23 Wall Street, also known as the J.P. Morgan Building, is an office
building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, at the
southeast corner of Wall Street and Broad Street. The four-story
building, designed by Trowbridge & Livingston in the Neoclassical style,
was constructed between 1913 and 1914. When it was damaged during the
Wall Street bombing in 1920, J.P. Morgan & Co. refused to make repairs
to defy the bombers. The building was the firm's headquarters until
1989, when the company moved to 60 Wall Street. During the 2000s, there
were plans to convert 23 Wall Street into condominiums. The building
was sold in 2008 to interests associated with the billionaire
industrialist Sam Pa. It has mostly remained empty, although it has been
used for events. The building is a New York City designated landmark and
is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); it is also
a contributing property to the NRHP-listed Wall Street Historic
District.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_Wall_Street>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1867:
U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the
purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase>
1921 :
The Australian Air Corps was disbanded, to be replaced the
following day by the Australian Air Force.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Air_Corps>
1950:
Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as
the first Indonesian film.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darah_dan_Doa>
1981:
John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded U.S. president Ronald
Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton (immediate
aftermath pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Ronald_Reagan>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prognosis:
1. A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on
what is presently known; a prediction.
2. (medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or
disorder based on current medical knowledge.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prognosis>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good
thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is
that we are kept from much evil. As we advance in life it becomes more
and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength
of the heart is developed.
--Vincent van Gogh
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh>