It's been one full week and I still haven't heard anyone calling the Triborough Bridge by its new name--the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial. I'm counting the days until I hear it--perhaps "take the RFK to JFK"--and will post it here when I do. Connecting the three boroughs of Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx, the Triborough opened in July of 1936 as a network of bridges (including not only a suspension bridge but the world's highest vertical lift bridge as well). Its construction was one of the largest public works projects during the Great Depression and, according to the author of The Power Broker, Robert Caro, created thirty-one million man hours of work for the 5000 men at the site and for others in 134 cities and 20 states.
Photo by Margaret Bourke-White
THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA: What two other major institutions are currently being renamed? What will be known as the Schwarzman? What will be known as the Koch? Answers after the jump.
As reported in the New York Times, David Koch, oil-and-gas man (and richest New York City resident) has pledged $100 million to the NEW YORK STATE THEATER at Lincoln Center and with that donation comes a new name for the venue where the New York City Opera and Ballet perform.
$100 million seems to be the price de rigeur, since back in March Stephen Schwarzman donated the same amount to the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, which will rename its main building on Fifth Avenue after him.
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