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t. e. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023. [1]
Pearl Street Station. Pearl Street Station was Thomas Edison's first commercial power plant in the United States. It was located at 255–257 Pearl Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, just south of Fulton Street on a site measuring 50 by 100 feet (15 by 30 m). [1] The station was built by the Edison Illuminating ...
The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13–14, 1977. The only unaffected neighborhoods in the city were in southern Queens (including neighborhoods of the Rockaways), which were part of the Long Island Lighting Company system, as well as the Pratt Institute campus in Brooklyn, and a few other large apartment and commercial ...
Cherry Street (Manhattan) Coordinates: 40.7114°N 73.9889°W. East end of Cherry Street, Vladeck Houses and Corlear's Hook Park. Looking west from Clinton Street towards Manhattan Bridge. Cherry and Catherine Streets, 1848. Cherry Street is a one-way street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It currently has two sections, mostly running ...
Robert H. Boyle. Robert Hamilton Boyle Jr. (August 21, 1928 – May 19, 2017) was an environmental activist, conservationist, book author, journalist and former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. In 1966, Boyle founded the Hudson River Fishermen's Association (HRFA) with its members serving as sentries to protect the river and its ...
DWS = Department of Water Supply. ECS Co. LIM = Empire City Subway Company Limited (also abbreviated as ECS Co LTD) EDISON = Edison. EEICo. = Edison Electric Illuminating Company. FDNY = FDNY. GAS = Brooklyn Union Gas. HPFS = High Pressure Fire Service. IRT = Interborough Rapid Transit. JWS = Jamaica Water Supply Company of New York.
The September 2013 New Haven Line power outage was an unplanned electrical power outage that impacted service on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line for twelve days in 2013. On September 25, 2013, a 138- kV main feeder cable from Con Edison that provided electricity to an AC catenary-powered 8-mile (13 km) segment of the New Haven Line failed ...
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie -shaped plaza five blocks long between 42nd and ...