Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal (GCT) is a commuter (and former intercity) railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it is the largest such facility in the world by number of platforms with 44 serving 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. The terminal covers an area of 48 acres (19 ha).
The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York State, and Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. Until 1991 the terminal served Amtrak, which moved to nearby Pennsylvania Station upon completion of the Empire Connection.
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Randalls and Wards Islands
Randalls Island and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Islands, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, separated from Manhattan by the Harlem River, from Queens by the East River and Hell Gate, and from the Bronx by the Bronx Kill. The two islands were formerly separate, with the channel between them, Little Hell Gate, being filled in by the early 1960s.
The island had a population of 1,648 living on 2.09 square kilometers in 2010. Most of the island is parkland, spanning a total of 432.69 acres. The parks offer athletic fields, a driving range, greenways, playgrounds and picnic grounds. The island also has a history of being used for asylums, hospitals, and cemeteries, and is currently home to several public facilities, including two psychiatric hospitals, a state police station, a fire academy, a water treatment plant, and several homeless shelters.
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Citi Field
Citi Field is a stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. Completed in 2009, it is the home baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Mets. Citi Field was built as a replacement for the formerly adjacent Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964 next to the site of the 1964–1965 World's Fair. Citi Field was designed by Populous, and is named after Citigroup, a New York financial services company which purchased the naming rights. The $850 million baseball park was funded by the sale of New York City municipal bonds which are to be repaid by the Mets plus interest. The payments will offset property taxes for the lifetime of the park.
The first game at Citi Field was on March 29, 2009, with a college baseball game between St. John's and Georgetown. The Mets played their first two games at the ballpark on April 3 and April 4, 2009 against the Boston Red Sox as charity exhibition games. The first regular season home game was played on April 13, 2009, against the San Diego Padres. Citi Field hosted the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This marked the second time the Mets have hosted the game, the first being 1964, the inaugural season of Shea Stadium.
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Empire State Building | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:25 1 Location
00:05:55 2 History
00:06:04 2.1 Site
00:09:01 2.2 Planning process
00:16:42 2.3 Construction
00:28:28 2.4 Opening and early years
00:36:05 2.5 Profitability
00:39:22 2.6 Loss of tallest building title
00:45:17 2.7 After 9/11
00:49:20 3 Architecture
00:52:08 3.1 Exterior
00:54:40 3.2 Interior
00:57:29 3.2.1 Lobby
01:02:13 3.2.2 Major renovations
01:05:19 3.3 Features
01:05:28 3.3.1 Above the 102nd floor
01:07:06 3.3.2 Broadcast stations
01:13:58 3.3.3 Observation decks
01:16:16 3.3.4 New York Skyride
01:17:42 3.3.5 Lights
01:22:26 3.4 Height records
01:24:37 4 Notable tenants
01:25:27 5 Incidents
01:25:36 5.1 1945 plane crash
01:27:34 5.2 2000 elevator plunge
01:28:23 5.3 Suicide attempts
01:31:47 5.4 Shootings
01:32:58 6 Importance
01:33:07 6.1 Iconic status
01:36:06 6.2 In popular culture
01:37:30 6.3 Empire State Building Run-Up
01:38:23 6.4 Stock trading
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The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall, including its antenna. Its name is derived from Empire State, the nickname of New York, which is of unknown origin. As of 2019, the building is the second-tallest building in New York City, the sixth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 45th-tallest in the world. It is also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years until the completion of the World Trade Center's North Tower in Lower Manhattan in late-1970. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was again the tallest building in New York City until the new One World Trade Center surpassed it while under construction in April 2012.
The site of the Empire State Building, located in Midtown South on the west side of Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets, was originally part of an early 18th-century farm, then became the site of the Waldorf–Astoria Hotel in 1893. In 1929, Empire State Inc. acquired the site and devised plans for a skyscraper there. The design for the Empire State Building was changed fifteen times until it was ensured to be the world's tallest building. Construction started on March 17, 1930, and the building opened thirteen and a half months afterward on May 1, 1931. Despite the publicity surrounding the building's construction, its owners failed to make a profit until the early 1950s. However, since its opening, the building's Art Deco architecture and open-air observation deck has made it a popular attraction, with around 4 million tourists from around the world visiting the building's 86th and 102nd floor observatories every year.The building stands within a mile of other major Midtown tourist attractions including Grand Central Terminal, Pennsylvania Station, Madison Square Garden, Koreatown, and Macy's Herald Square.
The Empire State Building is an American cultural icon and has been featured in more than 250 TV shows and movies since the film King Kong was released in 1933. A symbol of New York City, the tower has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Empire State Building and its ground-floor interior have been designated as a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and were confirmed as such by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was also designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and was ranked number one on the American Institute of Architects' List of America's Favorite Architecture in 2007.
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Proceedings from the February 6, 2014 Commission Meeting
National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, February 7, 2019
Proceedings from the Meeting: South Capitol Street Corridor and Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge Project Landscape Design, final site development plan (7529); National World War I Memorial, preliminary site development plan (7682); Information Presentation: Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project (7850); Information Presentation: National Native American Veterans Memorial (8018).
Социальная сеть эпохи Третьего рейха - THE SOCIAL NETWORK IN THE AGE OF THE THIRD REICH
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За год до нападения Германии на СССР, в июне 1940 года на улицах Тель-Авива появилась необычная газета. Ее издатель, каббалист, рав Йегуда Ашлаг (Бааль Сулам) призывал народ объединиться, чтобы предотвратить надвигающуюся Катастрофу. Это была последняя его попытка…
Страна: Израиль
Жанр: документальный
Премьера - декабрь 2017
Режиссер: Михаил Розенштейн
В ролях: Александр (Исраэль) Демидов, Генри Давид, Игаль Резник
Фильм «Социальная сеть эпохи Третьего рейха» удостоился награды в Америке
На международном фестивале независимого кино в Северной Америке «Focus International Film Festival 2018» фильм «Социальная сеть эпохи Третьего рейха» был удостоен приза «Лавры почета» (Commendation).
А также приза «Лавры почета» на Всемирном кинофестивале в Нью Йорке (World Film Fair in New York) в октябре 2018 года
The Third Reich Social Network film was awarded in America
The Third Reich Social Network film was awarded with Commendation Laurels at the Focus International Film Festival 2018.
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