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12/21/2019

The Flatiron Building from a very different perspective🙃😍
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12/16/2019

I always feel like, somebody’s watching me! of our

12/14/2019

Aerial view of the Rockefeller Tree, ice rink, and Saks Fifth Ave light display✨
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12/14/2019

doing its thing. This is a whole new pool that was installed in 2012.

12/09/2019

Dec 9, 1793.

Today in 1793, Noah Webster (1758-1843) launched the 1st daily newspaper in New York City, printed at 37 Wall by George Bunce & Co.

In 1793, Alexander Hamilton lent $1,500 to Noah, who was poor, to move from Hartford to New York City to become an editor. The paper later became known as the Commercial Advertiser 1797-1904, which Noah edited for 4 years. It then became the New York Globe (1904–1923), which appears in Sweet Smell of Success (1957). The paper then merged into the New York Sun, which closed in 1950 (update: remnant assets of The Sun were bought by the World-Telegram).

The New York Globe was located at Globe Square (Dey St, between Greenwich and West), future site of WTC. After the Globe merged into New York Sun (280 Broadway), the Telegram and Evening Mail took over the office, renaming the site Telegram Square in 1924. It moved further uptown 1931 as the New York World-Telegram (125 Barclay), which closed 1966.

Noah Webster later became known for his 65,000-word 1828 dictionary, which took 26 years to complete.12,000 words did not get published. Charles and George Merriam then bought Webster's rights for An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Merriam-Webster was founded in 1831. The dictionary had 118,000 words by 1884, 165,000 words by 2003, and about 185,000 words lately. In 2014, "culture" and "nostalgia" were the most popular words searched at the online dictionary which has been active in social media correcting how words are used, especially in politics.

Noah Webster socialized with many Founding Fathers and was a confidant of both George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Noah lobbied for the first US copyright laws in the 1780s and helped establish the Copyright Act of 1831.

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12/09/2019

Bowling Green is being transformed into a quaint, French marketplace for the first time ever this year, complete with 30 ...

12/07/2019

Holiday lights at One World Trade Center ✨
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11/28/2019

11/27/2019

It’s been four years in the making, but the Empire State Building’s $165 million dollar renovation project is officially complete ...

11/22/2019

"Believe in Wonder" will make you feel merry and bright!