12 January 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels
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Oheka Castle, also known as the Otto Kahn Estate, is a hotel located on the
North Shore of
Long Island , in
West Hills, New York , also known as the “Gold Coast,” a hamlet in the town of
Huntington . It was the country home of investment financier and philanthropist
Otto Hermann Kahn and his family. The name “Oheka” is an acronym using the first several letters of each part of its creator’s name, Otto Hermann Kahn, which Kahn also used to name his yacht
Oheka II and his ocean-front Villa Oheka in
Palm Beach, Florida . The mansion was built by Kahn between 1914 and 1919, and is the second
largest private home in the United States, comprising 127 rooms and over 109,000 square feet (10,100 m²), as originally configured.
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10 November 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels
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The Mohonk Mountain House, also known as Lake Mohonk Mountain House, is an American
resort hotel located on the
Shawangunk Ridge in
Ulster County, New York . Its location in the town of
New Paltz, New York , is just beyond the southern border of the
Catskill Mountains , west of the
Hudson River . The
National Historic Landmark Program’s “Statement of Significance”, as of the site’s historic landmark designation in 1986, stated:
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8 November 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels , New York City
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The Peninsula New York is a historic
luxury hotel located on the corner of
Fifth Avenue and
55th Street in
Manhattan ,
New York City . The hotel is part of the
Hong Kong -based
Peninsula Hotels group, which is owned by
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited . The hotel was bought in 1988 by the Peninsula group for a price of $127 million. The Peninsula New York has received the
AAA Five Diamond Award for thirteen consecutive years, and in 2007, it was named one of the greatest hotels in the world by
Travel + Leisure magazine.
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11 September 2021 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , New York City
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The September 11 attacks, often referred to as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated
terrorist attacks by the
Wahhabi Islamist terrorist group
Al-Qaeda against the
United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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16 August 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Beaver Building and the
Cocoa Exchange ) is a residential building in the
Financial District of
Manhattan in
New York City . The 15-story building, designed by
Clinton and Russell in the
Renaissance Revival style, was completed in 1904 at the intersection of
Wall ,
Pearl , and
Beaver Streets .
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30 July 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Hyde Park is a town in
Dutchess County, New York , bordering the
Hudson River north of
Poughkeepsie . Within the town are the hamlets of
Hyde Park , East Park,
Staatsburg , and
Haviland . The Hudson River defines the west town line, which is the border with
Ulster County . Hyde Park is bordered by the town of
Poughkeepsie to the south,
Rhinebeck to the north, and
Clinton and
Pleasant Valley to the east.
Gilded Age properties can be found throughout the central
Hudson Valley (Mid-Hudson). Here some of the rich and super-rich from the economic heyday of the USA have (summer) residences built to bring sufficient distance between themselves and the mob from
New York City . In parts, it still works today. Hyde Park is known as the hometown of
Franklin D. Roosevelt , the 32nd
president of the United States . His house there, now the
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site , is listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places , as are the homes of
Eleanor Roosevelt ,
Isaac Roosevelt , and
Frederick William Vanderbilt , along with
Haviland Middle School (formerly Franklin D. Roosevelt High School) . Hyde Park is home to the main campus of
the Culinary Institute of America , a four-year college for culinary and baking and pastry arts, and the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum , the first
presidential library in the United States.
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30 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Columbia University (also known as
Columbia , and officially as
Columbia University in the City of New York ) is a
private Ivy League research university in
New York City . Established in 1754 as
King’s College on the grounds of
Trinity Church in
Manhattan , Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in
New York and the fifth-oldest institution of
higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine
colonial colleges founded prior to the
Declaration of Independence , seven of which belong to the
Ivy League . Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world by major education publications.
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11 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Brownsville is a residential
neighborhood located in eastern
Brooklyn in
New York City . The neighborhood is generally bordered by
Crown Heights to the northwest;
Bedford–Stuyvesant and
Cypress Hills to the north;
East New York to the east;
Canarsie to the south; and
East Flatbush to the west. The 1.163-square-mile (3.01 km²) area that comprises Brownsville has 58,300 residents as of the
2010 United States Census . Founded in its current incarnation in 1858, Brownsville was initially a settlement composed of Jewish factory workers. The neighborhood underwent a major demographic change in the 1950s that saw an influx of African-American and Latino residents. Since the late 20th century, Brownsville has consistently held one of the highest poverty and crime rates of any neighborhood in New York City.
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1 May 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , New York City
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The Bank of America Tower is a 1,200 ft (365.8 m)
skyscraper in the
Midtown neighborhood of
Manhattan in
New York City . It is located at One Bryant Park, on
Sixth Avenue between
42nd and 43rd Streets diagonally opposite
Bryant Park . The $1 billion project was designed by
COOKFOX Architects . Work on the building started in 2004 and it was completed in 2009. The building was
appraised in July 2019 at over $3.5 billion, ranking it among the most valuable office buildings in the city. The Bank of America Tower is advertised to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. It is the
eighth tallest building in New York City , after
One World Trade Center ,
432 Park Avenue ,
30 Hudson Yards , and the
Empire State Building , and the
seventh tallest building in the United States .
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