History
A brief history of the museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens – businessmen and financiers as well as leading arists and thinkers of the day – who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people…In 1880, the Metropolitan […]
St. Patrick’s Cathedral: 150 Years of Inspiration While her cornerstone was laid in 1858 and her doors swept open in 1879, it was over 150 years ago, when Archbishop John Hughes announced his inspired ambition to build the “new†Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. …Ridiculed as “Hughes’ Folly,†as the proposed, near-wilderness site was considered too far […]
A New Beginning for Grand Central Terminal The new Grand Central Terminal officially opened on February 2, 1913. More than 150,000 people turned out to celebrate opening day. The beautiful Beaux Arts building with its massive marble staircase, 75-foot windows and star-studded ceiling was an immediate hit… In 1994, Metro-North took over operation of Grand […]
Excerpts from The Triumph of Rockefeller Center It was because of John D. Rockefeller Jr. that the complex was sound and creditable. It was only because he had consented to be personally responsible for repayment that the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company agreed to lend the enterprise $65 million at 5 percent. It was Rockefeller who, […]