The Hearst Tower is a building at the southwest corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, U.S. It is the world headquarters of the media conglomerate Hearst Communications, housing many of the firm's publications and communications companies. The Hearst Tower consists of two sections, with a total height of 597 feet (182 m) and 46 stories. The six lowest stories form the original Hearst Magazine Building (also known as the International Magazine Building), designed by Joseph Urban and George B. Post & Sons, and completed in 1928. Above it is the Hearst Tower addition, designed by Norman Foster and finished in 2006. The original structure is clad with stone and contains six pylons with sculptural groups. The tower section has a glass-and-metal façade arranged as a diagrid, or diagonal grid, which doubles as its structural system. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Tower_%28Manhattan%29> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1860: To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron- hulled armoured warship. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_%281860%29> 1890: Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre> 1915: First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_law_of_29_December_1915> 1975: Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded (aftermath pictured) at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_LaGuardia_Airport_bombing> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: merry-go-round: 1. Synonym of carousel (“a pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down”). 2. (rail transport, often attributive) A freight train of hopper wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving continuously on a circular track, often incorporating a balloon loop. 3. (chiefly US) A piece of playground equipment consisting of a circular platform that is made to revolve by pushing while users stand on it. 4. (figurative) 5. A bustle of activity; also, a meaningless cycle of activity. 6. (baseball) A series of singles and doubles that allows the batting team to score while still having runners on base who can be driven in by the next batter. 7. (Kenya) An informal cooperative scheme in which members (often women) regularly contribute money to a pool, the collected money being then paid out to one of the members; this is repeated so that every member eventually receives money. The collected money may also be invested, or loaned to members. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merry-go-round> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day: War taken at the best is a frightful scourge to the human race; but because it is so the wisdom of ages has surrounded it with strict laws and usages, and has required formalities to be observed which shall act as a curb upon the wild passions of man, to prevent that scourge from being let loose unless under circumstances of full deliberation and from absolute necessity. You have dispensed with all these precautions. --William Ewart Gladstone <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone> _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Daily Article mailing list. To unsubscribe write to: [email protected] Questions or comments? Contact [email protected]
