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Macleod, David I. Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920 (Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004), a standard scholarly history. Putney, Clifford W. "Going Upscale: The YMCA and Postwar America, 1950-1990." Journal of Sport History 20#2 1993, pp. 151–166. online
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
The Herndon Building was a contributing property in the Sweet Auburn Historic District of Atlanta, Georgia, located across Auburn Avenue from the Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium. Begun in 1924 and completed the following year, it was a three-story L-shaped brick building, "easily recognized by the large H located on the front facade of the ...
In 2003, S. 1671, a White House Archives bill was passed to designate the facility of the United States Postal Serviceat 10701 Abercorn Street in Savannah as the "J. C. Lewis Jr. Post Office Building". [13] J.C. Lewis Jr. was posthumously honored with other philanthropists in 2006 when the YMCA cited its major contributors. [14] [15]
The squared-top "king" tower (Corporate Center VI) is on the immediate east side of 400, the round arcs of the "queen" tower (Corporate Center V) are in turn immediately east of it. At 570 feet (173.7 m) and 553 feet (168.6 m) to their spire tops, these are the two tallest suburban buildings in the United States , and 14th and 17th in metro ...
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Truist Plaza is a 265.48 m (871.0 ft) 60 story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta.It was designed by John C. Portman Jr. of John Portman & Associates and built from 1989 to 1992.
1882 Boston YMCA building. The YMCA of Greater Boston, founded in 1851, was the first YMCA in the United States. The organization began as a modest Evangelical association, and by the late nineteenth century, had become a major social service organization dedicated to improving the lives of young men.