Manhattan Nights - In 1880, the first electric street lights, arc lamps, were installed on Broadway from 14th to 26th Streets.
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Always Remember
The Tribute in Light was a temporary installation of lights placed at the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of blue light in remembrance of the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001.
On each September 11 starting in 2003, the lights blazed into the night sky. On a clear night, the lights were seen from over 60 miles away, clearly visible to all of New York City and most of northern New Jersey, Long Island, and as far south as Hamilton, New Jersey-near Trenton.
The tribute will run in 2008 and has not been funded beyond 2008.
The Tribute in Light was a temporary installation of lights placed at the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of blue light in remembrance of the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001.
On each September 11 starting in 2003, the lights blazed into the night sky. On a clear night, the lights were seen from over 60 miles away, clearly visible to all of New York City and most of northern New Jersey, Long Island, and as far south as Hamilton, New Jersey-near Trenton.
The tribute will run in 2008 and has not been funded beyond 2008.
Broadway and 60
New York City’s famous street, Broadway, is associated with live theater and Times Square, but Broadway is also one of the world’s longest streets.
It originates in Lower Manhattan at Bowling Green and ends in Albany, New York, a distance of 150 miles.
Broadway’s original name was the Wiechquaekeck Trail, an Algonquin Native American trade route.
New York City’s famous street, Broadway, is associated with live theater and Times Square, but Broadway is also one of the world’s longest streets.
It originates in Lower Manhattan at Bowling Green and ends in Albany, New York, a distance of 150 miles.
Broadway’s original name was the Wiechquaekeck Trail, an Algonquin Native American trade route.
Water Stones
On May 14, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts became a reality in September, 1962 when the first of its performing spaces, Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), was inaugurated with a concert of music by Vaughan Williams and Mahler (among others) played by the New York Philharmonic conducted by its Music Director of the time, Leonard Bernstein.
On May 14, 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts became a reality in September, 1962 when the first of its performing spaces, Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall), was inaugurated with a concert of music by Vaughan Williams and Mahler (among others) played by the New York Philharmonic conducted by its Music Director of the time, Leonard Bernstein.
Big Apple
John J. Fitzgerald, a reporter for the Morning Telegraph, used the term during the 1920s in his newspaper column Around the Big Apple. The term apple was used by stable hands in New Orleans when referring to horse racing and racetracks. Fitzgerald may have picked up the term from jockeys and trainers in New Orleans who aspired to race on the Big Apple, meaning a New York City racetrack.
In 1997 the corner of 54th & Broadway, where Fitzgerald lived for 30 years, was renamed Big Apple Corner.
John J. Fitzgerald, a reporter for the Morning Telegraph, used the term during the 1920s in his newspaper column Around the Big Apple. The term apple was used by stable hands in New Orleans when referring to horse racing and racetracks. Fitzgerald may have picked up the term from jockeys and trainers in New Orleans who aspired to race on the Big Apple, meaning a New York City racetrack.
In 1997 the corner of 54th & Broadway, where Fitzgerald lived for 30 years, was renamed Big Apple Corner.
72nd Street Subway
468 subway stations service 4.5 million riders on an average weekday, which means approximately 1.4 billion riders per year.Twenty-six routes carry riders over 660 miles of track each day.
How much electrical power is reqired? Enough to light the city of Bufflo, New York for an entire year.
Looking closely at the photograph, a vertical beam of blue light is in the background-”Tribute in Light” (Photograph taken September 11, 2004.)
468 subway stations service 4.5 million riders on an average weekday, which means approximately 1.4 billion riders per year.Twenty-six routes carry riders over 660 miles of track each day.
How much electrical power is reqired? Enough to light the city of Bufflo, New York for an entire year.
Looking closely at the photograph, a vertical beam of blue light is in the background-”Tribute in Light” (Photograph taken September 11, 2004.)
Saint Patricks At Night
The cornerstone of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral was laid in 1858, but work on the building was suspended during the Civil War. Construction started again in 1865.
John Cardinal McCloskey, the first American Cardinal, opened the doors in May, 1879.
Everyday hugh crowds pass by and through Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st street, but when the cornerstone was laid—the location was far outside the city in the wilderness.
The cornerstone of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral was laid in 1858, but work on the building was suspended during the Civil War. Construction started again in 1865.
John Cardinal McCloskey, the first American Cardinal, opened the doors in May, 1879.
Everyday hugh crowds pass by and through Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st street, but when the cornerstone was laid—the location was far outside the city in the wilderness.
Sunday Night In Times Square
Until 1904, when the New York Times moved to 43rd street just off Broadway, the area was known as Longacre Square.
Longacre Square in New York and London was originally the carriage trade center where carriages were built and repaired.
The New Year’s Eve tradition of lowering a lighted ball in Times Square was started by the newspaper. The first ball descended from a flag pole in 1907. Made of iron and wood, with one hundred 25 watt light bulbs, it was dropped one second after midnight.
Until 1904, when the New York Times moved to 43rd street just off Broadway, the area was known as Longacre Square.
Longacre Square in New York and London was originally the carriage trade center where carriages were built and repaired.
The New Year’s Eve tradition of lowering a lighted ball in Times Square was started by the newspaper. The first ball descended from a flag pole in 1907. Made of iron and wood, with one hundred 25 watt light bulbs, it was dropped one second after midnight.
Rose Center
The largest suspended glass curtain wall in the United States.
The glass cube is made with 736 individual panes, nearly an acre of glass. The average size of each glass pane is 5x10.5 feet.
The largest suspended glass curtain wall in the United States.
The glass cube is made with 736 individual panes, nearly an acre of glass. The average size of each glass pane is 5x10.5 feet.
Schubert Alley
Broadway and Off-Broadway refers to the number of seats in the theater, not the theater's location.
Broadway theaters must have 500 or more seats.
Off-Broadway theaters must have 100 to 499 seats, and Off-Off-Broadway theaters have 99 seats or less.
Schubert Alley connects 44th and 45th streets between 8th Avenue and Broadway. Schubert alley is home to the famous Schubert Theater, site of the long running play "A Chorus Line"
Broadway and Off-Broadway refers to the number of seats in the theater, not the theater's location.
Broadway theaters must have 500 or more seats.
Off-Broadway theaters must have 100 to 499 seats, and Off-Off-Broadway theaters have 99 seats or less.
Schubert Alley connects 44th and 45th streets between 8th Avenue and Broadway. Schubert alley is home to the famous Schubert Theater, site of the long running play "A Chorus Line"
Give My Regards to Broadway
The first electric marquee appeared on Broadway in 1891 at a theater on Madison Square at Broadway and 23rd Street. The famous Flatiron Building now occupies the site.
By midway through the following decade, the street blazed with electric signs as each theater announced its shows and stars in white lights.
With the advent of a subway system, several lines converging at 42nd Street and Broadway, Times Square became the obvious choice for a new theater district.
There were so many theaters with bright white lights, it became known as the “Great White Way”!
The first electric marquee appeared on Broadway in 1891 at a theater on Madison Square at Broadway and 23rd Street. The famous Flatiron Building now occupies the site.
By midway through the following decade, the street blazed with electric signs as each theater announced its shows and stars in white lights.
With the advent of a subway system, several lines converging at 42nd Street and Broadway, Times Square became the obvious choice for a new theater district.
There were so many theaters with bright white lights, it became known as the “Great White Way”!
