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When did the 5 boroughs consolidate? - ANSWER 1898 - Honored with Manhattan Municipal Building with Civic Fame statue on top. Where is the Star Walk? - ANSWER Theatre 80 St. Marks, the former home of the Pearl Theatre Company. What was the original name of the Cotton Club? - ANSWER Club Deluxe What was the purpose of the 1965 Hart-Cellars Act? - ANSWER Correct the flaws of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. Allowed many more Asians. Immigration quotas were based on skills and resident relatives. When was slavery abolished in New York? - ANSWER 1827 Who founded the Free African Church of St. Philip in Harlem? - ANSWER Peter Williams, Jr. in 1809. What are Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ANSWER UN, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Battery Park City, Albany Plaza, Corning Glass Center Where is the Diamond District? - ANSWER On 47th St. between Fifth and Sixth Ave, near Rockefeller Center. What is the name of the poem written by Emma Lazurus on the Statue Of Liberty? - ANSWER The New Colossus Who was the first conductor to perform at Carnegie Hall? - ANSWER Tchaikovsky
What was the old elevated railway called on Ninth Ave? - ANSWER Ninth Ave. El is now High Line Park. What is the Grand Boulevard in the Bronx also known as? - ANSWER Grand Concourse What famous author hated brownstones? - ANSWER Edith Wharton Who designed the Woolworth Building? - ANSWER Cass Gilbert Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ANSWER Emma Stebbins, Central Park What did Jacob Riis write? - ANSWER How The Other Half Lives Who designed the outside of the Statue Of Liberty? Inside? - ANSWER Auguste Bartholdi, Gustave Eiffel Who were the architects of the Manhattan Municipal Building? - ANSWER McKim, Mead and White What famous NYC resident invented the telephone? - ANSWER Antonio Meucci Where is a revolutionary war monument that honors 11,500 patriots that died on prison ships? - ANSWER Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn has the Prison Ships Martyrs Monument. Which President regularly used a pew at St. Paul's Chapel? - ANSWER George Washington Who was Robert Moses? - ANSWER Manhattan Master Planner (controversial major mover and shaker) - bridges, expressways, public housing, UN, Lincoln Center, Shea Stadium. Who was Jimmy Walker? - ANSWER Mayor of NYC during the Jazz Age (Roaring 20's). Defeated Fiorello La Guardia. His downfall spurred by the stock market crash and
Where is the Forbes Gallery (60)? - ANSWER 60 Fifth Ave. near 12th St. What is the current name of Hurtig and Seamon's? - ANSWER Apollo Theater Where and what is the 2nd oldest monument in NYC? - ANSWER Worth Monument is in Worth Square at 25th and Broadway near Madison Square Park. The obelisk honors General Worth for his service in the Mexican-American War and Seminole War. What does Guastavino refer to? - ANSWER A type of timbrel roof vaulting that uses lighter terra cotta tiles. Ellis Island, Custom House, GCT used them. Which of these is not a Broadway theater? - ANSWER Hilton, Music Box, Beacon, St. James The Beacon What is the name of the hotel at 59 W. 44th between Fifth and Sixth, famous as a hangout for writers? - ANSWER Algonquin Hotel, famous for its Round Table, where actors, critics, writers and wits would gather, nicknamed The Vicious Circle. What is the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in the city? - ANSWER Federal Hall National Memorial What is the Haughwaut's building known for? - ANSWER Store sold the Lincolns their china and silverware for the White House. Also, first Otis elevator and earliest use of cast iron. Where is the New York Stock Exchange? - ANSWER 11 Wall St. (This is a trick question, they want you to say Wall and Broad) What is Federal Hall and where is it? - ANSWER Site of GW's Inauguration as President. Federal Hall Memorial is the former Custom House building rebuilt on the original site on Wall Street.
What is Bloomingdale Asylum and where is it? - ANSWER Buell Hall, the administration building of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, formerly a lunatic asylum from 1821. What is the name of the garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum, famous for its cherry trees? - ANSWER Japanese Hill And Pond Garden What's the nickname of the AT&T building? - ANSWER Golden Boy Where is the Gotham Hotel, and what is it now called? - ANSWER 700 Fifth Ave at 55th Street - The Peninsula What is Civic Fame? - ANSWER A 25-foot tall golden statue on top of the Manhattan Municipal Building. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman to celebrate the merging of the 5 boroughs in 1898. Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who is living or has has lived there? - ANSWER Central Park West (Eighth Ave) and W. 72nd Street. Henry Hardenbergh design. Lauren Bacall, Connie Chung & Maury Povich, Roberta Flack, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, John Lennon Name buildings designed by Henry Hardenbergh - ANSWER Dakota, Plaza, Schermerhorn Building, the original Waldorf Astoria on 5th (Empire State Building there now), Willard, Copley Plaza What was the Campbell Apartment? - ANSWER An opulent space in GCT, occupied by a friend of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Police thought it was lived in when they saw a shower and toilet. It is now an opulent bar. Where can you find a famous smallpox hospital? - ANSWER Roosevelt Island. Designed by James Renwick, Jr. Equitable Building - Who, where, when. What did it cause? - ANSWER Ernest Graham, 120 Broadway, 1915, Zoning setback restrictions resulting in the Wedding Cake Silhouette architecture.
What is the name of an early black settlement in Brooklyn, settled by freedmen in 1838? - ANSWER Weeksville was named after James Weeks. What was the name of a popular vending machine system for food? - ANSWER Automats What effect did the 1811 Grid Plan have on the city? - ANSWER No alleys, single family homes, cross-ventilation, reduced construction costs. What team did Lou Gehrig play for? - ANSWER Yankees What does Bowery mean? - ANSWER Dutch, for farm What was Dumbbell Architecture and what was it intended to correct? - ANSWER Buildings with narrow spaces between them to act as air shafts and allow sunlight in. Designed to correct the flaws of the 1867 zoning laws but dumbbell apartments were worse. What areas were reduced as the result of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Immigration Act? - ANSWER Southern and Eastern Europe, East Asians and Asian Indians Tavern-On-The-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park was what before? - ANSWER It was a sheep barn What event caused the National Historic Preservation Movement to begin? - ANSWER The destruction of the original Pennsylvania Train Station. When GCT was slated, resistance began, spearheaded by Jackie O. What and where was the Jewish Rialto? - ANSWER A Jewish theater district on Second Ave, between 14th St. and Houston St. that was very popular from the 20's to 40's. What is the best example of Art Deco in NYC? - ANSWER Chrysler Building
The Ansonia hotel was known for what unusual features? - ANSWER All. World's largest swimming pool, rooftop farm with goats and pigs, indoor fountain with seals, home to Babe Ruth, Stravinsky, etc. What and where is 2nd oldest monument in NYC? - ANSWER Worth Monument 23rd and Broadway Which of these theaters doesn't belong in the category of Broadway theaters? - ANSWER Hilton, Music Box, Beacon, St. James The Beacon What is the name of the hotel at 59 W. 44th between 5th and 6th, famous as a hangout for writers? - ANSWER Algonquin famous for it's Roundtable, where actors, critics, writers and wits would gather. The Vicious Circle What is the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in the city? - ANSWER Federal Hall National Memorial What is the Haughwaut's building known for? - ANSWER Selling the Lincoln's their china and silverware for the White House. Also, first Otis elevator and earliest cast iron use. New York Stock Exchange? - ANSWER 11 Wall St. (This is a trick question, they want you to say Wall and Broad) What is Federal Hall and where is it? - ANSWER Site of GW's Inauguration as President. Federal Hall Memorial is the Custom House built on the same site on Wall Street. Why did the World Trade Center fall? - ANSWER All of above What is the name of the garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum, famous for it's cherry trees? - ANSWER Japanese Hill And Pond Garden What's another name for the AT&T building? - ANSWER Golden Boy Where is the Gotham Hotel, and what its it currently called? - ANSWER 700 5th, at 55th. The Peninsula Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who has lived or is living there? - ANSWER 8th Ave. and W. 72nd st. Henry Hardenbergh
What areas of Europe were reduced as the result of the 1924 Immigration Act? - ANSWER ( Johnson - Reed Act ) Southern and Eastern Europe, East Asians and Asian Indians Tavern-On-The-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park was what before? - ANSWER It was a sheep barn What event caused the National Historic Preservation Movement to begin?
- ANSWER The wanton and careless destruction of the original Pennsylvania train Station. When GCT was slated, resistance was begun, Spearheaded by Jackie O. Jewish Rialto? - ANSWER This was a Jewish theater district on 2nd Ave., between 14th St. and Houston St. that was very popular from the 20's to 40's Who founded the AME Zion Church? - ANSWER Peter Williams Architects of the Manhattan Municipal Building - ANSWER McKim, Mead, and White Who designed copper dome of Woolworth Building - ANSWER Cass Gilbert Who designed the Equitable Building? When was it built? - ANSWER Ernest Graham 1915 Robert Moses - major mover and shaker - ANSWER Answer: All of the above Read up on Jimmy Walker - there is a question about him, but no one remembers the question - ANSWER Mayor of NYC during the Jazz Age - Roaring 20's. Defeated Fiorello La Guardia. His demise coincided with the stock market crash. Favored chorus women. When Elliot Ness busted Club 21, he ticketed all the feds' cars! Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ANSWER Warren and Wetmore
What governor was reprimanded for allowing only Dutch Refomed people to settle? ( Tried to exclude Jews - no passports ) - ANSWER Peter Stuyvesant Who went to the Salmagundi Club? - ANSWER Washington Irving, Louis B. Tiffany, John La Farge, Stanford White What black leader was deported out of the country? - ANSWER Marcus Garvey What famous sculptor created General Sherman near Central Park by Plaza Hotel? - ANSWER Augustus St. Gaudens What famous architect was shot by Harry K. Thaw on top of the Madison Square Garden? - ANSWER Stanford White, of McKim, Mead and White Who was the Russian Jew with the French name that did the panels at the Lincoln Center? - ANSWER Marc Chagall Who designed the Washington Arch? - ANSWER Stanford White Who was the architect of Riverside Church - ANSWER Allen & Collens and Henry C. Pelton were the architects. John D. Rockefeller Jr. led the financing for Baptist Minister Harry Emerson Fosdick What is Morningside Heights, and what is found there? - ANSWER A neighborhood on the Upper West Side. Columbia University, the Old Bloomingdale Asylum, Tom's Restaurant (Seinfeld), St. John the Divine, Riverside Church, Grant's Tomb Who was the Chrysler Building's Architect? - ANSWER William Van Alen Throg's Neck bridge connects which two boroughs? - ANSWER Queens and the Bronx on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? Little Italy Belmont area Oldest Jewish newspaper - ANSWER The Forward
What are the cross town bus routes? - ANSWER Don't try to learn. NOT 9th.
Where is the original St. Patrick's church located? - ANSWER In Nolita, on corner of Prince and Mott, at 263 Mulberry. Where was the Cosby show shot? - ANSWER Shot in Manhattan, at St. Luke's Place, but supposed to be Brooklyn, on Stigwell Ave. Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, 1st mosque built in US, gift of many countires, faces Mecca? - ANSWER 1711 3rd. Ave. between E 96th and E 97th Hamilton Grange housing development helped bring blacks to settle in Harlem? - ANSWER Dunbar Apartments Where did Dylan Thomas drink himself silly, shortly before dying? - ANSWER The White Horse Tavern Which three trains will take you to Yankee Stadium? - ANSWER B, D, 4 Largest Jewish Synagoge in NYC? - ANSWER Temple Emanu-El What is the address of the original Cotton Club? - ANSWER 142nd and Lenox From Astoria Hotel to the Cloisters - how does a charter BUS get there? - ANSWER Do NOT take Park Ave. Take Henry Hudson Access Road. How are many deals made in the Diamond District? - ANSWER Handshake Oldest Jewish Synagogue in NYC - ANSWER Shearith Israel 8 W. 70th St. What is the address of the UN? - ANSWER 1st Ave., between E. 42nd and E.49th Where was West Side Story filmed? - ANSWER Lincoln Center area (was torn down)
The Kosciusko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ANSWER Newtown Creek What subway line would you take to get to the Bronx Zoo? - ANSWER 2 Where is a large festival that celebrates the feast of the Giglio? - ANSWER Williamsburg section of Brooklyn What subway line takes you to the Brooklyn Museum? - ANSWER 2 or 3 What housing development helped bring blacks to settle in Harlem? - ANSWER Strivers' Row - built for wealthy whites but sat empty then sold to blacks. In what borough is the Belmont area of Italians and Albanians? - ANSWER Bronx What satellite of Trinity Church was built in 1766? - ANSWER St. Paul's Chapel. What was built in 1766? - ANSWER St. Paul's Chapel. Where is the Next Wave festival held each year? - ANSWER BAM Brooklyn Academy of Music What is Sniffen Court, and where is it? - ANSWER A former mews - horse stables, it is now a courtyard of little apartments, at E 36th St, between 3rd Ave. and Lexington on Murray Hill. What subway train do you take to get to the Hispanic Society of America? - ANSWER No. 1 train to 157th st. W. What's on Staten Island? - ANSWER Snug Harbor, Richmondtown, Meucci-Garibaldi Museum, Alice Austen house What great painters are on display in the Hispanic Society of the America?
- ANSWER El Greco, Valasquez, Goya Which train will take you from the Native American caves of Inwood to the ocean beaches of Rockaway in Queens? - ANSWER A train
Where are many Taiwanese moving to? - ANSWER Flushing, Queens Which boroughs have a Fifth avenue? - ANSWER All but Staten Island What is unique about wood water towers? - ANSWER Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks. Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later in wood than in steel. Why is it sometimes said that the constellations on the ceiling are best viewed by God? - ANSWER They are painted backwards. What and where is NYC 's largest Parade? - ANSWER West Indian Carnival Day and Parade. From Brooklyn over eastern Parkway. 42nd year. How did the Brooklyn Dodgers get their name? - ANSWER The players and fans had to dodge trolley cars on their way to practice and games. There is a question about where to take people to the bathroom while touring. - ANSWER Of choices, answer is hotel lobbies. To what does the Hess triangle refer? - ANSWER NYC smallest plot of land, fought for by the Hess family, when 7th Ave. was rerouted. In front of a cigar store. There will be a picture of it. In 1880, over 1,000 people lost their lives in a maritime tragedy, almost all of them German. What was the name of the boat? - ANSWER General Slocum How many people pass through the Grand Central TERMINAL every day? - ANSWER 500,000...or 750, What is the proper attire at an airport? - ANSWER Professional dress What museum has two Dutch Farmohuses? - ANSWER Brooklyn Museum What is Dim Sum? - ANSWER A variety of Chinese dumplings and appetizers.
What is the name of the river east of Manhattan? - ANSWER East River What is the name of the river west of Manhattan? - ANSWER Hudson River How much do tickets in Shakespeare In The Park cost? - ANSWER $0. What is a bialy? - ANSWER A Jewish pastry, covered with onions What city is the same size as the Bronx? - ANSWER Paris What is poori? - ANSWER Indian flat bread (naan) that is deep fried. Can you idle your coach if it's under 40 degrees F? - ANSWER YES or if it's a very hot day? No If biggest industry, answer is F.I.R.E. - - ANSWER Fire Insurance, Real Estate Broadway Shows If you have a question with Charlotte's Web or Stuart Little in it - ANSWER the answer is E.B. White What do you include on an invoice? - ANSWER Everything you can think of
- name, date, time, where, when, what, etc. Where would you find a collection of Faberge Eggs before 2004? - ANSWER Forbes Gallery The question involves a small discreet building in back of other buildings. You can tell there are horses there. Why are they there? - ANSWER NYC Police department uses horses Can a tour guide accept commissions or incentives to steer business to a vendor? - ANSWER No What was the name of the area now known as Times Square. When and why did the name change Longacre Square. - ANSWER When subway reached area, New York Times newspaper moved there in 1904 New York City Panorama, largest architectural model in the world, is where? - ANSWER Queens Museum of Art.
