Author Archive: Matthew Baker
Time to Say Goodbye
To our dear, highly esteemed readers: Yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of the Beautiful NY blog. We have posted here every single day without fail for five years. That makes 1,826 blog posts about our favorite city in the world. And the decision has been made to use that energy to pursue new horizons and …
Quotable NYC
“In New York, everyone’s in motion, in progress, right there in front of you – in the moment.” — Eugene Pack
It Happened Today in New York City
On December 30, 1868, Andrew Haswell Green proposed the amalgamation of Greater New York. The visionary city planner had already served on the school board and the Central Park Commission and was active in the creation of the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the …
It Happened Today in New York City
On December 29, 1968, the New York Jets avenged their Heidi loss against the Oakland Raiders and won the AFL title at Shea Stadium. Less than six weeks after the most notorious snafu in the history of sports broadcasting, when Jets fans didn’t see their heroes snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against their …
Quotable NYC
“Everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life.” — Irving Berlin
ANSWER:
The Bitter Tea of General Yen Congratulations to Marie France Lefebvre for getting the correct answer first! This was the last Trivia Tuesday question of the year. We have a new champion! Patrick Casey eight first correct answers, followed by 2014 champion Andrea Coyle with six. 3-time champion Marie France Lefebvre comes in third with five …
It Happened Today in New York City
On December 26, 1968, legendary photographer Weegee died of a brain tumor. A major pioneer in street photography and crime photography, the Ukrainian immigrant who was born Arthur Fellig sold his photos to newspapers and other periodicals and competed with the police to be the first at the scene of a crime. He kept a …
QUESTION:
What was the first movie to screen at Radio City Music Hall?
It Happened Today in New York City
On December 24, 1993, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale died of a stroke in a small village just north of the city. The pastor of Marble Collegiate Church for over 52 years, Dr. Peale was also the author of The Power of Positive Thinking, founder of the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, and host of …
Quotable NYC
“I still believed in possibilities then, still had the sense, so peculiar to New York, that something extraordinary would happen any minute. Any day. Any month.” — Joan Didion
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