Project has now been subject to 3 notices over the 13 months which is quite a long time for a conversion preapplication meeting frmentd out to United States neighborhood and groups and now the Planning Commission notice went out to the group im not aware of the issues that have not been assessable or available to the public for several months we feel if theres not strong digestion for continuing this hearing today, well obviously defer to the Planning Commission were looking at the upper 3 floors of the building it is say is being maintained to the ground floor pdr theyve identified two tenant floor the project sponsor has been sensitivity to previous tenant and well pay all the office fees with respect to that we ask you approve that. We have one speaker card calling names . Put on my glasses thank you, thank you commissioner president wu and commissioners im jim an architect and former tenants of 340 brilliant street when i opened my own practice in 991 i was fortunate to find a loca
The northeast. So on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. He later joined fdrs cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a National Chairman of the aclu. He had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if youre a great narrative sports journalism fan. Scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important Academic Freedom case. Some consider him to be the father of the green movement, so he was far ahead of his time on that one. He probably would have gotten a kick out of brooklyn. Art and delaware is a single tax colony where the arden, delaware, was frequented by upton sinclair, and his house in arden was called the jungleo which is a ridiculous pun because his book was called the jungle, and there was this salacious sex scandal that took place. It was played at wharton, harvard, it was played everywhere. So in 19
Owned by house borough and they acquired the company in 1991 and for years this gentle man invented the game at the height of the Great Depression and in one of americas darkest hours he goes into his basement and makes this game and put Atlantic Center property to the vacations during better times. Heres the original monopoly. The patent from 1935 you can see it looks like what we know as monopoly today, the board, the properties. This is a version of the story that has been on the website for years. Some people believe that tarot was the inspiration for the monopoly characters. The problem is the story is not exactly true. The actual game originated with a woman. So, who was she . Prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. She had a lot of views on this and her father was this gentle man who wasnt just an influential newspaper owner that had traveled with Abraham Lincoln during the debate and was around for the founding of the
On the web site for years. Some people believe darrow was the inspiration for some of the monopoly characters. The only problem is that story isnt exactly true. The actual game originated with a the woman. This woman elizabeth mcghee. So who was she . Prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. She had a lot of views. Her father was a gentleman names names names james mcghee who wasnt just an influential newspaper owner that travel with Abraham Lincoln during the lincolndouglass debate and was around for the founding of the Republican Party and was impactful in that. She had also appeared on stage. She wrote short stories and wrote a book of poetry which you can see the plate there for that and she was very impacted by this man henry george. In this room im sure a lot of people know that henry george and in the very short version i am not a henry george scholar is that he was a proponent of single taxpayer amd of this idea you ta
Greenhouses, mr. Monopoly. Most people say Parker Brothers which is now owned by hasbro. And for years the story was this gentleman at the height of the Great Depression and one of americas darkest hours, he goes hours, he goes into his basement and innovates and makes this game and puts Atlantic City properties on it as an almost a vacations during better times. Here is the original patent from 1935. 1935. You can see it looks a lot like monopoly today, the tokens, the board, the property. This version has been on the website for years. Some people believe there was the inspiration for some of the early mr. Monopoly characters. The only problem is that stories are true. The actual game originated with a woman this woman elizabeth mcgee. Prior to inventing prior to inventing her game she had a patent for a typewriter gadget. She was an outspoken feminist. Feminist. She had a lot of views on this. Her father was a gentleman named james mcgee who was not just an influential newspaper own