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| Not only can you search hotels by city, but you can search by your favorite chain of hotels. Find a hotel room in Nice, Cannes, or Monaco,. |
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Traveling in Europe? You will probably need to make a FERRY RESERVATION. Réservation Ferry en français Stop by and see our Reservations Center. |
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New York City Tourism
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| Grand Central Terminal and the New York City Subway |
This page is our gateway to New York City. Find out about the
New York Central Railroad's
Grand Central Terminal.
Explore the fabulous
New York City Subway System. Learn who
Robert Moses. was and his impact on New York City.
Understand
New York City transit planning,
West Side Freight Line (the "High Line") and
St Johns terminal. The
New Haven Railroad and the
Long Island Railroad reached into New York City. Did you know the
Lehigh Valley Railroad even went into New York City (by ferry).
Learn about the
Jenney Plan to bring commuters into New York City and finally explore
mysterious track 61 at Grand Central Terminal
with its relationship to
Presidents of the United States.
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| Great map of New York City! |
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On the foggy morning of Saturday, July 28, 1945, Lt. Colonel William Smith was piloting
a U.S. Army B-25 bomber through New York City. He was on his way to Newark Airport to
pick up his commanding officer, but for some reason he showed up over LaGuardia Airport
and asked for a weather report. Because of the poor visibility the LaGuardia tower
wanted to him to land, but Smith requested and received permission from the military
to continue on to Newark. The last transmission from the LaGuardia tower to the plane
was a foreboding warning: "From where I'm sitting, I can't see the top of the Empire
State Building." Confronted with dense fog, Smith dropped the bomber low to regain visibility, where he found himself in the middle of Manhattan, surrounded by skyscrapers. At first, the bomber was headed directly for the New York Central Building but at the last minute, Smith was able to bank west and miss it. Unfortunately, this put him in line for another skyscraper. Smith managed to miss several skyscrapers until he was headed for the Empire State Building. At the last minute, Smith tried to get the bomber to climb and twist away, but it was too late. At 9:49 a.m., the ten-ton, B-25 bomber smashed into the north side of the Empire State Building. The majority of the plane hit the 79th floor, creating a hole in the building eighteen feet wide and twenty feet high. The plane's high-octane fuel exploded, hurtling flames down the side of the building and inside through hallways and stairwells all the way down to the 75th floor. World War II had caused many to shift to a six-day work week; thus there were many people at work in the Empire State Building that Saturday. The plane crashed into the offices of the War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. Catherine O'Connor described the crash: The plane exploded within the building. There were five or six seconds - I was tottering on my feet trying to keep my balance - and three-quarters of the office was instantaneously consumed in this sheet of flame. One man was standing inside the flame. I could see him. It was a co-worker, Joe Fountain. His whole body was on fire. I kept calling to him, "Come on, Joe; come on, Joe." He walked out of it. Joe Fountain died several days later. Eleven of the office workers were burned to death, some still sitting at their desks, others while trying to run from the flames. One of the engines and part of the landing gear hurtled across the 79th floor, through wall partitions and two fire walls, and out the south wall's windows to fall onto a twelve-story building across 33rd Street. The other engine flew into an elevator shaft and landed on an elevator car. The car began to plummet, slowed somewhat by emergency safety devices. Miraculously, when help arrived at the remains of the elevator car in the basement, the two women inside the car were still alive. Some debris from the crash fell to the streets below, sending pedestrians scurrying for cover, but most fell onto the buildings setbacks at the fifth floor. Still, a bulk of the wreckage remained stuck in the side of the building. After the flames were extinguished and the remains of the victims removed, the rest of the wreckage was removed through the building. The plane crash killed 14 people (11 office workers and the three crewmen) plus injured 26 others. Though the integrity of the Empire State Building was not affected, the cost of the damage done by the crash was $1 million. New York City also known as "the city that never sleeps" has so many places of interest that it is nearly impossible to name them all. Among the most famous of them is the observation deck on the Empire State Building. This historical attraction is located at 350 Fifth Avenue right in the heart of NYC. Constructed in the early 1930"s on the site of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, this was the tallest building in the world for over forty years. The Observation Deck located on the 86th floor is 320 meters or 1050 feet above the busy streets of New York. The Observatory as it is called, is handicap accessible and is open 365 days a year. Read more about the Empire State Building from New York Architecture Info |
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| We hope you enjoy your visit to our WebSite. We offer a wide range of great sites. We have a great "Portal to the World", excellent weather, golf and tourist sites. As well as great WebSites on trains run for the President of the United States. We are not "FLASHy" like many WebSites, but we offer you, among other things authentic railroad history material. Much of this material is not available elsewhere on the Internet. It was painstakingly collected over many years from such sources as Yale University. We never knowingly link you to any WebSites that contain a virus, collect your personal information, or are those machine-generated sites rampant with "Ads by Google". For some of our material, there is a small nominal charge. |
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| Cooperstown is more than just baseball. There is a great golf course with a hotel. Explore Cooperstown and its beautiful Otsego Lake. | |||
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| In 1925, it was said that "The New York State Barge Canal is the greatest, most important waterway engineering work in all the world's history, in the engineering difficulties encountered, in the population concerned, in volume of available trade, and in future possibilities, in which the Barge Canal promises to far surpass any waterway or land trade route now or ever in existence, not excepting the Panama or the Suez Canal." |
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| A great place to visit is Albany, New York. Albany is the capital of New York State. Just the State Capitol Building and the New York State Library & Museum alone offer a great tourist attraction. The State Capitol building was constructed between 1867 and 1899 and inspired by the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) in Paris, France. Notable architectural features include its "Million Dollar Staircase." Founded in 1614, Albany is built on the site of the Dutch Fort Orange, and its surrounding community of Beverwyck. The English acquired the site from the Dutch in 1664 and renamed it Albany, in honor of the Duke of Albany. Albany is the fourth oldest continually-inhabited city and the second oldest chartered city in the United States. The Empire State Plaza was conceived by Governor Nelson Rockefeller and is now named in his honor. The Erastus Corning Tower stands 589 feet high, the tallest building in New York State outside New York City. The State University of New York campus is the second largest poured concrete structure in the world after The Pentagon. Now the administrative center of the State University of New York, the Delaware & Hudson Building has been beautifully restored. Few Railroads companies have built headquarters for themselves that could be taken for a state capitol, but that is exactly what some visitors to Albany assumed this building to be. The home pictured above once belonged to the Corning family. Erastus Corning founded the New York Central Railroad in 1853. His great-grandson, Erastus Corning II, served as mayor of Albany from 1942 until 1983, the longest single mayoral term of any major city in the United States. While in Albany, try and catch Side Effects, a classical rock band. The band’s vast musical influences include genres of rhythm & blues, classical rock, country and jazz. |
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Historic photographs of Albany, New York From postcard collection found in St Joseph, Michigan |
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Click on the picture above to see an Albany Traffic WebCam of the
intersection of the Thruway (Interstate 90) and the Northway (Interstate 87). This is "tourist central"! |
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| Downtown State Street in Albany, New York, at night. The State Capitol is at the top of the hill. | Intersection of State Street and Pearl Street in Albany, New York. City Hall at far left. |
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Utica, New York, is rich in history. This unique building used to house the Oneida County Historical Association |
Genesee Street in Utica. 6-story building at left was built by the Utica Gas & Electric Company |
Oneida Square in Utica |
Busy Corner in Utica |
Genesee Street in Utica |
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Utica is in the heart of the Mohawk Valley and is the gateway to the Adirondacks.
At left, Barge Canal (Erie Canal) Lock 17 near Little Falls At right, Union Station in Utica |
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Take a photo ride along the Hudson River. You will see some great sights such as the Great Bridge at Poughkeepsie. |
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| General Electric Power Station in Schenectady | General Electric Factory in Schenectady |
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There is always a chance of storms in the
Mediterranean Sea.
Ominous Weather is about more than weather. Its about our environment. Its about our social issues that need to be surfaced if we want to save our environment. See Champions of our Environment like Al Gore SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco John R. Stilgoe Ralph Nader. We have other environmental sites on garbage trucks and Rapid response temporary shelters / portable housing. We have addressed several railroad-related projects that will conserve fuel and lessen pollution. Our Window on Europe spotlights projects that can help the rest of the World. See projects that will conserve fuel and lessen pollution. |
“We cannot go back in time. However, we can consider economic development in a different light, and put the notion of “protecting the planet” at the heart of each development project. It is essential to rise above political divisions and ask ourselves what measures we can take today for a development that is sustainable and respectful of nature.” H.S.H. Prince Albert II, North Pole Expedition Diary, April 2006 |
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At left is the Hotel Syracuse. Bottom left, Niagara Mohawk Building. Bottom right is the State Tower Building.
State Tower Building in Syracuse, Hotel Syracuse and the Niagara Mohawk building are really classics.
See the collection of pictures from old Syracuse: old railroad stations, trains running through the streets of Syracuse.
A postcard published by the William Jubb Company in the 1960s describes the State Tower as: Syracuse's tallest office building and a downtown "landmark". A prestige address in the heart of the banking and financial district. Located at the hub of downtown, in the area of Clinton Square, "one of the largest urban developments in the country" and "the largest single redevelopment proposal in the city's history." The building is never closed, and has a 200 car garage attached. Sixty seconds from Interstate Route 81, seven minutes from N.Y. State Thruway. |
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Our HAND TOOL WebSite is intended in aiding you to locate HAND TOOL suppliers. You may search by product or by manufacturer. We add both products and manufacturers, so keep checking back. In addition we are a full service MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operational Supplies) supplier. If you are in the construction or farming business, we are your source. |
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| See KC Jones BLOG about Railroad History We cover New York Central, New Haven Railroad and other Eastern Railroads. |
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See Penney Vanderbilt BLOG about Golf and Vacations, especially on the French Riviera We have a lot about Nice, France. Not only do we cover golf on the French Riviera, but also Northwest France, Quebec, Golf Hotels and THE US Open |
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