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Fred Lebow (June 3, 1932 – October 9, 1994), born Fischel Lebowitz, was a Holocaust survivor, runner, race director, and founder of the New York City Marathon.Born in Arad, Romania, he presided over the transformation of the race from one with 55 finishers in 1970 to one of the largest marathons in the world with more than 52,000 finishers in 2018. [1]
The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, [3] [4] with 53,627 finishers in 2019 [5] and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. [3]
The Broadgate development was constructed between 1985 and 1991, with 330,000 m 2 (3,600,000 sq ft) of office space on the site of the former Broad Street station and above the Liverpool Street tracks. [77] Proceeds from the Broadgate development were used to help fund the station modernisation. [78]
He came up two minutes short in last year's New York City marathon, but a month later, finished in 2:57 in Tucson, Arizona. This year, he's running to support Project Healthy Minds.
For those in New York City, the race is generally open to spectators from mile 3 to mile 26, per the marathon's organizers. Locally, the race will be televised on WABC-TV Channel 7 from 8 a.m. to ...
Liverpool Street is Britain’s busiest station according to the most recent Office of Rail and Road data, having seen 80.4 million entries and exits from its platforms between 1 April 2022 and 31 ...
It was relocated c.1990 when the station was renovated, and moved to a site above the main station concourse, near the entrance from Liverpool Street. An inscription reading "Great Eastern Railway", removed from the nearby Harwich House when it was demolished as part of the renovations, was installed above the relocated memorial.
The 1989 New York City Marathon was the 20th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa in a time of 2:08:01 hours while the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30.