Around Town Jun 14, 18:37
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Entrance to New York Harbour, outside of which the New York YCdefenses took place from 1870 until 1930 when moved to Newport at
the start of the J-Boat era. The Statue of Liberty was unveiled on October
28, 1886, sixteen years after AC1 (the first Cup defense -- the race
around the Isle of Wight in 1851 was not a Cup defense per se.)
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest decorated gothic-style CatholicCathedral in the United States. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and a parish church, located at 50th
Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, just across the street from
Rockefeller Center. Work was begun in 1858, but was halted during the
American Civil War, commencing again in 1865. The cathedral was
completed in 1878 and dedicated on May 25, 1879. By then Cup racing
was in full swing -- the NYYC's third defense had taken place three years
earlier; AC 4 was in 1881.
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Speaking of the J-Boat era, construction of theEmpire State Building began in March of 1930 on the
site of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 350 Fifth
Avenue at 34th Street. It was completed 14 months
later in May, 1931. Designed by the architectural
firm of Shreve, Lamb, & Harmon Associates, the
Empire State Building, at 102 stories, was the tallest
building in the world until the completion of the first
tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan
in 1972.
Photos by TFE in NYC this week.
The Big Apple | by TFE
