreation center and offices for the Salvation Army.
After the Salvation Army's cofounder
Catherine Booth died in 1890, members decided to build a New York City headquarters in her honor. Catherine Booth's son
Ballington Booth acquired land on 14th Street in 1893 and hired Gilbert A. Schellenger to design an eight-story headquarters, which was officially dedicated in June 1895. The Salvation Army also added a women's home at the rear of the building in December 1900. In its early years, the building hosted various programs and events, causing the existing headquarters to become overcrowded by the 1920s. Walker designed a new headquarters for the structure, which was built in stages from October 1928 to June 1930. The new building was the Salvation Army's national headquarters until 1981 and was a regional headquarters until 1990. The Salvation Army continued to use the structure to host events and renovated the building in the early 21st century. (Full article...)
The building is designed as a glass-and-steel cube held up by
piers made of
concrete and clad with Dakota
granite. The main entrance is along 43rd Street. A second entrance on
42nd Street leads to a large
public atrium, the first such space in an office building in Manhattan. The atrium contains landscaping from
Dan Kiley and includes plants, shrubs, trees, and vines. Most of the building's offices are north and west of the atrium and are visible from other offices.
The building was commissioned for the
Ford Foundation, then the largest private foundation in the United States, after
Henry Heald became foundation president. The Ford Foundation Building was announced in 1963 and completed in 1968 on the former site of the
Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled. Between 2015 and 2018, the Ford Foundation Building underwent a major renovation and restoration project, and it was renamed the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. The Ford Foundation Building has been critically acclaimed for its design, both after its completion and after the renovation. The
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building and its atrium as city landmarks in 1997. (Full article...)
The Federal Reserve Building has fourteen above-ground stories and five basement levels, designed by
York and Sawyer with decorative ironwork by
Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia. Its facade is separated horizontally into three sections: a base, midsection, and top section. The stone exterior is reminiscent of early
Italian Renaissancepalaces such as
Florence's
Palazzo Strozzi and
Palazzo Vecchio. The horizontal and vertical joints of the facade's stones are deeply
rusticated. The Federal Reserve Building's gold vault rests on Manhattan's
bedrock, 80 feet (24 m) below street level and 50 feet (15 m) below sea level. The vault contains the largest known monetary-gold reserve in the world, with about 6,190 short tons (5,620 metric tons) in storage .
I-278 was opened in pieces from the 1930s through the 1960s. Some of its completed segments predated the Interstate Highway System and are thus not up to
standards, and portions of I-278 have been upgraded over the years. In New York, the various parts of I-278 were planned by
Robert Moses, an urban planner in New York City. The segments proposed tore through many New York City neighborhoods, causing controversy. Despite its number, I-278 does not connect to
I-78. There were once plans to extend I-278 west to I-78 east of the
Route 24 interchange in
Springfield, New Jersey. This was canceled because of opposition from the communities along the route. The segment that does exist in New Jersey was opened in 1969. There were also plans to extend I-78 east across
Manhattan and into Brooklyn via the
Williamsburg Bridge; this would have been a second interchange between I-278 and its parent highway, but these plans were also thwarted. I-78 was also planned to extend east beyond I-278 to
John F. Kennedy International Airport, and then curve northward on the
Clearview Expressway, ending at the Bruckner Interchange in the Bronx. If these plans were fully completed, I-78 and I-278 would have met at three interchanges.
Two segments of I-278 have had different route number designations formerly planned or designated for it.
I-87 was once planned to follow the segment of I-278 between the Williamsburg Bridge and the
Major Deegan Expressway, but this ultimately became a part of I-278. Additionally, the Bruckner Expressway portion of I-278 had been designated with different route numbers. At first, it was to be
I-895 between I-87 and the Sheridan Expressway and
I-678 past there. Later, I-278 was planned to follow the Bruckner Expressway and the Sheridan Expressway to I-95 (with no route number for the Bruckner Expressway past there) before the current numbering took place by 1970, with I-895 designated onto the Sheridan Expressway (which was subsequently downgraded to a state highway in 2017). (Full article...)
The clock's first incarnation was installed in 1989 on Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets, one block away from
Times Square, by New York real estate developer
Seymour Durst, who wanted to highlight the rising national debt. In 2004, the clock was dismantled and a new one installed near 44th Street and Sixth Avenue. In 2008, the U.S. national debt exceeded $10 (~$14.00 in 2023) trillion, one more digit than the clock could display. The lit dollar-sign in the clock's leftmost digit position was later changed to the "1" digit to represent the ten-trillionth place. In 2017, the clock was moved to One Bryant Park, near the original location. (Full article...)
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Viewed from the northeast, across the intersection of 44th Street and Lexington Avenue
The building was erected within "
Terminal City", a collection of buildings above Grand Central's underground tracks. As such, it occupies the real-estate
air rights above these tracks. The building's
superstructure is constructed entirely above the tracks of the terminal. The ground floor includes the "Graybar Passage", a publicly accessible passageway that leads from Lexington Avenue to Grand Central Terminal. On upper stories, the Graybar Building contains office space with
setbacks and "
light courts" to conform with the
1916 Zoning Resolution.
When the building's construction started in 1925, it was known as the Eastern Terminal Office Building. The structure was renamed after
Graybar, one of its original lessees, the next year. The Graybar Building opened in April 1927 and was fully leased within less than a year. Ownership of the building passed several times before the current owners,
SL Green Realty, bought it in 1998. The
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Graybar Building as an official landmark in 2016. (Full article...)
55 Wall Street's granite facade includes two stacked
colonnades facing Wall Street, each with twelve columns. Inside is a cruciform banking hall with a 60-foot (18 m)
vaulted ceiling,
Corinthian columns, marble floors and walls, and an
entablature around the interior. The banking hall was among the largest in the United States when it was completed. The offices of
Citibank's predecessor National City Bank were in the corners of the banking hall, while the fourth through eighth floors were used as office space.
The Merchants' Exchange building replaced a structure that had burned down in the
Great New York City Fire of 1835. 55 Wall Street subsequently hosted the
New York Stock Exchange, then the
United States Custom House until a new
Custom House building was developed on
Bowling Green in the 1900s. After 55 Wall Street was expanded, it served as the headquarters of National City Bank from 1908 to 1961; Citibank continued to own the building until 1992. The upper stories operated as a hotel from 2000 to 2003, then were renovated again and converted into the Cipriani Club Residencescondominium development in 2006. The original banking room became a ballroom. (Full article...)
The Bergen Street station was constructed by the
Independent Subway System (IND). It opened on March 20, 1933, as the original terminus of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. The station opened in advance of the opening of the remainder of the line to allow for it to compete with existing streetcar lines belonging to the
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). Once the rest of the line was opened on October 7, 1933, the line was extended, making Bergen Street a station for through trains. Bergen Street was renovated in the 1990s.
Bergen Street was constructed as a bi-level express station, though only the upper level is in use. The lower level is neither in regular service nor usable due to its deteriorated condition. The lower level was used when express service was provided on the Culver Line between 1968 and 1976. Express service was eliminated due to the loss of direct local service along the line to Manhattan. The express platforms were permanently removed from service during the 1990s, and due to a fire in 1999 the relay room was damaged, making the express tracks unusable. The relay room was rebuilt in 2008, and after repairs were done on the line, the implementation of express service became feasible. In 2019, express service returned to the line, though express trains bypass the Bergen Street station due to the high cost of rebuilding the express platforms, thus making Bergen Street a local station. (Full article...)
Stallman launched the
GNU Project in September 1983 to write a
Unix-like computer
operating system composed entirely of free software. With this, he also launched the free software movement. He has been the GNU project's lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software including, among others, the GNU Compiler Collection,
GNU Debugger, and GNU Emacs text editor. (Full article...)
The Bronx (/brɒŋks/) is a
borough of
New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the
U.S. state of
New York. It is south of
Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of
Manhattan, across the
Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of
Queens, across the
East River. The Bronx is the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island. The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,472,654 at the
2020 census, its highest decennial census count ever. If each borough were ranked as a city, the Bronx would rank as the
ninth-most-populous in the U.S. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest
population density. The population density of the Bronx was 32,718.7 inhabitants per square mile (12,632.8/km2) in 2022, the third-highest population density of any county in the United States, behind
Manhattan and
Brooklyn. With a population that is 54.8% Hispanic as of 2020, it is the
only majority-Hispanic county in the
Northeastern United States and the
fourth-most-populous nationwide.
The Bronx is divided by the
Bronx River into a hillier section in the
west, and a flatter
eastern section. East and west street names are divided by
Jerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County (modern-day Manhattan) in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, including
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Van Cortlandt Park,
Pelham Bay Park, the
New York Botanical Garden, and the
Bronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. The
Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden is thousands of years old and is New York City's largest remaining tract of the original forest that once covered the city. These open spaces are primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan. (Full article...)
Named after the Dutch town of
Breukelen in the Netherlands, Brooklyn shares a border with the borough of
Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the
East River, and is connected to
Staten Island by way of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. With a land area of 69.38 square miles (179.7 km2) and a water area of 27.48 square miles (71.2 km2), Kings County is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third smallest by total area. (Full article...)
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/STAT-ən) is the southernmost
borough of
New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of
New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of
New Jersey by the
Arthur Kill and the
Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by
New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the
2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2); it is also the least densely populated and most
suburban borough in the city.
A home to the
Lenape indigenous people, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was
consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the
city government. It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks. (Full article...)
With a population of 2,405,464 as of the
2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the
fourth most-populous in the U.S. after
New York City itself,
Los Angeles, and
Chicago. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated borough in New York City and the fourth-most densely populated
U.S. county. It is highly diverse as about 47% of its residents are
foreign-born. (Full article...)
Image 12Anderson Avenue garbage strike. A common scene throughout New York City in 1968 during a sanitation workers strike (from History of New York City (1946–1977))
Image 19The Sunday magazine of the New York World appealed to immigrants with this April 29, 1906 cover page celebrating their arrival at Ellis Island. (from History of New York City (1898–1945))
... that Lucy Feagin founded the
Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays?
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With an estimated population in 2023 of 8,258,035 distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km2), the city is the
most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of
Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. New York is the geographical and demographic center of both the
Northeast megalopolis and the
New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and
urban area. With more than 20.1 million people in its
metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its
combined statistical area as of 2020, New York City is one of the world's most populous
megacities. The city and its metropolitan area are the premier gateway for legal
immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. In 2021, the city was home to nearly 3.1 million residents born outside the U.S., the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world. (Full article...)
The
facade is largely made of brick and stone and contains classical design elements such as
brackets,
dentils, ornate
lintels,
quoins, and
rustication. On both 29th and 30th Streets, the facade is divided vertically into seven
bays and horizontally into a two-storey base and ten-storey upper section, with a recessed top floor. The hotel originally contained several amenity areas for guests on the lower two storeys, including a lobby, dining rooms, reception rooms, and ballroom. Generally men were only permitted to enter the ground-level spaces and some of the second-storey spaces. The upper storeys originally contained 200 short-term guest rooms and 400 long-term residences, which were downsized to 250 hotel rooms by the 2020s.
The Woman's Hotel Company was established in 1897 and sought to identify a site and raise money over the following four years. Construction began in mid-1901, and the Martha Washington Hotel opened on March 1, 1903, as both a hotel and a long-term residence. Though there was initially high demand for the Martha Washington's rooms, the hotel's owners struggled to raise money and leased it out beginning in 1907. The
Manger family operated the Martha Washington from 1920 to 1948, and the Sillins Hotel Corporation operated the hotel from 1950 to 1997. The hotel was converted to a mixed-sex tourist hotel in 1998 and, after a renovation, was renamed the Thirty Thirty in 2000. The hotel was further renovated in 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2019, undergoing several name and ownership changes during that decade. As The Redbury New York, it saw decreased patronage during the COVID-19 pandemic and became a temporary shelter for migrants in 2023. (Full article...)
The film tells the story of powerful and sleazy newspaper columnist J.J. Hunsecker (portrayed by Lancaster and based on
Walter Winchell) who uses his connections to ruin his sister's relationship with a man he deems unworthy of her.
Despite a poorly received preview screening, Sweet Smell of Success has greatly improved in stature over the years. It grew to become highly acclaimed by film critics, particularly for its cinematography and screenplay. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry by the
Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (Full article...)
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New York City high school students Michael Kaplan, Dennis Wynn, and Rachel Lachhmans, attend the panel interviewing
Leon Lederman at the 2008 World Science Festival.
The inaugural
World Science Festival was held in
New York City from May 28 to June 1, 2008. It consisted mainly of panel discussions and on-stage conversations, accompanied by multimedia presentations. A youth and family program presented topics such as sports from a scientific perspective and included an extensive street fair. A cultural program led by actor and writer
Alan Alda focused on art inspired by science. The festival also included a World Science Summit, a meeting of high-level participants from the worlds of science, politics, administration, and business.
He provided testimony that helped convict his sister and brother-in-law
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed for their spying activity. Greenglass served nine and a half years in prison. (Full article...)
The Barclay–Vesey Building's architects intended for the structure to have an imposing form, with vertical
piers designed as
buttresses;
setbacks at upper floors; and a program of elaborate ornamentation on the exterior and interior. The Barclay–Vesey Building's design has been widely praised by architectural critics, both for its design scheme and for its symbolism. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009, and its exterior and first-floor interior were declared city landmarks by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1991. (Full article...)
The Apollo was developed by
Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon as a
burlesque venue, which opened in 1913 and originally served only white patrons. In 1928, the
Minsky brothers leased the theater for burlesque shows. Sidney Cohen acquired the theater in 1934, and it became a venue for black performers. Frank Schiffman and his family operated the theater from 1935 to 1976. A group of black businessmen briefly operated the theater from 1978 to 1979, and former Manhattan borough president
Percy Sutton bought it at an auction in 1981. The Apollo reopened in 1985 following a major refurbishment that saw the construction of new recording studios. In September 1991, the
New York State Urban Development Corporation bought the Apollo and assigned its operation to the ATF. Further renovations took place in the mid-2000s, and an expansion of the theater commenced in the 2020s.
Among the theater's longest-running events is Amateur Night at the Apollo, a weekly show where audiences judge the quality of novice performances. Many of the theater's most famous performers are inducted in the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame, and the theater has commissioned various works and hosted educational programs. Over the years, the theater has hosted many musical, dance, theatrical, and comedy acts, with several performers often featured on the same bill. In addition, the theater has hosted film screenings, recordings, and tapings, as well as non-performance events such as speeches, debates, and tributes. The Apollo has had a large impact on
African-American culture and has been featured in multiple books and shows. (Full article...)
390 Fifth Avenue was occupied by the Gorham Manufacturing Company between 1905 and 1923. It was then home to
Russeks department store from 1924 to 1959, and then Spear Securities from 1960, who changed the street level facade. It was designated a
New York City landmark in 1998, after the lower floors were significantly altered from their original design. (Full article...)
The Beaumont occupies the southern and western sides of its building's first and second floors, while the library wraps above and on top of it. The main
facade faces Lincoln Center's plaza and is made of glass and steel, with a
travertine attic above. The main auditorium has approximately 1,080 seats across two levels, arranged in a steeply sloped semicircular layout. The Beaumont differs from traditional Broadway theaters because of its use of a flexible stage, which could be extended with a
thrust stage of varying length. The layout led to complaints about inferior sightlines and acoustics in the theater's early years. The 299-seat Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater is in the basement and the 112-seat Claire Tow Theater is on the roof.
Allen donated $3 million for the theater's construction in 1958 but died before its completion. The Beaumont opened on October 21, 1965, and was originally operated by
Jules Irving and
Herbert Blau of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, generally presenting four shows a season. The Beaumont was managed by the
New York Shakespeare Festival, under the direction of
Joseph Papp, from 1973 to 1977. Richmond Crinkley took over the theater for the next eight years, with the Beaumont only operating for two seasons during that time. Controversies over the Beaumont's operation, a proposed renovation, and financial difficulties led to LCT being reorganized in 1985, with
Gregory Mosher and
Bernard Gersten taking over as the new Director and Executive Producer. The Beaumont became much more successful and was renovated in 1996. The theater has hosted several popular productions since the late 1980s, including Anything Goes, Contact, The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific, The King and I, and My Fair Lady. (Full article...)
Built by the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the station opened on May 30, 1906, as part of the
first subway, although the line had opened two months earlier and trains were skipping the station. It is one of three stations in the Fort George Mine Tunnel, which carries the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line under Washington Heights, and is 120 feet (37 m) below ground level. Due to the station's depth, the tunnel was blasted through the hillside; during the station's construction, a 300-ton boulder had killed 10 miners. The station's platforms were lengthened in 1948. The station was closed from December 2020 to November 2021 for elevator replacement.
The 181st Street station contains two
side platforms and two tracks. The station was built with tile and mosaic decorations as well as a ceiling vault. The platforms contain exits to 181st Street and Broadway. 181st Street is one of three New York City Subway stations that can be accessed only by elevators; however, the station's four elevators are not compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The station is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. (Full article...)
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"Best Sex I've Ever Had" is a
headline that appeared on the front page of the New York Post on February 16, 1990. The headline is purportedly a quote from
Marla Maples, who would become the second wife of businessman
Donald Trump. The quote refers to Trump's supposed sexual prowess. Trump was married to
Ivana Trump at the time of the headline; the couple's divorce was granted that year. The headline appeared during a
media frenzy concerning the Trumps' marriage and his affair with Maples. (Full article...)
The 40-story building is designed in the
Art Deco style and contains numerous
setbacks as mandated by the
1916 Zoning Resolution. The
facade of the lowest six stories are clad with black granite and contain large
display windows for stores, as well as large windows for art galleries. The triple-height main entrance is decorated with architectural sculpture by
Elie Nadelman. The remaining stories are largely designed with light cast stone and smaller windows. The interior has richly decorated
vestibules and lobby featuring marble walls, bronze detailing, and mosaic floors.
The Fuller Building was constructed as part of the artistic hub that occupied East 57th Street during the early 20th century. At the time of its completion, the Fuller Building housed several art galleries with the address 41 East 57th Street, as well as offices at the address 595 Madison Avenue. It was purchased several times over the years before being acquired in 1999 by
Vornado Realty Trust, its owner . The Fuller Building and its interior became
New York City designated landmarks in 1986. (Full article...)
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The facade of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, on whose property the Lafargue Clinic operated
The Lafargue Mental Health Clinic, more commonly known as the Lafargue Clinic, was a mental health clinic that operated in
Harlem,
Manhattan, New York, from 1946 until 1958. The clinic was named for French Marxist physician
Paul Lafargue and conceived by German-American psychiatrist
Fredric Wertham, who recognized the dire state of mental health services for blacks in New York. With the backing of black intellectuals
Richard Wright and
Ralph Ellison, as well as members of the church and community, the clinic operated out of the parish house basement of
St. Philip's Episcopal Church and was among the first to provide low-cost psychiatric health services to the poor, especially for poor blacks who either could not afford treatment at New York hospitals or faced racial discrimination from doctors and other hospital staff. The staff consisted entirely of volunteers, and Wertham and
Hilde Mosse were the clinic's lead doctors.
Though the clinic only operated for 12 years, Wertham and Mosse's experiences from Lafargue were cited in a court decision to integrate schools in
Wilmington, Delaware, and later in Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that separate black and white schools were unconstitutional. Wertham would use case studies from his time at the clinic to support his later arguments that comic books caused juvenile delinquency, as evidenced in his 1954 work Seduction of the Innocent. (Full article...)
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The Salvation Army Headquarters seen from 14th Street
The building contains a
facade of
cast stone and
buff brick. The office wing on 14th Street is sparsely decorated, although Walker used brick and cast stone, as well as stepped archways, to create a textile-like appearance. East of the office wing is the Centennial Memorial Temple, with a triple-story opening whose design was intended to welcome visitors. The dormitory, in the rear of the building, contains
setbacks to comply with the
1916 Zoning Resolution. The building's main auditorium had between 1,600 and 2,000 seats, while the dormitory had 220 rooms that were originally reserved for women. The building also had a recreation center and offices for the Salvation Army.
After the Salvation Army's cofounder
Catherine Booth died in 1890, members decided to build a New York City headquarters in her honor. Catherine Booth's son
Ballington Booth acquired land on 14th Street in 1893 and hired Gilbert A. Schellenger to design an eight-story headquarters, which was officially dedicated in June 1895. The Salvation Army also added a women's home at the rear of the building in December 1900. In its early years, the building hosted various programs and events, causing the existing headquarters to become overcrowded by the 1920s. Walker designed a new headquarters for the structure, which was built in stages from October 1928 to June 1930. The new building was the Salvation Army's national headquarters until 1981 and was a regional headquarters until 1990. The Salvation Army continued to use the structure to host events and renovated the building in the early 21st century. (Full article...)
The building is designed as a glass-and-steel cube held up by
piers made of
concrete and clad with Dakota
granite. The main entrance is along 43rd Street. A second entrance on
42nd Street leads to a large
public atrium, the first such space in an office building in Manhattan. The atrium contains landscaping from
Dan Kiley and includes plants, shrubs, trees, and vines. Most of the building's offices are north and west of the atrium and are visible from other offices.
The building was commissioned for the
Ford Foundation, then the largest private foundation in the United States, after
Henry Heald became foundation president. The Ford Foundation Building was announced in 1963 and completed in 1968 on the former site of the
Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled. Between 2015 and 2018, the Ford Foundation Building underwent a major renovation and restoration project, and it was renamed the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. The Ford Foundation Building has been critically acclaimed for its design, both after its completion and after the renovation. The
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building and its atrium as city landmarks in 1997. (Full article...)
The Federal Reserve Building has fourteen above-ground stories and five basement levels, designed by
York and Sawyer with decorative ironwork by
Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia. Its facade is separated horizontally into three sections: a base, midsection, and top section. The stone exterior is reminiscent of early
Italian Renaissancepalaces such as
Florence's
Palazzo Strozzi and
Palazzo Vecchio. The horizontal and vertical joints of the facade's stones are deeply
rusticated. The Federal Reserve Building's gold vault rests on Manhattan's
bedrock, 80 feet (24 m) below street level and 50 feet (15 m) below sea level. The vault contains the largest known monetary-gold reserve in the world, with about 6,190 short tons (5,620 metric tons) in storage .
I-278 was opened in pieces from the 1930s through the 1960s. Some of its completed segments predated the Interstate Highway System and are thus not up to
standards, and portions of I-278 have been upgraded over the years. In New York, the various parts of I-278 were planned by
Robert Moses, an urban planner in New York City. The segments proposed tore through many New York City neighborhoods, causing controversy. Despite its number, I-278 does not connect to
I-78. There were once plans to extend I-278 west to I-78 east of the
Route 24 interchange in
Springfield, New Jersey. This was canceled because of opposition from the communities along the route. The segment that does exist in New Jersey was opened in 1969. There were also plans to extend I-78 east across
Manhattan and into Brooklyn via the
Williamsburg Bridge; this would have been a second interchange between I-278 and its parent highway, but these plans were also thwarted. I-78 was also planned to extend east beyond I-278 to
John F. Kennedy International Airport, and then curve northward on the
Clearview Expressway, ending at the Bruckner Interchange in the Bronx. If these plans were fully completed, I-78 and I-278 would have met at three interchanges.
Two segments of I-278 have had different route number designations formerly planned or designated for it.
I-87 was once planned to follow the segment of I-278 between the Williamsburg Bridge and the
Major Deegan Expressway, but this ultimately became a part of I-278. Additionally, the Bruckner Expressway portion of I-278 had been designated with different route numbers. At first, it was to be
I-895 between I-87 and the Sheridan Expressway and
I-678 past there. Later, I-278 was planned to follow the Bruckner Expressway and the Sheridan Expressway to I-95 (with no route number for the Bruckner Expressway past there) before the current numbering took place by 1970, with I-895 designated onto the Sheridan Expressway (which was subsequently downgraded to a state highway in 2017). (Full article...)
The clock's first incarnation was installed in 1989 on Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets, one block away from
Times Square, by New York real estate developer
Seymour Durst, who wanted to highlight the rising national debt. In 2004, the clock was dismantled and a new one installed near 44th Street and Sixth Avenue. In 2008, the U.S. national debt exceeded $10 (~$14.00 in 2023) trillion, one more digit than the clock could display. The lit dollar-sign in the clock's leftmost digit position was later changed to the "1" digit to represent the ten-trillionth place. In 2017, the clock was moved to One Bryant Park, near the original location. (Full article...)
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Viewed from the northeast, across the intersection of 44th Street and Lexington Avenue
The building was erected within "
Terminal City", a collection of buildings above Grand Central's underground tracks. As such, it occupies the real-estate
air rights above these tracks. The building's
superstructure is constructed entirely above the tracks of the terminal. The ground floor includes the "Graybar Passage", a publicly accessible passageway that leads from Lexington Avenue to Grand Central Terminal. On upper stories, the Graybar Building contains office space with
setbacks and "
light courts" to conform with the
1916 Zoning Resolution.
When the building's construction started in 1925, it was known as the Eastern Terminal Office Building. The structure was renamed after
Graybar, one of its original lessees, the next year. The Graybar Building opened in April 1927 and was fully leased within less than a year. Ownership of the building passed several times before the current owners,
SL Green Realty, bought it in 1998. The
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Graybar Building as an official landmark in 2016. (Full article...)
55 Wall Street's granite facade includes two stacked
colonnades facing Wall Street, each with twelve columns. Inside is a cruciform banking hall with a 60-foot (18 m)
vaulted ceiling,
Corinthian columns, marble floors and walls, and an
entablature around the interior. The banking hall was among the largest in the United States when it was completed. The offices of
Citibank's predecessor National City Bank were in the corners of the banking hall, while the fourth through eighth floors were used as office space.
The Merchants' Exchange building replaced a structure that had burned down in the
Great New York City Fire of 1835. 55 Wall Street subsequently hosted the
New York Stock Exchange, then the
United States Custom House until a new
Custom House building was developed on
Bowling Green in the 1900s. After 55 Wall Street was expanded, it served as the headquarters of National City Bank from 1908 to 1961; Citibank continued to own the building until 1992. The upper stories operated as a hotel from 2000 to 2003, then were renovated again and converted into the Cipriani Club Residencescondominium development in 2006. The original banking room became a ballroom. (Full article...)
The Bergen Street station was constructed by the
Independent Subway System (IND). It opened on March 20, 1933, as the original terminus of the Culver Line, which was known as the Smith Street Line or the South Brooklyn Line at the time. The station opened in advance of the opening of the remainder of the line to allow for it to compete with existing streetcar lines belonging to the
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). Once the rest of the line was opened on October 7, 1933, the line was extended, making Bergen Street a station for through trains. Bergen Street was renovated in the 1990s.
Bergen Street was constructed as a bi-level express station, though only the upper level is in use. The lower level is neither in regular service nor usable due to its deteriorated condition. The lower level was used when express service was provided on the Culver Line between 1968 and 1976. Express service was eliminated due to the loss of direct local service along the line to Manhattan. The express platforms were permanently removed from service during the 1990s, and due to a fire in 1999 the relay room was damaged, making the express tracks unusable. The relay room was rebuilt in 2008, and after repairs were done on the line, the implementation of express service became feasible. In 2019, express service returned to the line, though express trains bypass the Bergen Street station due to the high cost of rebuilding the express platforms, thus making Bergen Street a local station. (Full article...)
Stallman launched the
GNU Project in September 1983 to write a
Unix-like computer
operating system composed entirely of free software. With this, he also launched the free software movement. He has been the GNU project's lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software including, among others, the GNU Compiler Collection,
GNU Debugger, and GNU Emacs text editor. (Full article...)
The Bronx (/brɒŋks/) is a
borough of
New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the
U.S. state of
New York. It is south of
Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of
Manhattan, across the
Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of
Queens, across the
East River. The Bronx is the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island. The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,472,654 at the
2020 census, its highest decennial census count ever. If each borough were ranked as a city, the Bronx would rank as the
ninth-most-populous in the U.S. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest
population density. The population density of the Bronx was 32,718.7 inhabitants per square mile (12,632.8/km2) in 2022, the third-highest population density of any county in the United States, behind
Manhattan and
Brooklyn. With a population that is 54.8% Hispanic as of 2020, it is the
only majority-Hispanic county in the
Northeastern United States and the
fourth-most-populous nationwide.
The Bronx is divided by the
Bronx River into a hillier section in the
west, and a flatter
eastern section. East and west street names are divided by
Jerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County (modern-day Manhattan) in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, including
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Van Cortlandt Park,
Pelham Bay Park, the
New York Botanical Garden, and the
Bronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. The
Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden is thousands of years old and is New York City's largest remaining tract of the original forest that once covered the city. These open spaces are primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan. (Full article...)
Named after the Dutch town of
Breukelen in the Netherlands, Brooklyn shares a border with the borough of
Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the
East River, and is connected to
Staten Island by way of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. With a land area of 69.38 square miles (179.7 km2) and a water area of 27.48 square miles (71.2 km2), Kings County is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third smallest by total area. (Full article...)
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/STAT-ən) is the southernmost
borough of
New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of
New York. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of
New Jersey by the
Arthur Kill and the
Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by
New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the
2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2); it is also the least densely populated and most
suburban borough in the city.
A home to the
Lenape indigenous people, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was
consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the
city government. It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks. (Full article...)
With a population of 2,405,464 as of the
2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the
fourth most-populous in the U.S. after
New York City itself,
Los Angeles, and
Chicago. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated borough in New York City and the fourth-most densely populated
U.S. county. It is highly diverse as about 47% of its residents are
foreign-born. (Full article...)
Image 12Anderson Avenue garbage strike. A common scene throughout New York City in 1968 during a sanitation workers strike (from History of New York City (1946–1977))
Image 19The Sunday magazine of the New York World appealed to immigrants with this April 29, 1906 cover page celebrating their arrival at Ellis Island. (from History of New York City (1898–1945))
... that Lucy Feagin founded the
Feagin School of Dramatic Art in New York City, where talent scouts for radio, screen, and stage were always present to watch her senior students' plays?
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