tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post5895422786525061..comments2024-03-25T08:20:35.311-04:00Comments on What You Do Not Know Because You Are Not Me!: Coincidence, I think soChickenUnderwearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06025866506646843697noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-24693996051529075512010-12-28T13:04:57.675-05:002010-12-28T13:04:57.675-05:00Thanks for your kind mention.
The alignment existe...Thanks for your kind mention.<br />The alignment existed 20 years before the Arch. The Plaza opened in 1867 with a single jet of water as its centerpiece along the axis which was aimed at 350 Fifth Avenue. In 1869, the Lincoln Stature was dedicated at the north end of the Plaza's axis, facing the the unseen mansion 5 miles away, he is pointing to the Emancipation Proclamation, lecturing them from the grave.<br />Olmsted, Vaux and Stranahan were strong Lincoln men. Astor was not. Reconstruction was aborted 1877. In 1895, 3 years after the plain Arch was dedicated at the south end of the Plaza, Omlsted retired, the Lincoln statue was turned around and abandoned in the Concert Grove. Vaux was found drowned in Gravesend Bay in November and six months later the Supreme court ruled racial segregation Constitutional - Separate but Equal. The Astor Mansions became the Waldorf Astoria, the Arch was draped with statuary and Brooklyn merged into NYC. 1931 - Empire State Building.<br />Two years after his assassination, the JFK bust is unveiled where Lincoln stood, facing North, 1965. In 1970, the Mirador was completed two years after the assassinations of MLKingJr and RFKennedy. <br />The Mirador is a concrete base and the lamppost it supports, which is the only place to stand to see the Empire State Building precisely bisect the Arch's interior - its aerial just brushing the ceiling.<br />Thank youRichardhttp://brooklynmirador.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-50674788419125950272010-12-26T13:34:36.964-05:002010-12-26T13:34:36.964-05:00I will do a little more research.I will do a little more research.chickenunderwearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043134998899686830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-22379062308581572512010-12-26T13:32:26.384-05:002010-12-26T13:32:26.384-05:00I'd be skeptical that the arch was built to fa...I'd be skeptical that the arch was built to face South but also to face that particular Manhattan site, but even if it's so, it certainly wasn't a sight-line when the arch was built 40 years before the ESB. Very different from the Greenwood to Statue of Liberty sight-line.Janetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-20385414587131891992010-12-26T12:57:55.525-05:002010-12-26T12:57:55.525-05:00That could be true, but I don't see the connec...That could be true, but I don't see the connections to fact that you can see the Empire State Building through the Arch.......chickenunderwearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043134998899686830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-80834067650876272452010-12-26T12:56:05.911-05:002010-12-26T12:56:05.911-05:00Coincidence that the Colored Orphans Asylum, a tar...Coincidence that the Colored Orphans Asylum, a target of the Draft Rioters, was just a few blocks north of 350 Fifth Avenue?Janetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415589203905330363.post-77296414908909634932010-12-26T12:11:54.000-05:002010-12-26T12:11:54.000-05:00Yes, of course. Like a lot of things in life, it a...Yes, of course. Like a lot of things in life, it all depends on the way you look at it!<br />-- K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com