George Washington

 

An authorized cast bronze by The Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houden (17 41–18 28) which stands in the state capital at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased by the George Washington University in 1932 on the occasion of the George Washington Bicentennial. After standing in a number of locations on the campus, the statue found its permanent home in the University Yard and was dedicated on the spot on September 6, 1991. “George Washington” is part of The George Washington University Permanent Collection. 

 

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Bryan Arnold

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Allan and Ellen Wexler

in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners

2009

Granite and Glass

Fabricated by Digital Stone Project

Commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit and MTA Long Island Rail Road

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THE ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION "A NEW GATEWAY TO BROOKLYN"

JANUARY 5, 2010

THE NEW ATLANTIC TERMINAL PAVILION

IS DEDICATED TO

BROOKLYN

THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S BIRTHPLACE IN 1836

 

DAVID A. PATERSON
GOVERNOR STATE OF NEW YORK

JAY H. WALDER

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

MARTY MARKOWITZ
PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN

HELENA E. WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT MTA LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD

George Gamow

Professor of physics

The George Washington University

From 1934 to 1956

 

Gamow (1904-1968)  is renowned for developing the “Big Bang Theory” of the universe (1948), explaining nuclear alpha decay by quantum tunneling (1928); introducing the “Gamow” factor in stellar reaction rates and element formation (1938); modeling red giants, supernovae, and neutron stars (1939); first suggesting how the genetic code might be transcribed (1954); and popularizing science through a long series of books, including the adventures of “Mr. Tompkins” (1939-1967)

 

This plaque is placed in honor of their colleague George Gamow by the physics department of the George Washington University 

 

April 2000

 

 

 

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Bryan Arnold

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Jan Karski (n. Jan Kozielewski) (1914-2000)

 

Messenger of the Polish people to their government in exile

Messenger of the Jewish people to the world

The man who told of the annihilation of the Jewish people

While there was still time to stop it

 

Named by the state of Israel,

“A righteous of the nations of the world “

A hero of the Polish people

Professor, Georgetown University (1952–1982)

A noble man walked amongst us and made us better by his presence

A just man

 

 

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Bryan Arnold

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Haskell Museum

1894-1931

Caroline E. Haskell in 1894 presented to the University of Chicago the Haskell Oriental Museum. For 35 years it was a center for the study of the Near East and a sanctuary for its records. Out of it grew the Oriental Institute and this building which now shelters expanding researches of the University in ancient Oriental Civilizations.

 

 

 

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Bryan Arnold

@nanowhiskers

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 

GAY RUSSIAN CLASSICAL COMPOSER

(1840-1893)

 

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY was raised in a society that offered no public music education. In spite of his aptitude for music, his parents sent him to a boarding school to be trained for civil service employment. After graduation, he pursued studies in musical composition at Saint Petersburg Conservatory, with the formal western-oriented training he received set him apart from other contemporary young Russian composers. After graduating in 1865, he was invited to teach composition at the newly established conservatoire in Moscow. There he came under the scrutiny of “the Five“– a group, led by Mily Balakriev, who championed a Russian-centric style of composition. It was Balakriev who suggested that Tchaikovsky compose an overture based on the love story of Romeo and Juliet. Drawing upon his own tragic love for one of his male students who committed suicide, he produced what would become his first recognized masterpiece: Romeo and Juliet (1869). This complicated sequence of emotional connections and musical creations would repeat itself numerous times throughout his life to produce such immortal classics as Swan Lake (1876); the Nutcracker (1892); the 1812 Overture (1880); Sleeping Beauty(1889); and 10 operas including Eugene Onegin.  Tchaikovsky‘s glorious achievements, which made him famous in both Russia and America, were honored by Tsar Alexander III, who awarded him a lifetime pension in 1885 in spite of the rumors that persisted after the failure of his brief marriage in 1877. The enigma and torment behind his genius would deepen when, nine days after conducting his final creation – the Symphony No. 6 Pathetique - the great composer was found dead at the age of 53. Suicide was asserted by the authorities; but historians have since rejected this assumption – leaving the circumstances of his death shrouded in mystery. Today Russia refuses to acknowledge Tchaikovsky‘s homosexuality in spite of the fact that his own writings revealed he lived in constant fear of his great secret being discovered. In the end – even though his work was often dismissed by critics in his own time as “too Russian for great western music and not Russian enough for Russia “– Tchaikovsky’s symphonies are played more often than those of any other classical composer. His worldwide recognition has few rivals.

 

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Bryan Arnold

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