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Stamford, Connecticut
00:00:59 1 History
00:04:09 2 Geography
00:05:16 2.1 Climate
00:07:40 2.2 Neighborhoods
00:07:56 2.2.1 Zip codes
00:08:47 2.2.2 Islands
00:09:03 3 Demographics
00:09:23 3.1 Age and gender
00:10:08 3.2 Education
00:10:43 3.3 Ethnicity and race
00:12:44 3.4 Housing
00:13:40 3.5 Income
00:14:29 4 Politics
00:15:28 5 Transportation
00:15:37 5.1 Mass transit
00:18:35 5.2 Airports
00:19:12 5.3 Buses
00:20:13 5.4 Highways
00:21:45 6 Economy
00:23:07 7 Crime
00:24:01 8 Emergency services
00:24:10 8.1 Stamford Emergency Medical Services
00:25:06 8.2 Fire department
00:25:55 8.3 Police Department
00:26:59 9 Education
00:29:33 10 Libraries
00:30:15 11 Sports
00:30:51 12 Parks and recreation sites
00:35:12 13 Arts, science, and cultural attractions
00:35:23 13.1 Science and nature
00:36:22 13.2 Theatre, film, and video
00:37:44 13.2.1 Movies shot in Stamford
00:37:53 13.3 Music
00:38:51 13.4 Fine Art
00:39:25 13.5 Interior Design Community
00:39:43 14 Media
00:41:25 14.1 Print media
00:42:05 14.2 Radio stations in the city
00:42:36 15 Notable people
00:42:45 16 Sister cities
00:43:09 17 See also
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- Socrates
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Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643. As of 2017, according to the Census Bureau, the population of Stamford had risen to 131,000, making it the third-largest city in the state (behind Bridgeport and New Haven) and the seventh-largest city in New England. Approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro area which is a part of the Greater New York metropolitan area.
Stamford is home to four Fortune 500 Companies, nine Fortune 1000 Companies, and 13 current 100 Companies, as well as numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives Stamford the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City itself and one of the largest concentrations of corporations in the United States.
Remembering Grant Tinker, Sammy Lee, Andrew Sachs, Milt Moss, Jim Delligatti and the Big Mac
The Television Genius
AN EYE FOR TELEVISION QUALITY, A GOLD MEDALIST, THE SPANISH WAITER, A MAN IN STOMACH DISTRESS, AND TWO ALL-BEEF PATTIES
Grant Tinker was the American television executive who, along with his then-wife Mary Tyler Moore, founded MTM Enterprises. Their company created many of the best-known shows of the 1970’s and early 1980’s including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show and Rhoda. Tinker later went on to become the CEO of NBC and rescued the network with shows such as The Cosby Show and Cheers. Sammy Lee was the first Asian-American to win gold medals at the Olympics, winning in both 1948 and 1952 as a diver. He was the Sullivan Award winner in 1953. Andrew Sachs was the British actor who played the iconic role of Manuel the waiter in the legendary British television series, Fawlty Towers. Milt Moss was the actor who starred in a famous commercial that featured the line “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing.” Jim Delligatti was the Pittsburgh McDonald’s franchisee who invented the Big Mac.
Grant Almerin Tinker (January 11, 1926 – November 28, 2016) was an American television executive who served as Chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986. Additionally, he was the co-founder of MTM Enterprises and a television producer. Tinker was the husband of actress and producer Mary Tyler Moore for 19 years (1962–1981).
Tinker was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Margaret (née Hessin) and Arthur Almerin Tinker.
During World War II, Tinker served in the United States Army Air Forces Reserve. He graduated from Dartmouth College. His sons, Mark and John, are also producers. In 1961, Tinker rejoined NBC and was the head of West Coast programming, where he developed I Spy, Dr. Kildare, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tinker married Moore in 1962. In 1969, they formed the television production company MTM Enterprises. Tinker hired Room 222 writers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns to create and produce the company's first television series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. MTM produced such popular American sitcoms and drama television series as Rhoda, The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere. After his divorce from Moore in 1981, Tinker left MTM to become the chairman and CEO of NBC, then the perennial last-place American television network (in terms of Nielsen ratings and profits). During Tinker's tenure in NBC's top position, the network regained ratings and produced the popular shows The Cosby Show, Family Ties, The Golden Girls, Cheers, Night Court, and Hill Street Blues. Tinker left the network in 1986, shortly after its parent company RCA was bought by General Electric. After leaving NBC, Tinker tried to repeat his success with MTM by forming GTG (Grant Tinker-Gannett) Entertainment, but the business venture failed and the company closed in 1990.
Sam Lee (born 6 July 1980) is a British folk singer and traditional music specialist. His debut album, Ground of its Own was shortlisted for the 2012 Mercury Music Award.[1] Lee performs as part of an ensemble, Sam Lee and Friends.
Lee became known as a traditional music specialist dedicated to collecting, restoring and sharing ancient music from Britain and Ireland; in particular from the Romany Gypsy and Irish traveller communities. Lee has spent much time song-collecting from these communities. The debut album has been described as the result of six years of complete immersion in traditional British folk music.[2] His music involves re-working and instrumental arrangements of songs from the tradition. Lee is the creator and manager of the folk-music promotional network, The Nest Collective, which hosts various folk music events in London and beyond. Lee regularly works with the English Folk Dance and Song Society to archive and curate traditional music as well as educate through writings and classes
Geoffrey C. Ward, Leon Levy Annual Lecture, Sept. 27, 2018
Geoffrey C. Ward delivers 11th Annual Leon Levy Lecture, The Biographer's Dilemma: Searching for the Known and the Unknowable
BuildingNY:NYStories - Charles Massoud
In 1992, Charles Massoud decided to give up a lucrative career with IBM for the uncertainty of owning and operating a vineyard...on Long Island. From that time on, Paumanok Vineyard was no longer a hobby for Mr. Massoud and his family. As he tells host Michael Stoler, he was inebriated with the idea of the wine business.
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947) is an American musician and actor best known by his stage name Meat Loaf. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose and his powerful vocals over a three-octave range. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide. After 35 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time.
Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and earned a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song I'd Do Anything for Love on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native US. However, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for the number of weeks overall spent on the charts as of 2006. He ranked 96th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
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Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Benny Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as the King of Swing.
In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music.
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