| 1946/00/00 |
William Zeckendorf |
Developer |
William Zeckendorf buys the land along the East River to develop his "X City". A complex that includes entertainment center with an office building and a hotel at each end. |
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| 1946/12/00 |
Nelson Rockefeller |
Developer |
Wallace Harrison and Nelson Rockefeller buy the "X city" site along the East River from William Zeckendorf for $8.5 million ($111 million in 2019). |
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| 1946/12/00 |
Wallace K Harrison |
Developer |
Wallace Harrison advises Nelson Rockefeller on purchasing the "X city" site on the East River from William Zeckendorf. |
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| 1947/00/00 |
John D Rockefeller Jr |
Benefactor |
John D Rockefeller Jr donates the X City site to the United Nations. |
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| 1948/09/14 |
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Construction begins on the Secretariat Building at the United Nations permanent headquarters in New York City. |
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| 1949/06/00 |
American Bridge Company |
Fabricators |
UN officials begin the process of purchasing 10,000 to 11,000 tons of steel from the American Bridge Company. |
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| 1949/10/00 |
Charles Le Corbusier |
Architect |
After its steel framework is erected, the Secretariat Building is ceremonially topped out with the hoisting of the flag of the United Nations. |
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| 1949/10/24 |
Thomas E Dewey |
Dignitary |
New York Governor Thomas E Dewey plays the cornerstone for the Secretariat Building. |
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| 1949/10/24 |
Harry S Truman |
Dignitary |
At the foundation stone ceremony of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City, President Harry Truman delivers a speech emphasizing the need to make the common good a top priority. |
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| 1950/08/22 |
Oscar Niemeyer |
Architect |
The first 450 UN employees begin working at the Secretariat Building. |
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| 1964/05/01 |
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A thousand students march in a circle across from the Soviet mission to the United Nations to protest a Soviet ban on baking matzo and other anti-Jewish measures. No one blocks traffic or scuffles with police. |
When They Come for Us We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry (book) |
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