Monthly Archives: February, 2018
It Happened Today in New York City
On February 18, 1933, former Heavyweight Champion of the World James J. Corbett died at his home in Bayside, Queens. Known as “Gentleman Jim”, Corbett faced some of the most legendary fighters of turn-of-the-century boxing, including Tom Sharkey, Bob Fitzsimmons, and Jim Jeffries. But he is best known for ushering in the era of Queensbury …
It Happened Today in New York City
On February 17, 1933, Newsweek magazine began publication under the direction of Thomas J.C. Martyn. Though not an experienced journalist, Martyn had become invaluable to Time magazine because of his political knowledge and proficiency with languages. After resigning from the magazine he started his own and Newsweek would eventually become an eminent and recognizable publication. …
ANSWER:
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It Happened Today in New York City
On February 15, 1918, dancer Vernon Castle was killed in an airplane accident. Together with his wife Irene, Castle had become an enormously popular ballroom and theatre dancer. Performing on Broadway, in vaudeville, and in silent movies, Vernon and Irene Castle collaborated with musical masters such as Irving Berlin and James Reese Europe. When World …
National Ferris Wheel Day
February 14th, in honor of the birthday of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., is National Ferris Wheel Day! Ferris created his first wheel for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. New York’s most famous wheel is, of course, the Wonder Wheel in Coney Island. But there have been on-again/off-again plans for a new and …
QUESTION:
Stanley Kubrick, a native of the Belmont neighborhood in the Bronx, began his visual arts career as a staff photographer for what magazine?
Quotable NYC
“A city like this one makes me dream tall and feel in on things.” — Toni Morrison
It Happened Today in New York City
On February 11, 1968, the new Madison Square Garden opened with a salute to the USO. Built over the platforms of the old Penn Station, the arena hosted such luminaries as Senator Jacob Javits, Chase Bank Chairman George Champion, Mayor John Lindsay, athletes Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, and entertainers Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. …
Quotable NYC
“Ride the New York subways one day. You could fall in love or get snake bitten or see a baby born. Hear a conductor do Elvis routines between stops. Buy a cabbage or a condom… Every car on the local trains that leave the station will be filled to its ‘crush load’ capacity of ISO …
Quotable NYC
“City of glorious days, Of hope, and labour and mirth, With room and to spare on thy splendid bays For the ships of all the earth.” — Richard Watson Gilder
Beautiful New York 
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