#New York City - U.S.

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS Missouri (BB-63) sliding under the Brooklyn Bridge, en route to the New York Navy Yard. Where she will undergo a two month overhaul. Part of the top gear of the Might Mo has to be removed at the Navy Yard Annex, Bayonne, New Jersey, in order to permit the ship to pass under the bridge."

Date: November 19, 1945

Associated Press Photo: S1026647, link

#USS Missouri (BB-63) #USS Missouri #Iowa Class #Battleship #Warship #Ship #New York Navy Yard #Brooklyn Navy Yard #Brooklyn #New York City #New York #East Coast #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #November #1945 #my post

[todaysdocument]

“There is a riot in this city, in opposition to the Draft, which threatens to be quite serious. . . .”

On 7/13/1863 in NYC, white immigrants rioted out of anger at the rich who could avoid the draft, and then turned their violence toward Black people. 

Record Group 393: Records of U.S. Army Continental Commands

Series: Letters Sent

Transcription: 

[stamp] WAR RECORDS COPIED 1861-1865 263

Head Quarters,

Department of the East,

New York City, July 13, 1863

Loomis Colonel G.

Commanding Governor's Island

Colonel,

The Major General Commanding

255 directs, that you send immediately to this city for

276 special service all the troops, regulars and Volunteers,

that you have now under your command, to report

to Col. Robert Nugent A.A. Provost Marshal General,

No. 106 Leonard St. The men will have forty rounds

of ammunition each with their arms.

By Command of Major General Wool

C.T. Christensen

Asst. Adjt. General

[stamp] WAR RECORDS COPIED 1861-1865

Head Quarters

Department of the East,

New York City, July 13. 1863.

Paulding Rear Admiral H.

Sir,

There is a riot in this city, in opposition to

the Draft, which threatens to be quite serious. I have

ordered all the troops in the forts in this harbor to report

to Colonel Nugent A. A. Provost Marshal General No. 106

243/270 Leonhard St. New York City - but in all, they amount to only

a small band. Can you not furnish us with a company

or more, of Marines for that purpose, by aiding us at this

moment, you will confer a favor on the city authorities,

as well as myself.

I remain, sir,

Very respectfully

Your Obedt Servant

John E Wool

Major General

#archivesgov #July 13 #1863 #1800s #Civil War #U.S. Civil War #New York City #riots #the draft #military #immigration #racialized violence

[isupportzaynxliamxziam]

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

The moment Zayn steps out of the apartment to get to the car, he gets papped and he looks done, but ...

... when he gets to the car a paparazzi seems very curious about a birthday tweet Zayn got some days ago

The video gets uploaded on YouTube by TMZ

#Wednesday 17 January 2018 #Zayn Malik #Zayn' candid #New York City - U.S.

[lonestarflight]

Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortresses, 2nd Bombardment Group, over New York City, during American Legion Parade.

Photographed by Major G.W. Goddard.

Date: September 21, 1937

NARA: 276537898

source, source, source

Colorized by howdicolour: link

#Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress #Y1B-17 #Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress #Boeing B-17 #B-17 Flying Fortress #B-17 #Flying Fortress #Bomber #2nd Bomber Group #United States Army Air Corps #U.S. Army Air Corps #US Army Air Corps #Army Air Corps #Air Corps #USAAC #New York City #New York #East Coast #parade #September #1937 #interwar period #colorized photo #colorized #2nd Bombardment Group #my post

[rabbitcruiser]

The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington on February 20, 1792.

#Postal Service Act #establishing #United States Post Office Department #20 February 1792 #anniversary #US history #Federal Building and Post Office #James Farley Post Office #New York City #Franklin Post Office #Philadelphia #Miami Beach Post Office #Miami Beach #The Annapolis Main Post Office #Annapolis #U.S. Post Office and Courthouse #Atlanta #Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building #architecture #travel #cityscape #tourist attraction #original photography #vacation #landmark #USA #USS Lexington (CV-16)

[goalhofer]

Inspiration for Alfred E. Neuman from 1930 postcard for James Evans Parts Co. in Longview, Texas.

#Books #U.S.A. #U.S. #New York City #New York #Cars #Texas #1930s #Awesome

[bumblebeeappletree]

A 30-foot-long juvenile sperm whale washed up on Rockaway Beach on December 13, making it the sixth whale to be stranded in New York since October 20, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. Video shows surfers trying to push the whale back into the water, but the animal ultimately died.

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reportedly responded to the scene.

The whale was slated to undergo a necropsy to determine its cause of death this week, according to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. Of the 6 whales beached, this was the 3rd that was specifically a sperm whale — a calf that was stranded on October 21 had to be euthanized, and another calf that was stranded on December 5 was pushed back into the water, only to later die on a New Jersey beach.

A spokesperson for NOAA said, ‘The best way to assist these animals, and keep them and yourself safe, is by calling trained responders and maintaining a 150-foot distance. Never attempt to return a large whale or other marine mammal back to the water without guided support from trained responders. Additionally, sperm whales are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.’ The Marine Mammal Protection Act also makes touching and feeding marine mammals illegal.

#Earth #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NowThis

#now this earth #now this #Solarpunk #tidalpunk #beached whale #tw animal death #cw animal death #sperm whale #marine life #ocean #sea #Rockaway Beach #New York #USA #Atlantic Marine Conservation Society #surfers #New York City Department of Parks & Recreation #U.S. Army Corps of Engineers #New Jersey #NOAA #Marine Mammal Protection Act #endangered species #Endangered Species Act #Youtube

[meridian-street]

Neighboring States Want to Stop OKC Record Tall Skyscraper

Residents of Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Missouri Sue Oklahoma to Stop Proposed OKC Skyscraper Because They Don't Want To Look At It.

"Our states are just too dern flat," said Amarillo Tx. resident Roy Holstein. "If I stand on my porch I can spot a prairie dog stickin' its head out 18 miles away. You think I won't see lights from that Okie steeple? You betcha I will."

Residents from other states expressed similar concerns about light pollution. "There's nary a bump nor hill between OKC and Wichita," complained Mary Smith. "All that light's gonna keep me and my cats awake all night."

Filing an amicus brief in support of the project is the state of New York that believes the structure will give terrorists something to target outside of New York.

#Oklahoma City #U.S. tallest skyscraper #terrorism #New York city #Great Plains

[thenewdemocratus]

CBS Evening News: Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Tiff The Day After

\ Source:The New Democrat  I haven’t seen this video in about three years and I saw it then on YouTube. And if I heard anything about it as a kid in 1987 when this interview was conducted when I was 11-12 when, I don’t remember. So I don’t remember this interview very well to say the least, but a post about that interview and the interview itself will be on this blog in the future. What I can…

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#1988 #1988 Presidential Campaign #America #CBS Evening News #CBS News #Dan Rather #George H.W. Bush #George H.W. Bush For President #New York #New York City #Republican Party #Texas #The 1980s #U.S. Government #United States #Vice President George H.W. Bush #Washington #Washington DC #Youtube

[xtruss]

History of Earth Day & Arbor Day in Parks

First Annual Earth Day Birthday Parade and Celebration in Union Square on April 22, 1970

Earth Day began in 1970 as a way to raise awareness about environmental issues. Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, a young environmentalist, joined to organize events across the country and "shake things up." Following that first Earth Day, which was celebrated by 20 million people across the country, President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.

For the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, thousands participated in various sanctioned events in New York City. Fifth Avenue was closed to traffic from Union Square Park to Central Park, and 14th Street between 3rd and 7th Avenues was transformed into an "Ecological Carnival."

First Annual Earth Day Birthday Parade and Celebration

Union Square Park served as the focus of numerous Earth Day observances and teach-ins throughout the metropolitan region. Over the day, some 100,000 people were estimated to have thronged to the square in one of the largest demonstrations there since the socialist rallies of the 1930s. The empty streets resulted in at least one picnic spread at the intersection of 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, and Mayor John V. Lindsay repeated the idea during the summer of 1970 when he closed Fifth Avenue to traffic for four successive weekends. The City also banned cars for the day in Central Park in Manhattan, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Forest Park in Queens, and Silver Lake Park in Staten Island.

First Annual Earth Day Birthday Parade and Celebration

Earth Day became a global event in 1990; the event has been celebrated in earnest with tours, events, and volunteer opportunities at parks across the city since 2000. For NYC Parks, Earth Day is a chance to honor our green spaces and how we care for them, and to raise awareness about how we are working to shape a greener future for our city.

Youthful zeal and environmental activism join forces as celebrants hoist a tree at Union Square Park on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. Photo by Daniel McPartlin; courtesy of Parks Photo Archive.

Arbor Day Observed in the City

Arbor Day, celebrated on the last Friday in April, dates to 1872 when it is said that over one million trees were planted in Nebraska. Julius Sterling Morton, originally from upstate New York then living in Nebraska, was instrumental in establishing the day. New York State has been celebrating Arbor Day since 1888, and Arbor Day has been celebrated at NYC Parks for years. In 1906, Arbor Day festivities were held in playgrounds, "thereby inculcating a true love for nature," according to the 1906 Annual Report.

Planting Trees for New York City

With the support of Big Bird, Mayor Bloomberg helps plant the first tree of the MillionTreesNYC initiative, October 9, 2007. Photo by Daniel Avila.

Inspired by the million trees planted in Nebraska in 1872, NYC Parks and the New York Restoration Project launched MillionTreesNYC in 2007. The goal of the citywide public-private program was to plant and care for one million new trees across the city. In his support for this tree initiative, Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed out that trees help clean the air and reduce the pollutants that trigger asthma (an endemic problem in underserved areas of the city) while also cooling streets, sidewalks, and homes on hot days, and increasing property values and encouraging neighborhood revitalization. In 2015, thanks to help from NYRP, additional partners, our many volunteers, and nearly 50,000 New Yorkers who helped plant trees in our parks, on neighborhood streets, and in their own backyards, we planted our millionth tree.

Some 20 million people took part in the first Earth Day protests held across the United States on April 22, 1970. In New York City, the streets near Union Square Park were turned into an "ecological carnival" in one of the largest demonstrations the city had seen in decades. Photograph By Santi Vissalli, Getty

In the last 20 years, Parks has worked to diversify New York City’s street tree species to make our urban forest stronger and more resilient. We currently plant over 200 tree species that are well suited to the urban environment because they’re able to withstand soil compaction, drought, flooding, air pollution, high pH soils, and strong winds. More information can be found on our Approved Species List page, the NYC Street Tree Map, and our 2015 Street Tree Census Report.

#History #Earth Day #Arbor Day #New York City (Manhattan) #Fifth Avenue #Central Park #Gaylord Nelson U.S. Senator From Wisconsin #Denis Hayes #President Richard Nixon #Environmental Protection Agency #Union Square Park #Ecological Carnival #Central Park in Manhattan | Brooklyn's Prospect Park | Forest Park in Queens | Silver Lake Park in Staten Island #Mayor John V. Lindsay #Julius Sterling Morton #MillionTreesNYC #New York Restoration Project #NYC Parks #Mayor Bloomberg

[lonestarbattleship]

USS TEXAS (BB-35) departs the New York harbor.

"The fleet flagship takes one last view of New York for the year.

New York is an unusual picture of USS TEXAS, flagship of Admiral J.V. Chase, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet, as she passed between Governor's Island (background) and New York City, bound for the Atlantic Ocean, today. TEXAS is bound for Panama, where fleet concentration will take place. Following these maneuvers, the vessel will be based on the Pacific coast for the remainder of 1931."

R-1-8-31

Date: January 31, 1931

#USS TEXAS (BB-35) #USS TEXAS #New York Class #battleship Texas #Dreadnought #Battleship #Warship #Ship #United States Navy #U.S. Navy #US Navy #USN #Navy #New York City #New York #East Coast #January #1931 #interwar period #Flagship #my post

[isupportzaynxliamxziam]

Tuesday, 16 January 2017

Zayn gets spotted in New York City

credits to zaytanmaliks (deleted)

credits to celebsofcolor

#Tuesday 16 January 2017 #Zayn Malik #Zayn's candid #New York City - U.S.

[codewithcode]

New York City drivers to pay extra tolls as part of first-in-the-nation effort to reduce congestion

Drivers in New York City will be charged extra in tolls to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street as part of a long-stalled congestion pricing plan NEW YORK — New York will move forward with its first-in-the-nation plan to charge drivers extra in tolls to enter the core of New York City, part of an effort to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and raise funds for the city’s public transit…

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#4 #Business #city #congestion #drivers #effort #extra #firstinthenation #General news #Part #pay #Politics #reduce #tolls #transportation #U.S. news #York

[rabbitcruiser]

U.S. president William McKinley was fatally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on September 6, 1901.

#U.S. president #William McKinley #wounded #Pan-American Exposition #USA #6 September 1901 #Buffalo #New York #summer 2018 #travel #original photography #tourist attraction #landmark #architecture #cityscape #Art Deco #McKinley Monument by Alexander Phimister Proctor #City Hall #evening light #façade

[goalhofer]

1950 "me worry?" kid poster before becoming Alfred E. Neuman.

#Posters #Books #U.S.A. #U.S. #New York City #New York #1950s

[misswilma]

internet questions. | 066

31.05.2023

— what was the city of new york originally called?

The Dutch originally called the region New Netherland. New Amsterdam, which was established on Manhattan Island, later became New York City. The state is named for the Duke of York and Albany, who later became King James II. (Sheppard Software w.d.).

#internet questions #new york #new york city #u.s. history #new york history