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A Jubilee Clip is a genericised brand name for a worm drive hose clamp, a type of band clamp, consisting of a circular metal band or strip combined with a worm gear fixed to one end. It is designed to hold a soft, pliable hose onto a rigid circular pipe, or sometimes a solid spigot, of smaller diameter.
The Ansonia Hotel on Broadway at the intersection with Amsterdam Avenue (image from 1905) This is an incomplete list of former hotels in Manhattan , New York City . Former hotels in Manhattan
The hotel was particularly known for its restaurant, the Café Lafayette, and drew its clientele from New York's French expatriates and the bohemians of Greenwich Village. John Reed described the hotel as "the real link between the old Village and the new, since it was the cradle of artistic life in New York." After Orteig's retirement in 1929 ...
The Berkshire Hotel was purchased in 1959 by the Knott Hotels Corporation. [11] Knott subsequently built a 15-story, 158-room addition. [16] In 1977, the hotel was acquired by Dunfey Hotels, a subsidiary of Aer Lingus, [17] for $9.7 million, becoming the first hotel in New York City to be run by that chain. [18]
The Peninsula New York Hotel used 38,000 dazzling baubles and 58,000 LED lights. Stefano Giovannini for N.Y.Post Guests of the Peninsula walk through the winter wonderland.
The 1954 unveiling of a stained-glass depiction of Peter Stuyvesant in Butler Library at Columbia University, a gift of the Netherlands Antilles.It commemorated the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam, though it was actually dedicated on its 329th anniversary according to the date on the Seal of New York City, or on the 301st anniversary of the city receiving municipal rights.
The holiday spectacular, which has been playing in New York since 1933, added a new number set to the song this year. Strickland is also fond of it (she sings along backstage during her quick change).
The Mount Vernon Hotel operated until 1833, when it was purchased by Jeremiah Towle, who converted it to a private residence. His daughters continued to live in the house through 1905, when the Standard Gas Light Company bought the house and erected gas tanks nearby. [2] The house was then bought by Jane Teller Robinson in 1919. [2]