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nikola tesla corner
from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
On February 26, 1994, the corner of W 40th St and 6th Ave (Avenue of the Americas) in NYC was dedicated as Nikola Tesla Corner. Tesla lived in Manhattan for sixty years, and operated several labs in the area while making his wonderful machines.
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from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
Tesla lived at this location, the former Gerlach Hotel (later renamed The Radio Wave Bulding), and completed a number of his radio experiments here. A commemorative plaque was placed on the exterior in 1977 to honor his work.
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from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
In 1891, Nikola Tesla established a laboratory at 46 and 48 E. Houston St. At the laboratory, he demonstrated the possibilities of wireless power transmission by lighting electric lamps wirelessly.
Tesla also prepared his demonstrations for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago at this location. Among the responsibilities of lighting the fair with AC power and fluorescent bulbs (created with the collaboration of George Westinghouse), Tesla also created whimsical demonstrations of electrical power like the Egg of Columbus.
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from donny hathaway posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Soul singer Donny Hathaway's body was discovered on the sidewalk beneath his fifteenth-floor hotel room of New York's Essex House on the night of January 13, 1979. The glass had been removed from the window of his room and the door was locked from the inside. His death was ruled a suicide.
Hathaway was a songwriter, musician and producer who worked with artists like Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin and the Staple Singers, but he was best known for his duets with Roberta Flack "Where is the Love" and "You've Got a Friend" in the early '70s.
view full location details...nikola tesla’s hotel room
from nikola tesla posted in technology by prof_improbable
Nikola Tesla, inventor and engineer, lived at The New Yorker Hotel in rooms 3327 and 3328 from 1933-1943. Although Tesla had enormous contributions to several fields (electronics, radio, wireless communications and more), he had never attempted to exploit his research for financial gain.
After Tesla died in his hotel room on January 7, 1943, the safe in room 3327 with his papers on "Tesla's Death Ray" (a theoretical weaponized form of his research) was broken into and the research papers stolen. They have never been recovered.
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