79e Rue — Wikipédia

	79e Rue
	; branche de Yorkville de la New York Public Library dans la 79e Rue.
Dénomination	79th Street
Géographie
Arrondissement(s)	Manhattan
Quartier(s)
Début de la voie	fleuve Hudson
Fin de la voie	Musée d'histoire naturel
Coordonnées	40° 46′ 36″ nord, 73° 57′ 48″ ouest
Géolocalisation sur la carte : New York
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La 79^e Rue (ou 79th Street) est une rue à New York dans l'arrondissement de Manhattan.

Histoire

La rue part du fleuve Hudson ; du bassin d'amarrage construit en 1934 et du parc, du niveau de la ligne du New York Central Railroad West Side, du Tunnel de la liberté, jusqu'au Musée d'histoire naturel de New York.

Transport

La station 79th Street est située à l'intersection de la 79^e Rue et Broadway, elle est desservie par le train 1 en tout temps et 2 trains au cours de soirées tardives. Le M79 79th Street parcours d'autobus Crosstown entre s'étend sur toute la 79^e Rue.

Immeubles

Sur Broadway, The Apthorp (Clinton and Russell, architects, 1908), sur la West Side's des appartements classiques, et le First Baptist Church in the City of New York de George M. Kaiser, architecte, 1891.
Entre la Sixième et la Septième Avenues, à l'ouest de la 79^e Rue et de Central Park, il y avait le réservoir et l'aqueduc de Croton construit en 1842. L'eau était pompé dans le Westchester County, l'eau de la rivière Harlem River^[1]. Le réservoir mesurait 1 826 pieds (556,5648 m) de long et 836 pieds (254,8128 m) de large, et pouvait contenir 180 Unité « e6USgal » inconnue du modèle {{Conversion}}. ( m³) d'eau, 35 Unité « e6USgal » inconnue du modèle {{Conversion}}. ( m³)^{[réf. nécessaire]}.

Michael Bloomberg a vécu au cinq de la 79^e Rue, entre Madison Avenue et la Cinquième Avenue^[2].

Tom Wolfe a vécu sur la 79th Street, Art Garfunkel^[3]
Eliot Spitzer^[4]. politicien a vécu sur la 79th Street proche de Park Avenue^[5].

Le côté sud du bloc entre la Cinquième et Madison est protégé comme une ligne ininterrompue de rares maisons en rangée. Elle commence au coin de la Cinquième par une bloc du style Renaissance française Harry F. Sinclair House (1897-1898), qui abrite aujourd'hui l'Institut Ukraine.

The New York Society Library, au 53 Est de la 79th street, is the city's oldest (1754) circulating library; it occupies a double-width townhouse built for John S. and Catherine Dodge Rogers, (Trowbridge & Livingston, 1916-18).Christopher Gray, "The New York Society Library: The John S. Rogers House", 2008
East 79th Street is an unnumbered southbound only entrance to the FDR Drive.

Notes et références

↑ Acitelli, Tom. "The Sit-Down:Morrison Heckscher, On the Park", The New York Observer, March 25, 2008. Accessed August 1, 2008. « And the receiving reservoir of the Croton Aqueduct System—on a high plot of land between 79th and 86th streets, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, right outside my office there—that was completed in 1842. »
↑ Jones, Richard Lezin. "Billionaire Next Door Is a Regular Kind of Guy", The New York Times, November 11, 2001. Accessed August 1, 2008. "At Mr. Bloomberg's home -- a five-story, $5 million limestone town house at 17 East 79th Street -- the special round-the-clock police detail that typically keeps guard over the mayor-elect has already begun."
↑ Arnold, Hallie. "One more drug offense could land Garfunkel in jail", Kingston Daily Freeman, August 31, 2005. Accessed August 1, 2008. "Garfunkel, who lives on East 79th Street in Manhattan, pleaded guilty in that case and paid a $100 fine and a $100 surcharge."
↑ Hakim, Danny; and O'Connor, Ahmad. "Spitzer to Resign Soon; Paterson Set as Successor", The New York Times, March 12, 2008. Accessed August 1, 2008. "Mr. Spitzer, who had been holed up at his apartment at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street in Manhattan since issuing an apology on Tuesday, emerged at about 11:15 a.m."
↑ Haden-Guest, Anthony. "Vanity fare: She is the legendary New York socialite: stick thin, fabulously wealthy and dressed head to toe in couture. Here, Nan Kempner reveals why she hates fat people... but loves high fashion and junk food", The Observer, August 12, 2001. Accessed August 1, 2008. « There are two paintings by the great Surrealist René Magritte in the living room of the apartment where Kempner lives with her broker husband, Thomas, on Park Avenue and 79th Street. »

[1] Acitelli, Tom. "The Sit-Down:Morrison Heckscher, On the Park", The New York Observer, March 25, 2008. Accessed August 1, 2008. « And the receiving reservoir of the Croton Aqueduct System—on a high plot of land between 79th and 86th streets, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, right outside my office there—that was completed in 1842. »

[2] Jones, Richard Lezin. "Billionaire Next Door Is a Regular Kind of Guy", The New York Times, November 11, 2001. Accessed August 1, 2008. "At Mr. Bloomberg's home -- a five-story, $5 million limestone town house at 17 East 79th Street -- the special round-the-clock police detail that typically keeps guard over the mayor-elect has already begun."

[3] Arnold, Hallie. "One more drug offense could land Garfunkel in jail", Kingston Daily Freeman, August 31, 2005. Accessed August 1, 2008. "Garfunkel, who lives on East 79th Street in Manhattan, pleaded guilty in that case and paid a $100 fine and a $100 surcharge."

[4] Hakim, Danny; and O'Connor, Ahmad. "Spitzer to Resign Soon; Paterson Set as Successor", The New York Times, March 12, 2008. Accessed August 1, 2008. "Mr. Spitzer, who had been holed up at his apartment at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street in Manhattan since issuing an apology on Tuesday, emerged at about 11:15 a.m."

[5] Haden-Guest, Anthony. "Vanity fare: She is the legendary New York socialite: stick thin, fabulously wealthy and dressed head to toe in couture. Here, Nan Kempner reveals why she hates fat people... but loves high fashion and junk food", The Observer, August 12, 2001. Accessed August 1, 2008. « There are two paintings by the great Surrealist René Magritte in the living room of the apartment where Kempner lives with her broker husband, Thomas, on Park Avenue and 79th Street. »

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