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In 1945, a B-25 Bomber Crashed into the building. During the crash, a massive explosion was also triggered and debris from the building was sent crashing into the interior of the building. The pilot and two of his crewmen were killed along with 11 people located in the building.
An unemployed Brooklyn resident and no-goodnik stopped rush-hour traffic in 1932 when he decided to prance between cables and swing from the ropes of the Brooklyn Bridge in an effort to “think things over.” The police, anxious to get him down, proposed a race, during which they were able to get him close enough to the pavement to grab him.
The original Flatiron Building did not have female bathrooms. When the building opened, it only had bathrooms for men but the management later alternated the floors, one for men and one for women, a pattern that continues today.
Rockefeller Center was named after John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who leased the space from Columbia University in 1928 and developed it beginning in 1930. Although John D. Rockefeller Jr. spent most of his life engaged in philanthropy, his single, defining business venture was the creation of the “city within a city”. Constructed during the Great Depression’s worst years, the project gainfully employed over 40,000 people. It was the largest private building project ever undertaken in modern times. Construction of the 14 buildings in the Art Deco style began on May 17, 1930, and the buildings were completed and opened in 1939.
The largest crowd in its history—an estimated 2 million people—celebrated US victory in World War II on August 14, 1945. That celebration was the site of the famous Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of a sailor kissing a nurse.
Lady Liberty is struck by lightning 600 times every year Standing proud, exposed to the elements, the statue has to withstand around 600 lightning bolts every year and, in high winds, the torch can sway by about 5 inches side-to-side!
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