This took place at the museum of the city of new york and is a little over an hour. To introduce John Tauranac could take the entire evening. John writes on new york architectural history. His books include many subjects including the Empire State Building. His other books include new york from the air, with great aerial photography. Other books include in central new york. There are others. John teaches at nyus school of professional studies. This spring his course is designed an architecture of public transportation. He does tors for the city museum. We welcome and enjoy his tors. His First Published map was undercover map of new york published by new york magazine. He was reader of the 19 he was creator of the 1979 new york subway map. It also included manhattan block by block. John tauranac. [applause] mr. Tauranac greetings. Im going to start with a bit of a digression. I want you to know that im an old fan of this institution. What he think was my favorite thing in the museum of
Thats true. General mead was not there. General grant was a very determined and eventual, and he liked determined individual and he liked to do think straightforward. He didnt like to make deviations. When he came to see general lee, he came directly from the field and did not send back for or try to get additional uniforms, nor did he ask others to accompany him, other than the stuff that was with him. He happened to me general sheridan upon his entry into the village, so they did accompany him. I dont think there was a particular flight of slight of general mead. They did work together. I dont think there was any real and 10, except in the mind of other writers who happen to write about that after the war. He also, of course, did not include general humphreys or right in that meeting as well. I think he did intend to bring his staff with him, because he wanted to have, i think observation of what had taken place. These officers could attest to what had taken place. They could be obse
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The Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time and perhaps still the most famous in the world, opened on this day in history, May 1, 1931.