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The avenue's official name was changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945 by the City Council, at the behest of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, [25] who signed the bill into law on October 2, 1945. [26] The intent was to honor "Pan-American ideals and principles" [ 27 ] and the nations of Central and South America, and to encourage those countries to ...
250 Water Street is a site in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Most recently occupied by a parking lot, the site is being developed into a mixed-use building by Seaport Entertainment Group. The site is located in the South Street Seaport, one of the city's historic districts.
The SSMAC Club. The Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club was a private social club founded in 1919 and located at 283 Lexington Avenue between East 36th and 37th Streets in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
The Penn Club of New York City (1901) and clubs in-residence Columbia University Club of New York (lost clubhouse in 1973) [345] NYU Club (lost clubhouse in 1989) [346] The Williams Club (lost clubhouse in 2010) The Yale Club of New York City (1897), the largest private club in the world, [5] which awarded the Heisman Trophy in 2002 and 2003 ...
South Street Seaport is served by the M15 and M15 SBS New York City Bus routes. [68] New York Water Taxi directly serves South Street Seaport on Fridays, weekends, and holidays during the summer, while other New York Water Taxi, NYC Ferry, and SeaStreak ferries serve the nearby ferry slip at Pier 11/Wall Street daily. [69]
[23] [106] New York Times critic Ada Louise Huxtable, writing in 1960, said that 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 28 Liberty Street, and 270 Park Avenue all had a "still too-rare esthetic excellence". [58] Huxtable also characterized 1271 Avenue of the Americas' spaces as "flexible architectural anarchy". [81]
Mar. 31—MYSTIC — Mystic Seaport Museum is completing the restoration of the Pilot, a historic wooden schooner that now operates as an upscale oyster bar and restaurant docked in Brooklyn, N.Y ...
1345 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the AllianceBernstein Building and formerly the Burlington House) is a 625-foot (191 m)-tall, 50-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1] Located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets , the building was built by Fisher Brothers and designed by Emery Roth & Sons .