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3. The Franklin Mansion was the first White House, it was located on Cherry street where it used to intersect with Dover and Pearl streets. An impossible to now read plaque on the bridge still marks the approximate site. Once the headquarters of General Washington (after April 13th, 1776) what 1760 mansion (also once home to Aaron Burr and John Adams) was on top of a hill by the intersection of Varick and Charlton Street ?
6. The San Remo at 145 Central Park West was home to Portnoy the complaining character of writer Phillip Roth. The El Dorado at 300 Central Park West was home to Marjorie Morningstar the Jewish American Princess character of writer Herman Wouk. Because many buildings on the East side of the Park, did not welcome Jews, Central Park West created many Jewish buildings. What building at 115 Central Park West was known as the Jewish Building ?
8. A mansion (1765) at 65 Jumel Terrace in Harlem, was built on the highest point in NYC in 1765. In 1810 Stephen Jumel bought it from a man named Roger (who built it as a summer retreat). George Washington took over this mansion between September 14 and October 20, 1776. What was this still standing mansion first called when it was built on the highest point of land in NYC ?
9. Everardus Bogardus was the second Dominie who refused to preach in a horse mill, so in 1633, the citizens built a small rough wooden church on Pearl by Broad street. The locals were not pleased with the plain architecture of this first church. This first church in NYC (1633) with its own frame building, had what kind of roof ?
12. The richest club in North America was founded in 1836 on Broadway, it moved in 1855 to this new building at on 5th Avenue and 21st street. This was the first building in New York City that was designed exclusively as a club house. Now this club is at E. 69th Street by Park Avenue. What club was it ?
13. AT & T moved a statue (called Spirit of Communications) from their downtown building to the A. T. & T. Building at 550 Madison Avenue (now the Sony Building). A building finished in 1922 at 195 Broadway was the 25 story former headquarters of AT & T. It still has the symbols of wind, air, fire, and earth on the entrance. This NYC building had more exterior columns than any other building in the world. What was it called ?
15. The 21 Club at at 21 West 52nd Street, was one of the most famous prohibition-era speakeasys in NYC. All the US President since Roosevelt have dined at the 21 Club, as well as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis Junior and Gene Kelly. Walter Winchell helped plug the Stork Club, at 3 East 53rd Street, in the Daily Mirror with his nationally syndicated column. In 1923, gangster Owney Madden created a monster at 644 Lenox Avenue (West 142nd Street and Lenox Ave). Race riots closed this Harlem venue in Feb. 16 1936, but it reopened in September 1936, at Broadway and 48th Street. What was the name of this famous NYC club ?
17. The grist horse mill was used as the first church. Before Dominie Jonas Michaelius lead the services in this mill in 1628, two laymen called Krankbesoeckers (Comforters of the sick) who came over with Peter Minuit read the Scriptures. When the Stadt Huys (1st City Hall) was built in 1641, close to 700 citizens lived in Manhattan. In 1653, what kind of building was turned into the first City Hall called the Stadt Huys ?
18. Famous films shot at Katz's Deli were Broadway Danny Rose, Donny Brosco and Where Harry Met Sally. George Burns said If I could take one deli with me (heaven), It would be Katzs. Famous films shot at a 1908 apartment building at 2111 Broadway (79th Street), were Network, When Harry met Sally, Heartburn, Cotton Club, Money Pit, Changeling and Eyewitness. What was the name of these Apartments ?
19. Across the street from Pfaff's, a basement restaurant that Walt Whitman would frequent, was NYC's first Empire State Building. The Empire State bank structure was 1st on the site, hence the name of this old 9 story 1897 building at 640 Broadway (nothing on the building today displays the old name anymore). What was the cross street of this original Empire State Building ?
21. Built in 1910, the first Penn Station was an architectural jewel that NYC demolished in 1964 (to build Madison Square Garden). Named for the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Station is the busiest Amtrak station in the United States. The first Madison Square Garden was built at Madison Ave. & 26th Street. Another was at 50th Street and 8th Avenue. How many incarnations of the Garden has graced NYC ?
22. The 1926-1927 cables that hold a NYC building's rain canopy in place, look like ships mooring ropes. Three fake rats are climbing them up to the cone-shaped baffles that were designed to discourage rats from embarking ships. Which midtown NYC Art Deco building has these three rats climbing up the anchor ropes of a ship ?
23. The Ukrainian National Home in the old Stuyvesant Casino building, forced local merchants to adverstise in souvenir booklets & come to gangster run happenings. The word racket (illegal $ making activities) was coined from these rowdy parties thrown at 140 Second Avenue. A Sullivan Street club at 208 Sullivan Street was the hangout for the Genovese crime family, who sometimes called the Social Club the Last Chance Saloon. What was the actual name of this Social Club ?
24. Richard Sylbert advised Roman Polanski about the 1884 Dakota Apartments (home to John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Lauren Bacall and Boris Karloff) being perfect for his 1968 film, Rosemarys Baby. Famous films shot at Grand Central Station were North By Northwest, House On Carroll Street, Godfather, French Connection, Superman, Midnight Run, Under the Clock, Carlitos Way and the Cotton Club. What NYC building had the following films shot in their hotel ? North By Northwest, Annie Hall, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Home Alone 2, Barefoot in the Park, Crocodile Dundee l and 2, Way We Were, Arthur, Great Gatsby, Fisher King and Scent of a Woman.
25. The Manhattan Life Building, at 348 feet tall, was the worlds tallest from 1894 until 1899, it was demolished in 1930. At 309 feet tall, the New York World Building was the worlds tallest from 1890 until 1894. At 142 feet, the Equitable Life Building was the tallest in the world from 1873 to 1883. What NYC building was the largest in the world in 1884 ?
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1. Demolished in 1968, one NYC Building had a 612 feet steel frame with a limestone trim. This red brick office building was built in the Second Empire Baroque style. What was the name of this tallest NYC building that was ever demolished (before 911) ?
2. Alfred Bult Mullett built a public building at the triangular tip of City Hall Park. No one liked A. B. Mullett's building and as early as 1920 the city tried to demolish it. This eyesore was brought down before the 1939 Worlds Fair to beautify City Hall. Mullett killed himself in 1890 after he got ill from five separate corruption investigations. What heavily trafficed building was called Mullett's monstrosity ?
4. The 13 story Waldorf hotel (1893), and The Astoria Hotel (16 stories) were united in 1897. Both hotels sat on the locations of the Astor family mansions. The original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was torn down in 1929 to make way for what Building ?
5. Due to its 7 acre shadow that made New Yorkers grumble, a building at 120 Broadway was the last skyscraper constructed before new NYC building regulations were created. This construction of what building lead to the 1916 Zoning Resolution ?
7. The 10 story Jewish Daily Forward Building is at 175 East Broadway, just east of Nathan Straus square (at Essex). Abraham Cahan the first editor had to excape from Russia due to his revolutionary activities. What nearby 12 story Lower East Side bank building once had a circular temple structure on top ?
10. A building still stands (barely) at the north end of Central Park. It dates from the War of 1812, and predates Central Park itself. Time has completely eroded its sunken wooden roof that once had a revolving turret for a cannon. Besides the Central Park Arsenal (built between 1847-1851), what is this other building within the parks borders which predates the park itself ?
11. The Flatiron Building is a 1902 terra-cotta steel framed building, at 175 Fifth Ave by 23rd street was created by Daniel H. Burnham & Company. The New York World Building was a 1890 steel framed building on Newspaper Row, it was a neo-Renaissance steel framed structure, but was demolished in 1955. Built in 1888, at 50 Broadway, the Tower Building was the first skeleton steel framed office tower in NYC, but it was demolished in 1914. What NYC landmark is the oldest standing steel framed building in America ?
14. The 1908 Singer Tower building was the world's tallest building for a short while (1908 - 1909) before it was surpassed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower. The 1904 Singer Loft Building (a smaller version of the Singer Tower), was built with a steel and terracotta facade for the offices and factory space of the Singer Manufacturing Company. This L shaped building that is still standing also fronted 88 Prince Street. Ernest Flagg built this L shaped Broadway building, near the 1840 log cabin promoting what presidential campaign ?
16. The 20 floor 1889-1890 New York World Building was 349 feet, but it was demolished in 1955 to expand a car ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. It was also called the Pulitzer Building, and this building on Newspaper Row was the first building in New York to surpass the height of Trinity Church. A 391 feet 30 floor 1899 building is still standing on the old Newspaper Row. This building was the tallest building in NYC until 1908, when the Singer Building took over the record. What is this tallest building in New York (until 1908) that is still standing ?
20. Gargoyles depict the important people in the construction of the Woolworth building in its lobby. Look up at the Trinity & U.S. Realty buildings at 111-115 Broadway to see weird rat like gargoyles. What kind of gargoyles does the Chrysler Building have ?
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