Sands Point Preserve - Castle Gould #3
Howard Gould and his wife, actress Katherine Clemmons, purchased the estate property in 1900 and 1901; Castle Gould was the first of four mansions built here, designed by architect Augustus N. Allen in 1902, modeled after Ireland’s Kilkenny Castle. Completed in 1904, this impressive 100,000-square-foot limestone building was intended to be the main residence on the estate, but, when Katherine decided that it did not suit her, Howard proceeded to build Hempstead House. Castle Gould then served as the stable, carriage house, and servants’ quarters and now houses the Visitor Center, Great Hall, and a 7,000-square-foot New York State-certified sound stage – a.k.a. The Black Box.
Hempstead House
Hempstead House, or the Gould-Guggenheim Estate, is a large estate located in Sands Point, New York The grounds contain two castle-like buildings, Hempstead House, the main house, and a smaller house, known as Castle Gould. Hempstead House in its prime was regarded as one of the most lavish estates to occupy the Gold Coast (North Shore (Long Island)):Howard Gould, son of railroad tycoon Jay Gould, began construction of the estate after purchasing the land in 1900. Initially, the plan was to build a castle that was to be a replica of Kilkenny Castle. Castle Gould, as it came to be called, was intended to be used as the main house. However, the Goulds did not like the castle so they decided to create another house on the estate which would serve as the main dwelling.
After the completion of this house in 1912, the Goulds sold the estate to Daniel Guggenheim. Upon buying the estate, the name of the main house was changed to Hempstead House (the limestone stables and the servants quarters are, today, still referred to as Castle Gould). In 1917, the Guggenheims donated the estate to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. Soon after acquiring the estate, the institute sold it to the U.S. Navy who held it from 1946-1967. The U.S. government declared the estate as surplus and eventually gave the deed of the property to Nassau County, New York in 1971.
The Gould Estate at Sands Point
Hempstead House at Sands Point, Overlooking beautiful Long Island Sound. Photographed July 24th 2013. This Mansion was built by Howard Gould, son of Jay Gould. An English Tudor-style manor, designed by architects Hunt and Hunt, in 1912. The massive 40 room house, is 225 feet long and 125 feet wide, with an 80 foot high tower. It was later sold to Daniel Guggenheim in 1917. Castlegould, the castle at the end of the slide show is the stable and carriage house, built in 1904, in the style of Kilkenny Castle in Ireland. Thank you for watching!
See Long Island's Gold Coast from the Port Washington Water Taxi
By Video Journalist Stephanie Stern
Take a ride on the Port Washington Water Taxi, based at the Manhasset Bay Marina and offering transportation around the Long Island Sound and the Gold Coast.
The Taxi runs from April through November and serves as a sightseeing tour for both locals and tourists. We even get a history lesson as we pass by literary and film legend homes, and the site of the first international airport of the United States.
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Manhattan | Wikipedia audio article
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- Socrates
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Manhattan (), often referred to locally as the City, is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, its cultural identifier, and its historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers; several small adjacent islands; and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood now on the U.S. mainland, physically connected to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River. Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components, each aligned with its long axis: Lower, Midtown, and Upper Manhattan.
Manhattan is often described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization: the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan, and the borough has been the setting for numerous books, films, and television shows. Manhattan is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders, which equals roughly US$1050 in current terms. Manhattan real estate has since become among the most expensive in the world, with the value of Manhattan Island, including real estate, estimated to exceed US$3 trillion in 2013; median residential property sale prices in Manhattan approximated US$1,600 per square foot ($17,000/m2) as of 2018, with Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commanding the highest retail rents in the world, at US$3,000 per square foot ($32,000/m2) in 2017.Manhattan traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York, based in present-day Manhattan, served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals of liberty and peace. Manhattan became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898.
New York County is the United States' second-smallest county by land area (larger only than Kalawao County, Hawaii), and is also the most densely populated U.S. county. It is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 1,664,727 living in a land area of 22.83 square miles (59.13 km2), or 72,918 residents per square mile (28,154/km2), higher than the density of any individual U.S. city. On business days, the influx of commuters increases this number to over 3.9 million, or more than 170,000 people per square mile (65,600/km2). Manhattan has the third-largest population of New York City's five boroughs, after Brooklyn and Queens, and is the smallest borough in terms of land area.Many districts and landmarks in Manhattan are well known, as New York City received a record 62.8 million tourists in 2017, and Manhattan hosts three of the world's 10 most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, and Grand Central Terminal. The borough hosts many prominent bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge; skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building; and parks, such as Central Park. Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese ...
Stepping Stones Lighthouse, Long Island Sound.
Passing the Steppingstones heading eastward in the Sound.
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Stepping Stones Light is a Victorian-style lighthouse in Long Island Sound, in Nassau County, New York. The lighthouse is square-shaped and made of red brick, standing one-and-a-half stories high. The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is a virtual twin of this structure. The light is in current use, under the management of the United States Coast Guard. It is not open to the public.
The reef upon which it sits was given its name by Siwanoy (Minnefords) Native American legends. According to the legend, the tribe used warriors, medicine, and magic to chase the devil out of present-day Westchester County, New York onto City Island (formerly Greater Minneford Island), surrounding him at Belden Point. The devil then picked up huge boulders lying there and tossed them into Long Island Sound, using them as stepping stones to make his escape. The natives named the rocks, The Devil's Stepping Stones.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Stepping Stones Light Station on September 15, 2005.
Water landing of a PBY-5A Catalina at 7N3 Port Washington Waterport
This flight was from KFRG Farmingdale Republic Airport, and shows the last 4 minutes of the approaching and waterlanding of a PBY-5A Catalina at 7N3 Port Washington waterport. North shore Long Island.
Fort Jay, New York City
Cannons looking over lower Manhattan. Fort Jay is situated on the location of earthworks originally built to defend New York City during the American Revolution. The first earthen fortification was constructed by General Israel Putnam on this site starting in April 1776, and eight cannons were mounted there for the defence of New York Harbor. Additional artillery were added and on 12 July 1776 engaged HMS Phoenix and HMS Rose. The American cannons inflicted enough damage to make the British commanders cautious of entering the East River, which later contributed to the success of General George Washington's August 29 - 30 retreat from Brooklyn into Manhattan after the defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn. The Americans abandoned the earthworks that September with the eventual British occupation of New York City. The British Army improved the existing earthworks and used the island as a British Navy hospital until they departed, 25 November 1783. At that time Governors Island was conveyed to the State of New York...HFS100/Color Correction/ corelx.3
Big Bugs exhibit at Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove NY created by Dave Rogers
Big Bugs exhibit at Garvies Point Museum in Glen Cove NY created by Dave Rogers
Harvest of Wisdom Update 2014 - Part 1 & 2 - Subtitles/CC
Same as the Nolan Moore Memorial Education Foundation and the Graphic Communication Institute at Cal Poly official release but with subtitles.
400th Commemorative Ceremony of the First Legislative Assembly
The End of Nature a Quarter Century After
Activist and author Bill McKibben speaks to Gaston Hall. Introduced by Symposium Director Nathan Hensley.
Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit
Understanding the importance of the world’s oceans is key to ensuring the security of the planet’s waterways, ecosystems and food chain, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said during Georgetown’s Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit.
At Georgetown, Kerry spoke with actor and activist Adrian Grenier during its two-day conference, which was designed for environmental leaders, faculty and students interested in leadership strategies to fight threats to oceans around the world.
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U.S. NAVY THE MISSION OF PT. MUGU PACIFIC MISSILE TEST RANGE WEAPONS THAT WORK 43484 NA
Dating to the 1960s, this filmic record of the U.S. Navy's Point Mugu base, entitled WEAPONS THAT WORK, features Commander Glenn Ford as host. Pt. Mugu served in this era as one of the primary test ranges for guided missiles, sea launched weapons, and other important missiles and weapon systems of the Cold War.It is now part of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC).
The film begins with images of the Sparrow III missile being used against a target drone, as well as many of the other missions of the base in this era, when nearly 10,000 people worked there. At 1:50, the Pt. Mugu command center and blockhouse is seen, where over 100 weapons have been tested and proven. At 3:45 some of the facilities at the Channel Islands and in Hawaii are seen, and Johnson Atoll, as well as Midway and Wake Islands are seen -- all part of the Pacific Missile Range. USS Wheeling is seen, a Wheeling-class missile range instrumentation ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962 and converted from her Victory ship cargo configuration to a missile tracking ship, a role she retained for a number of years before being sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles on 12 July 1981.
At 6:51, underwater launch of a test missile is seen, and various telemetry and tracking radars are seen. At 9:00, the self-destruct button that would be used to destroy an errant test missile is seen. At 10:53, computers are seen crunching data. At 11:00, the Barking Sands range is seen, with anti-submarine warfare exercises being conducted. Johnson Atoll is seen at 11:20. An Air Force missile is seen launching a missile at Vanderburg, for tracking in the PMR.
Walleye, Sparrow and Phoenix missiles are also tested as part of the Naval Missile Center Mission described at 12:40. An F-4 Phantom is seen at Mugu flying with Sparrow III.
Human factors are also tested at Mugu. At 14:17, a simulator is used to study pilot capabilities and limitations. At 14:50, sensors are attached to a pilot to evaluate him.
At 15:45, target drones are seen being prepped for launch, and at 15:59 these drones are seen in action, being knocked out of the sky by missiles.
At 17:50, animals such as porpoises are shown being trained and tested for use by the Navy.
At 18:00, Mugu's art and photography departments are seen.
Air Development Squadron 4 is seen at 18:49. VX-4, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four, (AIRTEVRON FOUR), commonly referred to by its nickname, The Evaluators) was a United States Navy air test and evaluation squadron based at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California. Their tail code was XF, and they flew the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet until their disestablishment in 1994.
At 20:50, a modern control center and tracking center, as well as computer center is seen, monitoring satellite transmissions.
The facility in Point Mugu, California, started as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy's major missile development and test facility. This facility was the site where most of the Navy's missiles were developed and tested during the 1950/1960 era, including the AIM-7 Sparrow family and the AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air, Bullpup air-to-surface, and Regulus surface-to-surface missiles.
After being selected as a site by Commander Grayson Merrill, Pt. Mugu dominated the Oxnard area since the 1940s, and is one of the few places in the area that was not part of the agricultural industry. The base has been home to many ordnance testing programs, and the test range extends offshore to the Navy-owned San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands.
In 1963 the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program was established on a sand spit between Mugu Lagoon and the ocean. The facility was relocated in 1967 to Point Loma in San Diego, California.
Point Mugu was the airfield used by former President Ronald Reagan during his presidency on visits to his Santa Barbara ranch. The airfield was used during the state funeral in 2004, as the place where the former President's body was flown to Washington, D.C. to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. The body was flown to Point Mugu aboard presidential aircraft SAM 28000 two days later. Until the late 1990s, the base hosted Antarctic Development Squadron SIX (VXE-6), the squadron of LC-130s equipped to land on ice in Antarctica, to supply the science stations there. Now, the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing has assumed that responsibility.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit
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SCETV Documentary | Sea Change
Over the last 100 years, Atlantic Ocean sea level has increased by 12-18 inches -- a rate many scientists believe will accelerate throughout the 21st century, threatening inundation of many of our nation's most valuable, historic and culturally significant coastal assets.
In SEA CHANGE, South Carolina Educational Television presents diverse perspectives on the impacts of sea level rise and other environmental changes on the entire Eastern Seaboard, as experienced and anticipated in Coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Narrator Patrick McMillan takes viewers from the sands of Hunting Island State Park -- threatened by tidal and storm surge erosion -- to cities, towns and communities up and down the coast.
The program asks and answers many questions. What are the immediate and long-term impacts of sea level rise on coastal communities and the people who live in them? How do we enhance infrastructure and human resiliency in the face of rising tides? Will there be winners and losers in response to the many threats? Do we have the vision and will to engage in both near- and long-term efforts to withstand nature's onslaught?
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Sea Change was produced by SCETV, in partnership with, South Carolina Aquarium, City of Charleston, Medical University of South Carolina, SkyWheel of Myrtle Beach, Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, Marina Inn at Grande Dunes of Myrtle Beach, and Allen University.
Massachusetts v EPA and Aviation's Impact on Global Warming
Massachusetts v EPA and Aviation's Impact on Global Warming - Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - 2008-04-02 - On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is holding a hearing titled, From the Wright Brothers to the Right Solutions: Curbing Soaring Aviation Emissions. The hearing will take place on April 2, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1310 of the Longworth House Office Building. Witnesses will be by invitation only. As Congress examines all causes and impacts of heat-trapping emissions, the Select Committee is assessing aviation's present contribution to greenhouse gasses and the potential to curb such emissions in the future. Aviation emissions generate 12 percent of U.S. transportation carbon dioxide emissions and three percent of the United States' total carbon dioxide emissions. The FAA estimates that demand for passenger and cargo aviation in the United States will double or triple by 2025. As the European Union is poised to extend its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to all airlines, it is imperative for Congress to consider how aviation can contribute to or curb heat-trapping emissions through operations, technology and fuel. Witnesses: * Dan Elwell, FAA Assistant Administrator for Aviation Policy, Planning, and Environment; * Bob Meyers, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency * Tom Windmuller, Senior Vice President, International Air Transport Association;; * James May, President and CEO, Air Transport Association. Video provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.