The Ten Tallest Buildings in New York's Near Future

Yesterday I asked if you could name today's top ten tallest towers.  The correct answers were provided after the jump in yesterday's post.  It might seem incredible, but in the next few years, six of those buildings will fall out of the top ten.

The Top Ten will include 4 World Trade Center at 975' and six others, all above 1000':  1 World Trade Center; 15 Penn Plaza; 3 World Trade Center; 3 Hudson Boulevard; 53W53rd; and Carnegie 57.

Click to see pictures from Justin Davidson's Intelligencer piece in New York Magazine.

New York's Ten Tallest Buildings...as of 2010

There are currently ten skyscrapers that are 850 feet tall or higher.  Four of them were built in the last decade.  How many of them can you name? 

Answers after the jump.

United Nations Trivia Quiz

Here are ten questions about the United Nations, which held its General Assembly meetings this week.

1--What was the former nickname of the site where the United Nations now stands?  (Hint:  the area was full of slaughterhouses.)

2--What man spent $8.5 million to purchase the land for the United Nations?

3--Where was the United Nations going to establish their headquarters if New York couldn't come through with the needed real estate?

4--What out-of-place architectural embellishment was required by a Vermont senator who claimed that every public building in the country had to have one?

5--The American gift to the U.N. is a mosaic of an image by what American painter?

6--Who was the first American ambassador the U.N.?

7--What are the six official languages used at the U.N.?

8--How are the flags arranged?  Which country's flag is first?  Which country's flag is last?

9--866 of these violations in 2007 compelled the U.N. to begin a major renovation of the complex.

10--Since 1946, how many people have been appointed Secretary-General?

ANSWERS AFTER THE JUMP

United Nations, Part Four

United Nations, Part Three

United Nations, Part Two

United Nations, Part One

As the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York this week, we will post our U.N. videos Monday through Thursday.  These were the last four videos from our Walk Across 46th Street.

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Today in Big Apple History

1776:  The Battle for Harlem Heights.  (What university is now located on the site?) 

1920:  A terror attack involving an explosive horse drawn carriage on Wall Street kills 38 and injures 400.  (On what building can you still see the impact of the blast?)

1966:  The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center.  (What opera was performed that night?

Today in Big Apple History

In 2008, what major global financial services firm declared bankruptcy?  And what investment bank now occupies its headquarters on Seventh Avenue?

Today in Big Apple History

1901:  Who, on this day, became the only president born in New York City?

1948:  Ground was broken on this day for what major NYC institution?

Today in Big Apple History

111 years ago, on September 13, 1899, Henry Bliss stepped off a trolley at 74th Street and Central Park West to become the first ____________ in the western hemisphere?