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The "Prometheus Fountain," with its attendant restaurants, ice skating rink (winter), has become one of the most visited and photographed places in New York City, and certainly Rockefeller Center's most photographed, especially around Christmas time with the lighting of its Christmas Tree. [12] The statue is 18 ft (5.5 m) tall and weighs 8 tons ...
The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 89 seconds, set in January 2025. [ 5 ] The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [ 6 ]
Paul Howard Manship was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on December 25, 1885, the son of Charles H. and Mary Etta (Friend) Manship.His father, born in Mississippi, was a clerk for the St. Paul gas company, and with his wife, who was born in Pennsylvania, were parents of seven children.
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The New York–Dublin Portal (also simply known as The Portal) is an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio).
The first private owner of the site was physician David Hosack, who purchased twenty acres of rural land from New York City in 1801 and opened the country's first public botanical garden, the Elgin Botanic Garden, on the site. [8] [9] [10] The gardens operated until 1811, [11] [12] and by 1823 the property was under the ownership of Columbia ...
The Park Row Building, at 391 feet (119 m), was the city's tallest building from 1899 to 1908, [27] and the world's tallest office building during the same time span. [28] By 1900, fifteen skyscrapers in New York City exceeded 250 feet (76 m) in height. [23]: 280 New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper.
New York City Designated Landmark and one of four retractable bridges in the country [11] Third Street Bridge: 1905 [10] 350 feet: Third Street: Ninth Street Bridge: 1999 [10] 700 feet: Ninth Street: Vertical Lift Bridge Culver Viaduct: 1933 [12] 0.6 miles trains: passes over the Ninth Street Bridge, carrying 4 tracks, 2 express and 2 local ...