Monthly Archives: October, 2014
Happy Halloween!
Dress up in costume and you can march in the legendary Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. For some New Yorkers, this is the most fun holiday in the entire calendar. In a city this stylish, there can be little surprise that mature adults would celebrate a holiday that has become all about attire, even as other …
Buy a Doughnut Day
Just when you thought food-based holidays couldn’t get any more specific, October 30 turns out to be Buy a Doughnut Day. The famous pastry’s origins have been disputed, but here at Beautiful New York, we like the theory that they were invented by Dutch settlers in North America. Because we all know where the foremost …
ANSWER:
Finish the New York City Marathon Congratulations to yoshore for getting the correct answer first!
QUESTION:
In November, 2000, confined to crutches due to Multiple Sclerosis, Zoe Koplowitz took 36 hours and 9 minutes to do what?
BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE — Dylan Thomas
The Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, was born on this day, 100 years ago. He spent his last three years touring America, making New York his base. While living here, he frequented such institutions as Gotham Book Mart, Café San Remo, Chelsea Hotel, and the White Horse Tavern. After a long night of drinking, he fell …
Pretzel Day
Yes indeed, that extraordinarily popular, salty, savory baked good has its own special day! And what better way to celebrate than to go to a New York City food cart and have a sumptuous, hot pretzel. Baked in Europe since the 12th century, pretzels first made their mark on this side of the Atlantic in …
It Happened Today in New York City
On October 25, 1939, George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart’s sparkling comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner, opened on Broadway. Monty Woolley played a character inspired by Alexander Woollcott and the supporting cast was peppered with thinly veiled parodies of popular personalities of the day. Later inspiring a Hollywood film, the play would run …
New York Is… Fashion
A poster in New York reads “Tolerant of your beliefs, judgmental of your shoes.” A movie set in New York high society features the line “I can afford a blemish on my character but not on my clothes.” The message is clear: New Yorkers take fashion seriously. The home of some of the most famous …
ANSWER:
Edgar Allan Poe Congratulations to Andrea Coyle for getting the correct answer first!
It Happened Today in New York City
On October 22, 1929, Beaux Arts architect Thomas Hastings died in New York City at age 69. A partner in the legendary firm of Carrère & Hastings, he had contributed to the design of some of the city’s most celebrated buildings, including the New York Public Library, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the Henry Clay Frick House, …
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