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for six years we traveled to u.s. cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. watch more of our visits at c spab.org slash cities tour. back in 2008, the brooklyn anniversary th party that the city of new york threw. and mayor bloomberg presided over it and he said that the brooklyn bridge was the icon of new york city. and he s absolutely correct because if you look at television, or read magazines, it s very hard to watch tv and not see repeated images of the brooklyn bridge. it really is the icon of new york city. and it originated here in trenton. john was born in 1806 in prussia which later became part of germany. the town he was born in is about 100 kilometers southwest of berlin. when he came here, he had a first class engineering education in germany by some of the best architects and engineers in europe and he arrived here just as america was taking off in terms of the industrial revolution. and there were very few train engineers here. trained engineers ....
the mansion in new york. her book will be on sale afterward. it is my pleasure to introduce margaret oppenheimer. [applause] margaret: thank you very much. july 3, age 33, a distinguished new yorker wrote a note in his diary. the celebrated colonel burr was married to the celebrated mrs. jumel. his choice of adjectives was interesting. not distinguished, but celebrated. celebrity had the same connotation it does today. someone who was known to the public but not always with approval. today, i am going to talk about how eliza jumel and aaron burr became public figures, why they married, and what happened after these two celebrities joined hands. ladies first. eliza jumel is on the right. she is painted here one year before her marriage to aaron burr next to a portrait of him painted after the ceremony. eliza jumel was born betsy bowen in providence, rhode island, in 1775. about 2.5 weeks before the battle of lexington. there was absolutely nothing in her beginnings to su ....
boys just confirmed by their family a short while ago 15 year old angel glavas and his brother 17 year old jay z. glavas both shot and killed last night, their family, friends, school community and the neighborhood where this all happened in shock. it s a horrible feeling, arriving home late saturday evening to this police blocking off access to her oakland street , learning that two teenage brothers had been shot and killed on her block. it s very concerning knowing specifically that it was miners. that s horrible. i feel for the families and the friends. police say it happened at this home on apgar street near macarthur boulevard. neighbors say they heard shots are up just after 9 30 in the evening here, where they say a house party was taken. king place attended by mostly teens. police say two boys died amid the gunfire now identified by their family is 15 year old angel galaviz and his brother 17 year old j. ziegel. ava s no one should go to a party where they re go ....
Sea levels are rising, which is causing more destructive storms and extreme weather, affecting the homes and lives of older adults. But what can be done? ....