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New York Now: Discussion

27 July 2008

Early plans from 1957 for Pan Am’s flying saucer-shaped JFK Terminal 3 (now used by Delta) initially included a whopping nine gate positions.
From Beijing to Madrid, cutting-edge designs and innovations are transforming the ways we experience the world’s airports and air travel. How is New York’s airport system, which remains the busiest in the country, [...]

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New York Now: Discussion

New York Civic President, Henry J. Stern, will lead a roundtable discussion about historic development battles that have shaped New York City’s transportation infrastructure and the architectural contours. A distinguished panel will discuss the memorable battles fought over the Westway proposal of the 1970s, which would have moved the Westside Highway underground, and the Huntington [...]

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…While They’re Hot

Unfortunately it seems that Cliff Huxtable’s iconic sweaters are not as big a draw as had been hoped by those auctioning them off on Ebay. As of today, Urbanite reports that no potential buyers have ponied up the starting bid of $5,000 to get things going. The sellers have even thrown in free shipping…maybe if [...]

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¡Viva Puerto Rico!

Despite the heat, thousands lined Fifth Avenue today to celebrate the 51st annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade. This year Dennis Rivera, leader of the Service Employees International Healthcare Union, was the parade’s grand marshal and led the procession up Fifth from 44th Street to 86th Street.
Rivera was joined by a cavalcade of politicians [...]

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New York Now: Exhibition

In 1937, the Board of Water Supply (the current Department of Environmental Protection) commissioned a massive 3D relief map of the NYC watershed for the 1939 World’s Fair that measured almost 700 square feet. The work traced the city’s water supply system from the outermost, upstream tributaries of the Delaware River to sea level at [...]

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Subway Mosaic Artist Unwittingly Gets it Right

Ever notice how despondent the two parents look in the mosaic art work in the 8th Street-NYU subway station in Manhattan? When you think about it, its really not that they’re lost and trying to find their way with a map, but rather, their daughter just pointed to NYU’s Silver Center (the old Main [...]

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