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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVX_pale-male_New-York-NY.html
Pale Male. . . Pale Male, the red-railed hawk, is the PS6 school mascot. In 1993, Pale Male came to New York City and built his nest on the facade of a Fifth Avenue apartment building. He was the first and only one of the hawks to build a nest o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2COS_jerome-robbins_New-York-NY.html
Jerome Robbins . October 11, 1918 - July 29, 1998 . 117 East 81st Street, Manhattan . . Internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and director Jerome Robbins lived and worked here from 1967 to 1998. Many of the more than 60 ballets he c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C5Q_regis-high-school_New-York-NY.html
Regis High School
55 East 84th Street
Opened in 1914 by the Jesuits to provide a tuition-free liberal arts education to gifted Catholic men, Regis High School is an imposing five-story Classical Revival limestone building designed to harmonize i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZF_central-parks-ancient-egyptian-obelisk-historical_New-York-NY.html
For such a colossal object, this obelisk is well-travelled. Central Park is the third location for this 220-ton granite monument, which is the oldest public monument in New York City.
Pharaoh Thutmose III commissioned this obelisk approximately 3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZV_1025-park-avenue-historical_New-York-NY.html
This elegant house was completed in 1912 by John Russell Pope in the style of an early 17th Century Jacobean Manor for the well-known composer of light opera and popular music, Reginald DeKoven, and his wife, Anna. DeKoven composed the light opera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYF_ada-louise-huxtable-historical_New-York-NY.html
A pioneering critic who made architecture part of the public discourse, Ada Louise Huxtable was the first full-time architect critic on any American newspaper when named to that position at The NewYork Times in 1963. In 1970, she was awarded the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LYR_park-avenue-christian-church_New-York-NY.html
This church, designed by Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson in a Gothic style inspired by the Saints Chapelle in Paris, was opened in 1911 as the South Reformed Church. Purchased by the Presbytery of New York in 1914. It remained a Presbyterian house of w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO3K_cleopatras-needle_New-York-NY.html
Translation of Hyeroglyphics ? ? The Horus, Strong-Bull-Son-of-Kheprl, ? ? the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, User-maat-ra, Chosen-of-Ra, the Golden Horus, Mighty-in-years-and-great-of-victories, the Son or Ra, ? ? Ramesses, Beloved-of-Amun, who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNVL_the-metropolitan-museum-of-art_New-York-NY.html
Founded in 1870, the museum originally opened at 681 Fifth Avenue, moved to 128 West 14th Street in 1873, and to this site in 1880. The first building in Central Park faced west and was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould. It was later e…