Three notable features in the Bronx: only
waterfall in New York City, only native forest left in New York City, and the
Hall of Fame of Great Americans.
Source: Entombed, a novel by
Linda Fairstein See also: http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/bronxpark/highlights/11414
The Hall of Fame of Great Americans at Bronx Community College, the original "Hall
of Fame" in this country, is a New York landmark institution founded in
1900 to honor prominent Americans who had a significant impact on this nation's
history. Built on the crest of the
highest point in New York City in a sweeping semicircular Neo-Classical arc, it
provides a panorama across the Harlem River to the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park
and beyond to the Palisades. The
principal feature of the Hall of Fame is its 630-foot open-air Colonnade, which
houses the bronze portrait busts of the honorees. Designed by the celebrated architect Stanford
White and financed by a gift from Mrs. Finley J. Shepard (Helen Gould) to New
York University, the Hall of Fame was formally dedicated on May 30, 1901. The Colonnade was designed with niches to
accommodate 102 sculptured works and currently houses the busts and
commemorative plaques of 98 of the 102 honorees elected since 1900. The 98 bronze busts that line the Colonnade
are original works by distinguished American sculptors. The bronze tablets recessed in the wall beneath
the busts carry inscriptions of significant statements made by the men and
women honored. In the first half of the
twentieth century, there was no higher honor in America than to be made a
"Hall of Famer" - in “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy is told by the
Munchkins that "You will be a bust, be a bust, be a bust in the Hall of
Fame!" Recently it has reappeared
as a movie college setting, standing in for Princeton in "The Good
Shepherd" and MIT in "A Beautiful Mind". http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/they-live-forevermore
dgar Allan PoeFind bust of poet, critic and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) sculpted by Daniel Chester French in the Hall of Fame of great Americans at: http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/halloffame/onlinetour/browse.cfm?StartRow=93&BrowserStartRow=6 Click on home to find entire list of Hall of Fame honorees and take an online tour.
Contact information: 2183 University Ave, New York, NY 10453 (718) 289-5910
The word "plumber" dates from the Roman
Empire. In Roman times lead was known as plumbum in Latin (hence the
abbreviation of 'Pb' for lead on the periodic
table of the elements). Roman
roofs used lead in conduits and drain pipes and some were also covered with
lead, lead was also used for piping and for making baths. A
person with expertise in working with lead was first known as a Plumbarius
which was later shortened to plumber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumber
The count of the known dispersed holdings of the French dealer and collector Ambroise Vollard
(1866-1939) has just increased by one. Group of Trees, 1890, a
watercolour by Paul Cézanne, has surfaced at the National Gallery of Canada in
Ottawa. No claimants have come forward during the past
50 years, Marc Mayer, the director of the National Gallery of Canada, says. Pressure
to determine the owner of the Cézanne could be building—and so could the
resources to help do so. In March,
Canada assumed the leadership of the International Holocaust Remembrance
Alliance, a group devoted to honouring victims of the Nazis. Canadian museums
have petitioned for increased funds for provenance research. In April, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
returned Gerrit van Honthorst’s The Duet, 1624, once the property of Catherine
the Great, which Nazis seized from the home of the German collector Bruno
Spiro. The potential value of Group
of Trees could hasten the assignment of legal title to the work, which the
Ottawa Citizen calls the “orphaned Cézanne”. At the height of the market in 2007, Cezanne’s
watercolour Still-life with Green Melon, 1902-06, sold for $25.5m, a record for
a work on paper by the artist at auction.
David D'Arcy http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Orphaned-Czanne-watercolour-surfaces-in-Ottawa/29761
Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has used its list of America's 11 Most Endangered
Historic Places to raise awareness about the threats facing some of the
nation's greatest treasures. The list,
which has identified 242
sites to date, has been so successful in galvanizing preservation efforts
that only a handful of sites have been lost.
Explore the
2013 list and link to past lists at: http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/11-most-endangered/
http://canadianonlinenews.net/2013/06/19/alice-munro-wins-ontarios-trillium-book-award/
June 19, 2013 Kim
Thompson, co-publisher of Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books--
known for celebrated alternative comics, graphic novels and comic strip
anthologies--has died.
He
was 56. Fantagraphics Books has been
publishing alternative comics and graphic novels since 1976. Many of its titles are some of the best known
among readers and collectors of graphic novels and books with works like
"Love and Rockets" by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez; Daniel Clowes'
"Ghost World" and the "Acme Novelty Library." http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/alternative-comic-books-co-publisher-dies/article_74554a29-919a-548c-832d-239daa455932.htmlAuthor Vince Flynn fought for life as tenaciously as the characters he created, but closed the final chapter with peaceful surrender on June 19, 2013. Vince was born April 6, 1966 in St. Paul. He proudly graduated from The Saint Thomas Academy and he earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of St. Thomas in 1988. Vince will be missed by his large extended family, millions of loyal fans, and his friends in the publishing industry. During his distinguished but all-too-short career Vince published 14 action-packed thrillers which soared to the top of the New York Times Bestseller List (preceded by 69 rejection letters, all of which he saved). http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=165447260#fbLoggedOut
June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years)
in the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, meteorological Summer begins on 20
June. In the Southern Hemisphere, meteorological Winter begins on
this date. Events:
1214 – The University of Oxford receives its charter.
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1787 – Oliver
Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United
States.1895 – The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_20
June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years)
in the Gregorian calendar. On non-leap years (until 2039), this day marks
the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter
solstice in the southern hemisphere, and is the day of the year
with the most hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the least hours
of daylight in the southern hemisphere. Events:
1749 – Halifax,
Nova
Scotia, is founded.1898 – The United States captures Guam from Spain.
1970 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
2006 – Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix & Hydra.
2009 – Greenland assumes self-rule. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_21
June 21, 2013 More than 20,000 people descended on Stonehenge to greet the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Cloudy skies prevented the gathering of pagans, druids and partygoers, from basking in the sun as they marked the summer solstice. The celebrations came ahead of a 'historic moment' in the ancient Wiltshire site's £27million transformation, where a nearby road will be closed and grassed over to restore one of the key approaches to the stones. See pictures at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345638/Summer-Solstice-2013-Revellers-rise-dawn-celebrate-drumming-dancing.html
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