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The site of the two towers was originally a lot that hosted the Consolidated Edison Kips Bay Generating Station. [6] The lot was one of three parcels purchased by Sheldon Solow (along with the former Consolidated Edison Waterside power plant on the east side of First Avenue from 38th to 41st streets) and was planned to be redeveloped as part of a seven-tower, $4 billion complex designed by ...
The William A. Clark House, nicknamed "Clark's Folly", [2] was a mansion located at 962 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of its intersection with East 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was demolished in 1927 and replaced with a luxury apartment building (960 Fifth Avenue).
Entrance to The Oak Bar in August 2008. The Oak Bar is closely associated with the Oak Room and adjoins it [5]: 22 but is a separate entity. [2] [3] The Oak Bar was established in its current location on the northwest corner of the Plaza Hotel in 1945 when the hotel was owned by Conrad Hilton (or re-established – the area may have been part of the Men's Bar between 1912 and 1920).
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union, is a private college on Cooper Square in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France.
Cathers, David M. (1981) Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: Stickley and Roycroft Mission Oak New American Library, New York, ISBN 0-453-00397-4; Champney, Freeman (1968) Art & glory; the story of Elbert Hubbard Crown Publishers, New York, OCLC 274494
The William K. Vanderbilt House, also known as the Petit Chateau, was a Châteauesque mansion at 660 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street.
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He arrived at New York City on May 10, 1895, and was subsequently established in New York as a molder and finisher of copperware. By 1897 he had opened his own firm in New York and on July 1, 1902, became a U.S. citizen with silversmith as his occupation. After 1902 he was listed in city directories both at 948 Broadway and at 227 West 29th Street.