New York Now and Then: 1870s & 1880s vs 2010s
New York Now and Then shows before and after photos from New York City shot 1872-1887 compared to my photos shot 2013 and 2014. New York Now and Then includes photographs of New York from between 1872 and 1887, and then and now part is in regard to the fact that I shot the images in present day in the same locations.
This short film New York Now and Then pays tribute to a forgotten 19th century photographer. Be sure to also watch the behind the scenes video New York Now and Then: The Documentary.
Behind the scenes film:
Original trailer:
Shot and Edited by
Jordan Liles
Music in New York Now and Then
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Frederic Bernard
Music in The Creation of Video
30 Minute Meditative State
Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com
End Credits Music in The Creation of Video
Sidewalks of New York
Composed by Charles B. Lawlor
Performed by Jordan Liles
Special Thanks, Image Credits and Inspiration:
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, New York Public Library
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Brooklyn Institute
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection
Green-Wood Cemetery
Museum of the City of New York
The New York Historical Society
Long Island Historical Society
Theta Xi
Special Thanks, Image Credits and Inspiration:
Lois Fischer Black
George Bradford Brainerd
Ric Burns
Anthony Caruso
Rachel Danzing
Tracie Davis
Melanie Evans
Lynn Ferrara
Thomas Rushmore French
Adi Goldstein
Henry Goodyear
Ruth Orr Graydon
Henry W.B. Howard
Brian Keane
Moses King
Clara Lamers
Wallace Goold Levison
Stephen Low
Clark S. Marlor
Barbara Head Millstein
Julie C. Moffat
The Moffat Family
Terri O'Hara
Liz Reynolds
Naomi Rosenbum
Carol Rusk
William Schmid
Harriet Senie
Marthe Smith
Marie Cimino Spina
Henry R. Stiles
Jack Termine
Irene Tichenor
Judith Walsh
Herman de Wetter
Elisabeth White
Dan Wilson
Deborah Wythe
Bonnie Yochelson
New York Historical Society Naturalization Ceremony
Watch now as 200 people become new U.S. citizens during a ceremony at the New York Historical Society with special guest DHS Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan administering the Oath of Allegiance.
⁴ᴷ Walking Tour of The New York Public Library Main Branch (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
I complete a walk through most of the publicly accessible areas of The New York Public Library Main Branch (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) in Manhattan during a busy spring day in June 2018.
From Wikipedia:
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library, originally called the Central Building and more widely known as the Main Branch or as the New York Public Library, is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system and a prominent historic landmark in Midtown Manhattan. The branch, opened in 1911, is one of four research libraries in the library system. It currently contains area of 646,680 square feet (60,079 m2) and four stories open to public. The main entrance steps are on Fifth Avenue opposite East 41st Street.
The Library's famous Rose Main Reading Room (Room 315) is a majestic 78 by 297 feet (24 by 91 m), with 52-foot (16 m)-high ceilings. The room is lined with thousands of reference works on open shelves along the floor level and along the balcony, lit by massive windows and grand chandeliers, and furnished with sturdy wood tables, comfortable chairs, and brass lamps. It is also equipped with computers providing access to library collections and the Internet as well as docking facilities for laptops. Readers study books brought to them from the library's closed stacks. There are special rooms named for notable authors and scholars, many of whom have done important research and writing at the Library. But the Library has always been about more than scholars; during the Great Depression, many members of the general public, out of work, used the Library to improve their lot in life, as they still do.
The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, and designated a New York City Landmark in 1967. It was renamed in 2008 after businessman Stephen A. Schwarzman, who donated a large sum of money for the refurbishment of the building.
Filmed June 9, 2018
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Treasures of New York: The New York State Capitol
Treasures of New York explores the New York State Capitol building, hailed an architectural masterpiece when it was originally completed in 1899.
New York #2
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world—the New York metropolitan area. The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.
The most interesting attractions in New York City:
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Battery Park, Broadway, 5th Avenue, Ground Zero, Grand Central Terminal, Chrysler Building, Museum of Modern Art, Rockfeller Center, Carnegie Hall, United Nations, Times Square, Madame Tussauds, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village, East Village, Flatiron Building, Empire State Building, New York Central Park, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, New York Aquarium, Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, Yankee Stadium, City Hall, The Frick Collection, National Academy of Design, Museum of the City of New York, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, American Museum of Natural History, New York Historical Society, South Street Seaport, Gramercy Park, New York Public Library, St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Национальный музей американских индейцев
New York #1
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world—the New York metropolitan area. The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world.
The most interesting attractions in New York City:
Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Battery Park, Broadway, 5th Avenue, Ground Zero, Grand Central Terminal, Chrysler Building, Museum of Modern Art, Rockfeller Center, Carnegie Hall, United Nations, Times Square, Madame Tussauds, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village, East Village, Flatiron Building, Empire State Building, New York Central Park, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, New York Aquarium, Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden, Yankee Stadium, City Hall, The Frick Collection, National Academy of Design, Museum of the City of New York, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, American Museum of Natural History, New York Historical Society, South Street Seaport, Gramercy Park, New York Public Library, St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Национальный музей американских индейцев
Treasures of New York: American Museum of Natural History
Hosted by Tom Brokaw, this episode gives viewers an unprecedented, inside look at the Museum and the recent renovations of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals.
Discover NEW YORK Tour | Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island | Travel Big Apple NYC
Explore New York City's five boroughs and visit the Big Apple's famous attractions: Empire State Building, Times Square, Broadway, Central Park, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Harlem, Carnegie Hall, Yankee Stadium, Coney Island, Shea Stadium, Brooklyn Bridge, Staten Island Ferry, Bronx Zoo, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Columbia University, NYU, Fordham, Yeshiva University, Julliard School, Flatiron Building, National Tennis Center, 42nd Street, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Wall Street Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, Grant's Tomb, Chrysler Building, NYC Opera, Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theatre, NYC Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, Freedom Tower, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Greenwich Village, NYC Public Library Historical Society, TriBeCa, Soho, Newtown Creek, Brooklyn Museum/Academy of Music/Botanical Gardens, Aqueduct Racetrack, United Nations, Apollo Theater, Museum of the City of New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburgh, Crown Heights, Borough Park, Hudson River, East River, Long Island Sound, Astoria, Woodside, Forest Hills, Flushing, Elmhurst, Calvary Cemetery, 1939/1964 World's Fair, New York Harbor Upper Bay Lower Bay, Queen Catherine & King Charles II, NYC Islands: Governors Randalls Wards Roosevelt U Thant, Marble Hill, NYC Subway/Harbor, LaGuardia & JFK Airports, etc. In this Edition of Timeline: Discover NEW YORK CITY and it's five boroughs: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. Timeline also presents a simple map of the metropolis that is easy to comprehend, and fun to replicate for educational school projects.
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Driving through timesquare on 10/17/08
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York City has a significant impact on global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the United Nations Headquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs. The city is often referred to as New York City or the City of New York, to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part.
Located on a large natural harbor on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United States, New York City consists of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. With a population of 8.4 million[The New York metropolitan area's population is the United States' largest, estimated at 19.1 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2). The New York metropolitan area is also part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.2 million people as of 2009 Census estimates.
47th Street - The Diamond District
9/11 Memorial & Museum
9/11 Tribute Center
Alice Austen House Museum
Alice Tully Hall
Alliance for Coney Island
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American Museum of Natural History
Apollo Theater
Armory Track & Field Foundation
arts Brookfield Place
Avery Fisher Hall
Barclays Center
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Big Apple Circus
Bronx Council on the Arts
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Place
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Cyclones
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Nets
Carnegie Hall
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Central Park Conservancy
Central Park Zoo
Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex
China Institute & Gallery
Circle Line Downtown
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
Citi Field
CityPASS
Classic Harbor Line LLC
Community Environmental Center EcoHouse
David H. Koch Theater
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Discovery Times Square
Eat and Play Card
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island/American Family Immigration History Center
Empire State Building Observatory
Explorer Pass
FDNY Fire Zone
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
French Institute Alliance Française
Frieze New York
Go Select NYC
Grand Central Partnership
Grand Central Terminal
Green-Wood Cemetery
Helicopter Flight Services, Inc.
Historic Richmond Town
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
InterChurch Center
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Jazz at Lincoln Center
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Loeb Central Park Boathouse
Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy LTD
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Luna Park at Coney Island
Macy's Herald Square
Madame Tussauds New York
Madison Avenue BID
Madison Square Garden
Manhattan by Sail
Marble Collegiate Church
Merchant's House Museum
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
Museum at Eldridge Street Synagogue
Museum of American Finance
Mystery Room NYC
National Park Service
National Parks of New York Harbor
National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy
New York Aquarium
New York Botanical Garden
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York City Center
New York City FC
New York Helicopter
New York International Auto Show
New York Knicks
New York Liberty
New York Mets
New York Philharmonic
New York Public Library
New York Rangers
New York Red Bulls
New York Transit Museum
New York Water Taxi
New York Wheel
New York Yankees
NewYork.com
NY Skyride
NYC Department of Records and Information Services
One World Observatory
Professional Bull Riders New York Invitational
Prospect Park Zoo
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Museum
Queens Zoo
Radio City Music Hall
Resorts World Casino New York City
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square
Rockefeller Center
Roosevelt Island
Saturday Night Live—The Exhibition
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
Socrates Sculpture Park
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport Museum
St. George Theatre
St. Patrick's Cathedral
St. Paul's Chapel
Staten Island Yankees
Staten Island Zoo
Statue of Liberty National Monument
The Armory Show, Inc.
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
The Fashion Center BID
The Metropolitan Opera
The New York Pass
The Public Theater
The Ride
The Riverside Church New York City
The Town Hall
Tibet House
Top of the Rock Observation Deck
Trinity Wall Street
Trump Rink in Central Park
UNICEF House—Danny Kaye Visitors Centre
United Nations
United Palace House of Inspiration
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Valentine-Varian House
Van Cortlandt House Museum
Victorian Gardens Amusement Park
Village Alliance
Wave Hill
Weeksville Heritage Center
Wildlife Conservation Society
World Science Festival
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Yankee Stadium
9 Secrets of the Statue of Liberty Most Americans Don't Know
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most (if not THE most) famous monuments in the world. Anyone visiting New York City can see her, but not everyone knows that Lady Liberty has her own secrets. One of them is – she might not even be a lady at all!
Or do you know, for example, that number seven meant a lot for the Statue's creators? It's easy to notice the Statue has seven spikes on its crown, symbolizing universal liberty across the seven oceans and continents. But there are less obvious references to the number seven. Btw, you can see this monument not in NYC only!
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TIMESTAMPS:
The Statue of Liberty was once split into pieces 0:21
It was one of history's first crowd-funding campaigns 1:04
The Statue of Liberty wasn’t always green 2:05
It used to serve as a lighthouse 2:32
It's all about number seven 3:04
The construction supporting the Statue was designed by Gustave Eiffel 3:39
It might have masonic ties 4:41
The face of the Statue of Liberty could be that of a man 5:45
There's more than one Statue of Liberty 7:08
#StatueOfLiberty #NewYork #brightside
Preview photo credit:
Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes in Paris, taken from a bateau-mouche: By H. Zell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Animation is created by Bright Side.
As seen from Central Park West: By Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA - New York Historical Society, CC BY 2.0
A cornerstone with bronze relief images: By Norbert Schnitzler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Denarius (42 BC) issued by Cassius Longinus and Lentulus Spinther, depicting the crowned head of Libertas, with a sacrificial jug and lituus on the reverse: By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. CC BY-SA 3.0
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SUMMARY:
- It's really hard to picture it, but the Statue actually arrived from France on June 17, 1885, in over 300 copper pieces. The precious cargo was traveling in 214 crates on the French ship, Isère.
- Then, American newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer stepped in. Even though 80% of the donations were small ones from middle-class citizens, Pulitzer managed to collect the necessary amount from over 120,000 donors.
- The Statue of Liberty is made of copper, so it was originally about the same color as a penny. According to the New York Historical Society, it turned completely green because of oxidation by 1920.
- The statue was originaly supposed to serve as a lighthouse for ships sailing into New York Harbor. And, two years after it arrived in the US, it actually became one.
- There are 16 leaves around the torch, and the monument itself is 151 feet tall. The sum of both those digits is seven as well. Clearly, that number meant a lot for the Statue's creators.
- Famous engineer Alexander Gustave Eiffel helped design the steel internal framework to keep the statue stable. It's strong enough to withstand around 600 bolts of lightning a year.
- Most people are positive it's a representation of the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas. The widely accepted story is that Bartholdi modeled her face after his mother.
- Author and journalist, Elizabeth Mitchell, however, claims that the sculptor actually used his brother's face as a model!
- Another theory was presented by French writer Nathalie Salmon, who claims Lady Liberty was modeled after her ancestor Sarah Salmon.
- You can find a smaller Statue of Liberty, which was the original model for its big sister, in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. It's been there since 1906, after Bartholdi gave it to the Luxembourg museum for the World’s Fair of 1900.
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Treasures of New York: The New York State Capitol Preview
Hosted by Rafael Pi Roman, this episode of Treasures of New York recounts the untimely demise and rebuilding of the New York State Capitol building, a landmark that took 32 years, 25 million dollars, five architects and 11 state governors to create.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded on April 13, 1870, to be located in the City of New York, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in said city a Museum and library of art, of encouraging and developing the study of the fine arts, and the application of arts to manufacture and practical life, of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects, and, to that end, of furnishing popular instruction.
The work of the Metropolitan Museum reflects the global scope of its collections and extends across the world through a variety of initiatives and programs outlined here, including exhibitions, excavations, fellowships, professional exchanges, conservation projects, and traveling works of art. The marble statue and oil painting at the museum.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art address is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY 10028-0198 USA.
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Panorama from Times Building, New York
SUMMARY
The view is from the top of the then newly-erected Times Building, at a height of approximately twenty stories. The film opens with a vertical pan, going from the street below up to the sky. The photographer then makes a pan to the north over the tops of the buildings from Bryant Park, south of 42nd Street (behind the New York Public Library) [Frame: 1078] up 6th Avenue to the Hippodrome Theatre at 43rd Street [1866]. A marquee on the theater reads A Yankee Circus On Mars. The camera continues to rotate toward 44th and 45th Streets between 6th and 7th Avenues, until coming to rest looking directly north up Times Square to 46th Street, where Broadway (left) and 7th Avenue (right) diverge again [3676].
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United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1905.
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Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 11Apr1905; H59310.
Camera, Wallace McCutcheon.
Photographed April, 1905. Location: Broadway and 7th Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Streets, New York, N.Y.
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New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Commercial buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York.
Streets--New York (State)--New York.
Keith-Albee's New York Hippodrome.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.)
Actuality--Short.
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American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
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The chair that George Washington sat in at his inauguration.
May 9, 2009. New York Historical Society.
1 Day in Manhattan, New York
Get a feel for the Big Apple and explore the amazing sites that New York City has to offer!
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Locations featured in the NYC tour:
Central Park
Guggenheim Museum
MoMa
Top of The Rock Rockefeller Center
5th Avenue
Empire State Building
Chrysler Building
Flatiron
41 Cooper square
Times Square / Broadway
Union Square
Buffalo statue in Wall street
the New Museum
What goes around comes around (clothing shop)
HOTEL Sixty Soho
Highline
NY Library
Supreme Court
Shoping OAK
Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucina Restaurant in New York
Cielo (nightclub)
Dominique Ansel Bakery
ABC Kitchen
Music: 'Revealing lights’ by Cymatix
9 Of New York's Most INSANE Unsolved Mysteries
9 Of New York's Most INSANE Unsolved Mysteries.
1. The Murder of Arnold Rothstein at the Park Central Hotel.
Known by many names – A. R., Mr. Big, The Fixer, The Big Bankroll, The Man Uptown, and The Brain - Arnold Rothstein seemed more myth than man....
2. The Wall Street Bombing.
At the stroke of noon on Sept. 16, 1920, a bomb exploded along Wall Street, killing 38 people and maiming hundreds more. It was the worst terrorist bombing in the United States until the Oklahoma City attack in 1995, the worst in New York until the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center....
3. The 1964 World’s Fair's Buried Underground Home
It's a spacious, secure home that could probably fetch a pretty penny on today's NYC real estate market - the only problem is that no one knows if it still exists. The mystery centers around The Underground World Home....
4. The American Museum of Natural History Jewel Heist
On the night of October 29, 1964, three young Americans from Miami, Florida, made the national headlines in what America called the 'jewel heist of the century'. The target was a jewel collection taken from the American Museum of Natural History in New York...
5. The Lost Eagles of Pennsylvania Station.
The obliteration of the McKim, Mead & White-designed Pennsylvania Station in 1963, just a half-century after its completion, helped galvanize grassroots preservation efforts that eventually led to New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner signing the Landmarks Law on April 19, 1965....
6. The Lost Locomotive in the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel.
With continued silence from the DOT, we are dead in the water, with the potential of a major historical find right under our feet in Brooklyn.
Earlier this month, Bob Diamond....
7. The Cow Tunnels of New York City
In the late 19th century, there were some two million cows being herded in the streets of New York City. It’s long been rumored that underground “cow tunnels” were created to ease the congestion, but evidence (archeological or otherwise) has been hard to come by and exact locations have not been verified...
8. The Lost Bogardus Building
A building that once stood in downtown New York City in the Washington Market area was stolen not once, but twice in its history. The area was targeted for urban renewal in the 1960s, but because the Bogardus Building....
9. The Cornerstone of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Much is known about the cornerstone of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. As the Archdiocese of New York embarks on a five-year, $175 million renovation of what has been described as the nation’s largest Roman Catholic Gothic sanctuary, architects and historians have meticulously reviewed every detail of James Renwick Jr.’s original blueprints.....
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Becoming Citizens at The New York Public Library
On Wednesday, July 2, days before the nation's birthday, 150 immigrants from 46 countries became United States citizens at the New York Public Library, in front of their friends and family and one of the founding documents of the country. New York Lt. Governor Robert Duffy gave a keynote speech, and Secretary of State Cesar Perales lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Library's copy of the Declaration of Independence was displayed in the center of the room. The Declaration was completed on July 1, but before it was ratified on July 4, several changes were made to the text, including the removal of Jefferson's lengthy condemnation of the slave trade, an excision intended to appease delegates from Georgia and South Carolina. In the days after July 4, a distressed Jefferson wrote out several fair copies of his original text and sent them to five or six friends. The Library's copy is one of the two copies that have survived intact.
Music: Prelude No. 18 by Chris Zabriskie (
Treasures of New York: Stanford White
Hosted by Dick Cavett, the film explores the landmark buildings and career of the man who transformed New York City during the Gilded Age - Stanford White - one of the most prominent American architects during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Seneca Falls, New York is in the Cradle of the Women's Rights Movement in the U.S.
Plan to visit Seneca Falls, New York this year. It's a destination and a pilgrimage for many, especially with the upcoming New York State 2017 suffrage centennial observance, as well as the 2020 celebration of votes for women in the United States.
The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York is considered the Cradle of the women's rights movement in the United States. And so a visit to Seneca Falls can include many other sites, including the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, NY and the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House in Rochester, NY.
Suffrage Wagon Cafe highlights programming about women's suffrage history. It's a special feature of Suffrage Wagon News Channel that has been publishing since 2009. Marguerite Kearns is host of Suffrage Wagon Cafe. Celebrate women's freedom to vote. Follow the Suffrage Wagon with Facebook, Twitter, email and the quarterly newsletter.
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Ancient Jewish Library Welcomed to New Home in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre as an important collection of ancient Jewish books, the Schneerson library, arrived on Thursday. The President familiarised himself with the most valuable parts of the collection, which contains some 12,000 books and 50,000 rare documents dating from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century.
The transfer follows years of debate with the New York City based Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community who demand the return of the library. The movement argues they are the right owners of the books, as the author of the collection, Schneerson, headed the organisation after moving to the United States. However the transfer of the Schneerson library was welcomed by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berl Lazar, who called it a big day for Russian Jews.
Russia has maintained that it will keep the collection, saying that it is a state property and part of Russian culture. The matter got into the media spotlight in January after a US judge ordered Russia to pay $50,000 (€37,000) per day until it returns the library. The decision to move the collection to Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre was proposed by Putin himself this year during a meeting of the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations.
Moscow's Jewish Museum and Centre of Tolerance was opened in November 2012, with Israeli President Shimon Peres travelling to Moscow for its inauguration. It features several interactive displays regarding the Jewish peoples' long and tumultuous place in Russian history. Now home to the the Schneerson library collection, the museum's new library department operates as a part of the Russian State Library.