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What are the five tallest buildings in New York City?
World Trade Center. 1,350 feet high, 110 stories
Empire State Building. 1,250 feet high, 102 stories
(with the 164-foot television tower included, it is 1,414 feet high)
Chrysler Building. 1,046 feet high, 77 stories
AT&T Building. 950 feet high, 67 stories 40
Wall Tower. 927 feet high, 71 stories
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Leave a commentWhat is the highest natural elevation in the New York metropolitan area?
Todt Hill, on Staten Island, at 426 feet is the highest natural elevation in the New York metropolitan area.
In fact, it is the highest point on the eastern seaboard south of Maine.
Cadillac Mountain in Maine is the highest point on the eastern seaboard.
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Leave a commentCan people still meet under the Biltmore clock in New York City?
Yes, but the Biltmore clock is now part of the 78-story atrium of the Bank of America Plaza at 335 Madison Avenue.
It once hung over the entrance to the lavish Palm Court salon in the famed Biltmore Hotel, between Madison and Vanderbilt Avenues and Forty-third and Forty-fourth Streets.
The bronze clock is the only visible remnant of the Palm Court, which was demolished in August 1981 when the hotel was converted into a bank building.
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Leave a commentWhen was the last smoke ring blown from a cigarette billboard in Times Square?
The last smoking sign in Times Square, which had advertised Winston cigarettes for five years, stopped blowing rings September 13, 1977.
Like its predecessors for much of the twentieth century, it blew about 1,000 rings a day; a steam-producing box, located behind the head of the man in the sign, created the rings.
The Winston sign had replaced the Camel sign, which operated from 1941 to 1966 on Broadway between Forty-third and Forty-fourth Streets.
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Leave a commentWhere was Needle Park in New York City?
Needle Park, the infamous hangout in New York for addicts and dealers in the 1960s and 1970s was Verdi Square Park.
It is named for the Italian composer, and occupies a triangular area between Seventy-second and Seventy-third Streets at Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
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Leave a commentWhen was Sixth Avenue renamed Avenue of the Americas?
Sixth Avenue was renamed Avenue of the Americas on October 2, 1945, by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947).
He signed a bill officially changing the name to honor all the countries of the two continents.
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Leave a commentFor how long did New York City have a Miss Subways?
The Miss Subways program, run by the New York Subway Advertising Company, started in May 1941 and ended in December 1976.
Every month a Miss Subways, a woman over 17, not an actress or a model, was chosen.
She was featured on signs and was given a $50 sterling silver charm with dangling subway tokens.
The first Miss Subways was future movie actress Mona Freeman; the last was Heide Hafner.
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Leave a commentWhere is Hotel Pennsylvania in Glenn Miller’s song “Pennsylvania 6-5000″?
The Hotel Pennsylvania was located at Seventh Avenue and Thirty-third Street in Manhattan.
It was built in 1918.
The phone number Pennsylvania 6-5000 was that of the hotel's Club Rouge, where Miller and his band often appeared.
The hotel is now the New York Penta Hotel.
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Leave a commentWhat were the first and last regular showings of movies in Radio City Music Hall?
The first movie at Radio City Music Hall was The Bitter Tea of General Yen, directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther.
It opened in January 1934. The final movie was The Promise, directed by Gilbert Cates and starring Kathleen Quinlan and Stephen Collins.
The final showing was on April 25, 1979.
Since that time, the theater has presented musical shows and other special engagements.
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