1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1540 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being elected the Pope, making his reign the shortest...
The developers of the new super-tall residential tower at the corner of Greenwich and Thames Streets in the Financial District are hinting (but not confirming) that the building will top out at more than 1,000 feet. This would make it taller than the adjacent Four World Trade Center (at 150 Greenwich Street), which tops out...
The condominium tower proposed for 125 Greenwich Street_ shown at center (with the glowing rooftop) was once slated to rise nearly as high as One World Trade Center, then scaled back by almost 40 percent to a height of 841 feet. But based on this rendering, recently circulated by the project's architect, the building has grown again by several hundred feet, to make it nearly as tall as Four World Trade Center(shown here to the right of - and partially obscured by - One World Trade Center, and left of 125 Greenwich).
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus. 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. 1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending...
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Two more pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place for the long-planned Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center: the project now has a chairperson and a design. The former will be Barbra Streisand and the latter is a breathtaking, translucent marble cube by Brooklyn-based architectural firm, REX. These announcements come on the...
The design by architectural firm REX calls for the cube-shaped Performing Arts Center to be clad in translucent white marble, that will allow natural light to filter through the walls of the windowless building (shown here looking north, with One World Trade Center on the left, and Seven World Trade Center in the center background).
Two more pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place for the long-planned Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center: the project now has a chairperson and a design. The former will be Barbra Streisand and the latter is a breathtaking, translucent marble cube by Brooklyn-based architectural firm, REX. These announcements come on the...
The design by architectural firm REX calls for the cube-shaped Performing Arts Center to be clad in translucent white marble, that will allow natural light to filter through the walls of the windowless building (shown here looking north, with One World Trade Center on the left, and Seven World Trade Center in the center background).
