Apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor alongside him called Him Commodore as a way of teasing him. And it stuck. And then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass one of the largest fortunes in american history. The kind of fortune that leaves a mark. In 1917 right next to the thenbrand new Grand Central station opposite vand built avenue, a huge new hotel went up with thousands of rooms. It was called the Commodore Hotel. It was named after correspond kneel i couldnt say, the Commodore Vand built. Had a statute of him right out front. And that hotel was one of new yorks big successful shmancy centrally located famous
it was a big deal because the Commodore Hotel was a big Landmark Piece of new York Real Estate right next to Grand Central station. It also had this poetic storied connection to the great vanderbilt family. But it was a highprofile deal bec
Citizens here, still feeling very pained about what happened yesterday. The local newspaper, the advocate, really says it all. This is how people feel. This was senseless. Prominently displayed the three Police Officers killed, brad garafol, Montrel Jackson, their service with the Baton Rouge Police community, one year to ten years. It was just yesterday morning, just down the street on this busy highway here, airline highway, where the suspect was seen carrying a long armed rifle. Now we now, an ar15, witnesses called in, Police Responded. Six officers hit. Three were killed. This community is trying to resume to some sort of normalcy here. We heard from Baton Rouge Police yesterday, saying already, police had felt depleted over the last 12 to 14 days, after the Police Involved shooting of alton sterling. And now this. You can hear the road behind me, people are trying to get back to some normalcy about a mile and a half away at the bequick, thats where the shooting took plalg place.
Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who worked the harbor along side him called him commodore basically as a way of teasing him, and it stuck. Then that kid who they mocked as the commodore grew up to amass
Transportation. He got into the business of shipping by sea and also by land. By the civil war era Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of americas Great Railroad tycoons. Before there was ever a Grand Central station in new york city, there was a Grand Central depot that Cornelius Vanderbilt created as a terminal for his train lines in new york city. To this day theres a street that runs right up one side of Grand Central station thats called vanderbilt avenue. Thats named after him. And for years, for decades, on the other side of Grand Central station, on the other side of it from vanderbilt avenue, there was another monument to va vanderbilt that didnt use his last name. It used his nickname. The nickname that everybody used for Cornelius Vanderbilt was the commodore. Commodore is a high rank in the navy. Cornelius vanderbilt never served in the navy, but apparently he got the nickname of the commodore in his days as a kid running those Ferry Services in new york harbor. The other guys who
In the New York Times, the trump tower, the crown jewel of trumps sprawling empire. Its name em blazened in gold was built on the backs of polish workers, many underpaid, overworked and undocumented. It was from the same marbled skyscraper that donald trump would launch his president ial bid and promise to build a wall peppering his speech and many others after with the antiimmigrant rhetoric that electrified his base. When mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best. They are bringing drugs. They are bringing clubs. Theyre rapists. You wouldnt believe how bad these people are. These arent people. These are animals. We have some bad hombres here and we are going to get them out. Tolerance for illegal immigration is not compassionate. It is actually very cruel. Trump is still selling the Illegal Immigrants boogeyman. Ramping it up even more as he gears up for the 2020 election, backed by the relentless drum beat of antiimmigrant rhetoric on fox news. A the Washington Post r