Monthly Archives: September, 2017
Quotable NYC
“Educationally, New York is to the United States what Paris is to France… Whoever seeks intellectual stimulation will find it in America’s first city.” — Sidney Hook
It Happened Today in New York City
On September 29, 2002, after 97 years of business, the beloved Lower East Side kosher delicatessen Ratner’s closed its doors. Said to be one of the spots where Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky planned some of their earliest nefarious business deals, the dairy-based restaurant specialized in such brunch staples as blintzes, potato pancakes, and kasha …
It Happened Today in New York City
On September 28, 1932, at Yankee Stadium, the Yanks played the first World Series game of what would turn out to be a 4-game sweep over the Chicago Cubs. For the Bambino, it was his 10th and last Series and the one in which he would (in Game 3) make his legendary “called home run”. …
BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE — Louis Auchincloss
Happy 100th Birthday to the late, great Louis Auchincloss! The privileged and pedigreed son of the Upper East Side who worked as a lawyer but lived as a novelist published over 60 books before his death at age 92. Following in the tradition of other upper crust New York authors like Edith Wharton and Henry …
Quotable NYC
“I can’t imagine living anywhere other than New York.” — Lawrence Block
BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE — Phil Rizzuto
Happy 100th Birthday to the late, great Phil Rizzuto! The Brooklyn native who played his entire professional baseball career with the New York Yankees went on to become the longest serving announcer in the team’s history, with 40 years in the booth. Voted MVP in 1950 and still holding several World Series records, Rizzuto was …
The Top 100 Greatest NYC Buildings — #26
Rockefeller Center Architect: Raymond Hood, Associated Architects Style: Art Deco Use: Various Opened: 1932-1939 Borough: Manhattan Declared by the AIA “the greatest urban complex of the 20th century”, this midtown masterpiece is admittedly a complex, not a single building. But it is also perfectly designed for the interdependence of many of the grandest buildings of …
The Top 100 Greatest NYC Buildings — #27
Metropolitan Opera Architect: Wallace K. Harrison Style: Modern Use: Theatre Opened: 1966 Borough: Manhattan The focal point of the magnificent modern performing arts complex of Lincoln Center, the largest opera house in the world could accommodate a 45-story building which, laid on its side, would stretch from the back of the stage to the back …
The Top 100 Greatest NYC Buildings — #28
AIG Building Architect: Clinton & Russell and Holton & George Style: Art Deco Use: Offices Opened: 1932 Borough: Manhattan This jagged javelin of Art Deco verticality is the 10th tallest building in NYC and the 24th tallest in the U.S. though, unlike several of its neighbors, it has never held the world title. Though it …
The Top 100 Greatest NYC Buildings — #29
Polo Ralph Lauren Store Architect: Kimball & Thompson Style: French Revival Use: Retail Opened: 1898 Borough: Manhattan This Upper East Side chateau was commissioned by, and built as a home for, Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo, who never moved into it. Converted for shops in 1921 when it was occupied by an antiques firm, it has since …
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