Monthly Archives: November, 2018
Quotable NYC
“New York is not a capital city – it is not a national capital or a state capital. But it is by way of becoming the capital of the world.” — E.B. White
Quotable NYC
“You don’t look at each other on the subway.” — Simon Pegg
ANSWER:
Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch
QUESTION:
What are the names of the only two people in history – both native New Yorkers and both composers – to have won the EGOT combination plus the Pulitzer Prize?
Quotable NYC
“I travel the world, but find my real inspiration comes from New York.” — James Kieran Pine
Quotable NYC
“Certain nights, when I was restless and nothing was working out, I’d take the D over the Manhattan Bridge. As the train left the tunnel and began to cross the East River I’d step between the cars. This, for some reason, made me happy. It wasn’t really dangerous and the view it afforded of New …
It Happened Today in New York City
On November 24, 1903, St. Vincent’s Hospital opened in New Brighton, Staten Island. In the former W.T. Garner Mansion, the 74-bed hospital was operated by the Sisters of Mercy of New York, an order of nuns established by the first American-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Eventually renamed the Bayley Seton Medical Center, the hospital underwent …
It Happened Today in New York City
On November 23, 1968, Luciano Pavarotti made his Metropolitan Opera debut exactly 65 years after Caruso’s first performance with the same company. As Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Boheme, the young Italian tenor was faulted for “stiff acting” but praised for the extraordinary natural beauty of his voice. Finding early support from opera super couple Richard …
It Happened Today in New York City
On November 22, 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart died of pneumonia after a final 3-day drinking spree. The chronically depressed and alcoholic Hart had suppressed his homosexuality in an age when, even in the world of American theatre, it was not accepted. While wrestling with his demons, he wrote some of the lightest, wittiest, most charming …
ANSWER:
The fare for the Staten Island Ferry Congratulations to Andrea Coyle for getting the correct answer first!
Beautiful New York 
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