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The Cavendish Club was a prestigious contract bridge club founded in 1925 by Wilbur Whitehead in association with Gratz M. Scott and Edwin A. Wetzlar. Initially located at the Mayfair House (65th and Park Avenue) in New York City, it relocated several times [1] with a final address in a townhouse on 73rd.
Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...
This article lists the 116 National Historic Landmarks in New York City. One of the New York City sites is also a national monument, and there are two more national monuments in New York City. In New York state, there are 276 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any state.
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority's chairman, Robert Moses, first envisioned a convention center for New York City in 1944. [9] Separately, in 1946, the Madison Square Garden Corporation proposed building a large sports arena along the western edge of Columbus Circle between 58th and 60th Streets, supplementing the existing Madison Square Garden (MSG) ten blocks south. [10]
Harry J. Fishbein (April 18, 1897 – February 19, 1976) was an American bridge player and club owner. [1] He used to be a professional basketball player. In teams-of-four competition, Fishbein was a runner-up for the world championship in the 1959 Bermuda Bowl, playing on the United States team in a three-way round-robin among Europe, North America, and South America representatives. [2]
Van Tran Flat Bridge, formerly called the Mott's Flat Bridge and also known as the Livingston Manor Bridge Sullivan County: 1860 117 Willowemoc Creek: Newfield Bridge: Tompkins County: 1853 115 Cayuga Creek: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [2] Ashokan Bridge, or New Paltz Campus Bridge or Turnwood Bridge Ulster ...
The High Street station, also signed as High Street–Brooklyn Bridge, and also referred to as Brooklyn Bridge Plaza and Cranberry Street, [4] [5] [6] is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Cadman Plaza East near Red Cross Place and the Brooklyn Bridge approach in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Its ...
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) [1] is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written."