#Marty Lederhandler

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There was no white Christmas for New Yorkers in 1947, but on the next two days they got all the snow they could ask for, and more. Between December 26 and 27, 25.8 inches fell in the metropolitan area, eclipsing the legendary blizzard of 1888.

Above, Evelyn Gibson learns that chivalry is not dead when a smiling Kenneth DeGennaro carries her across the snow outside City Hall on the 26th. Others trudged by on their own.

In the second photo, snow-covered automobiles wait for their owners to dig them out on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, December 26, during the city's heaviest recorded snowstorm.

Top photo: Art Whittaker for the NY Daily News via Getty Images Bottom photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP

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Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Davy D on the roof of B Smith's restaurant in NYC, May 11th, 1987, © Marty Lederhandler x

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Martha Graham and Company in 1973 / Photographed by Marty Lederhandler

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"There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation. If you come to me with doubts about a particular move in a piece, or if you come to me and ask if what you've written has truth and power in it, these are doubts I can handle and respect. But if you come to me and moan about whether or not you really have a place in the dance or the theatre or film, I'll be the first person to pack your bags and walk you to the door. You are either admitting that you lack the talent and the will, or you are just looking for some easy attention. I don't have time for that. The world doesn't have time for that. Believe in your worth and work with a will so that others will see it. That's how it is done; that's how it was always done."

--Martha Graham/Interview with James Grissom/1989

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Michael Jackson receives a plaque presented to him by Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Youth Movement and chairman of the Victory Tour’s community relations team, as members of the “Pride Patrol” look on at the Hemsley Hotel in New York City on August 2, 1984.

Photos Marty Lederhandler  

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Claus von Bulow has reposed

Claus von Bulow, left, with attorney Thomas Puccio at a press conference in the New York law offices of Strook & Strook & Lavan in a June 11, 1985, photo. PHOTO: MARTY LEDERHANDLER/ASSOCIATED PRESS The von Bulow obit May 25, 2019 dateline LONDON—Danish-born socialite Claus von Bulow, who was convicted but later acquitted of trying to kill his wealthy wife in two trials that drew intense…

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Here's what Donald Trump's late ex-wife Ivana Trump thought about him as a husband, father, and former president

Here’s what Donald Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana Trump thought about him as a husband, father, and former president

Ivana Trump and ex-husband Donald Trump pose in front of their luxury yacht on July 4, 1988.Marty Lederhandler/AP Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, died on Thursday. She was 73. She was rarely in the spotlight after her ex-husband became president — 24 years after their public 1992 divorce. Here were her thoughts — as said in interviews — about Trump as a husband, father, and…

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David Bowie seen in the role of John Merrick in "The Elephant Man", on stage at the Booth Theatre, Broadway New York. Sept.17 1980

  Photo (c) Marty Lederhandler/ AP

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‏‎FILE - U.S. ambassador Madeleine Albright speaks to the Security Council on May 7, 1994. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)‎‏ (في ‏‎USA‎‏) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbeVW5joOoJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Motorman Joe Brady waves his cap as he operates Car No. 601 on its last round trip on the Queensborough Bridge, April 7, 1957. Number 601 was the city's last trolley car. Service to Welfare Island, midway over the bridge, and between Manhattan and Queens continued via buses.

Photo: Marty Lederhandler for the AP

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It's been 20 years since the September 11 attacks. Two of the planes were intentionally crashed int

It's been 20 years since the September 11 attacks. Two of the planes were intentionally crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York. Another crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. Here's a look back at the day in photos. (📸: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images, Marty Lederhandler/AP, Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images, Henny Ray Abrams/AFP/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images, Mario Tama/Getty Images, David Maxwell/AFP/Getty Images, Eric Draper/The White House/Getty Images, Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, Boudicon One/AP)

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Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher on their wedding day at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel in Liberty, New York on September 26, 1955. 

Photos by Marty Lederhandler

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This was said by Martha Graham. Valid for every artist: #truth "There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation. If you come to me with doubts about a particular move in a piece, or if you come to me and ask if what you've written has truth and power in it, these are doubts I can handle and respect. But if you come to me and moan about whether or not you really have a place in the dance or the theatre or in film, I'll be the first person to pack your bags and walk you to the door. You are either admitting that you lack the talent and the will, or you are just looking for some easy attention. I don't have time for that. The world doesn't have time for that. Believe in your worth and work with a will so that others will see it. That's how it is done; that's how it was always done." --Martha Graham/Interview with James Grissom/Photograph by Marty Lederhandler/1973/ #dancers #performingarts #artists #creators https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-tuyzHKAr/?igshid=q9mqoavleedl

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Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop: A brief history Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNNOn the last day of each year, it has become a ritual for large crowds to gather in the brightly lit chaos of New York's Times Square to ring in new beginnings. At 11:59 p.m. a dazzling ball descends down a pole, while attendees -- and millions of people tuning in from home -- count down from 60. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd erupts into a cacophony of sound, often pulling their loved one in for a ceremonial kiss. New Year's Eve has its own set of rituals: the ball drop, resolutions and sealing the new year with a kiss. Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesThis year, however, the Times Square ball will drop to empty streets. Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, no one will be allowed to gather in person, but there will be a virtual event for those wanting to watch it from home.The Times Square Ball has had seven different designs. Credit: RW/MediaPunch/IPx/APThis will mark the first year since 1904 that crowds will be prohibited from flocking to Times Square. Though the ball drop was canceled for two years during World War II, people still came to observe the tradition and hold a minute of silence. Over the past century, the symbol of the New Year -- the luminous ball -- has evolved from a iron and wood cage adorned with light bulbs to a dazzling technicolor crystal object. But how did this New Year's Eve celebration start, and why do we commemorate the occasion by watching a ball descend down a pole?Nautical inspirationThe Times Square ball began thanks to a Ukranian immigrant and metalworker, named Jacob Starr, and the former New York Times publisher, Adolph Ochs. The latter had successfully drawn crowds to the newspaper's new skyscraper home in Times Square through pyrotechnics and fireworks to celebrate the forthcoming year, but city officials banned explosives from being used after just a few years. In 1907, Ochs commissioned Starr, who worked for sign-making firm Strauss Signs (later known as Artkraft Strauss, which Starr served as president), to create a new visual display.Crowds gather in Times Square to on December 31, 1938. The intersection has hosted New Year's Eve celebrations since 1904. Credit: -/AFP/Getty ImagesThe new concept was based on time balls, nautical devices that had gained popularity in the 19th century. As time-telling became more precise, ship navigators needed a standardized way to set their chronometers. Each day, harbors and observatories would raise and lower a metal ball at the same time to allow sailors to synchronize their instruments. Both Ochs and the New York Times' chief electrician, Walter Palmer, have been credited with the idea, allegedly inspired by the downtown Western Union Building, which dropped a time ball each day at noon. But Starr's granddaughter Tama, who joined Artkraft Strauss in 1982 and now owns the business, said in a phone interview that she believes it was her grandfather who came up with the concept of the ball being lowered and lit up with the new year numerals at midnight.One design of the New Year's Ball was an aluminum cage outfitted with lightbulbs. Credit: David Handschuh/AP"The idea was to ... have it illuminated with the brand-new electricity that had just come up to the neighborhood," said Tama, who for many years served as foreperson at the Times Square ball drop. "And it was lowered by hand ... starting at one minute to midnight, and that was the way it was done for many years.""It was an adaptation of an old, useful thing," she added. "It was instantly popular. People just loved it."Though Manhattan had been partially illuminated by electricity since the early 1880s, the US National Park Service (NPS) notes that half of American homes were still lit by gas lights and candles until the 1920s. The sight of a glimmering ball lowering down from the dark skies would have seemed otherworldly. When the ball reached the parapet with a sign displaying the numbers of the year, "the electrician would throw the switch, turning off the ball and turning on the numbers at the same time," Tama said. "So it looked like the ball coming down transformed into the set of numbers."Artkraft Strauss, a sign company founded by Jacob Starr, was responsible for the ball design and its drop for nearly a century. Credit: Marty Lederhandler/APAll of Times Square got in on the theatrics. In the first year, waiters in nearby restaurants and hotels wore battery-powered "1908" top hats that they illuminated at the stroke of midnight."It looked like magic to people," said Tama.'A minute outside of time'There have been seven different Times Square balls since its first descent, from a 700-pound iron structure fitted with 25-watt light bulbs, to a lighter aluminum frame after World War II, to a "Big Apple" during the administration of the city's former mayor Ed Koch.During Mayor Ed Koch's administration, the ball changed to an apple as part of the "I Love New York" campaign. Credit: Lederhandler/APIn 1995, when the ball got a glitzy update with rhinestones, strobe lights and computer controls, traditional signmakers were no longer needed -- which meant that Artkraft Strauss, the company that had brought the ball to Times Square, was no longer needed either. Today's ball is a collaboration between Waterford Crystal and Philips Lighting, using 32,256 LEDs that can be programed to display millions of colors and patterns on its surface.Nonetheless, Tama remembers her years on the roof of One Times Square fondly. She took turns with her brother supervising and playing timekeeper. When the last minute of the year arrived, the workers lowered the ball down using a complex pulley system. Using a series of tape markers on the pole, Tama was responsible for telling them to speed up or slow down. With every ounce of their attention focused on the task, even the team's breathing would sync up during the 60 seconds, she said.For the millenium, the Times Square ball got a new look, with a crystal design from Waterford Crystal and lighting from Philips. Credit: Kathy Willens/APIn performing this ritual year after year, Tama sees an intrinsic link between the countdown, which she calls "a minute outside of time," and the making of New Year's resolutions."When you're concentrating really hard, time seems to slow down," she said. "It felt like the longest minute in the world. It felt like you had time to wash your hair, call your mother, change your life. You really can change your life in one minute -- you can decide to be different. You can decide to be kinder and better." #lifestyle Read full article: https://expatimes.com/?p=16215&feed_id=25902 #design #timessquarenewyearx27seveballdropabriefhistory-cnn

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#8 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: 9/11: Then and now — 16 years later

(Originally posted on September 11, 2017)

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Yahoo News photographer Gordon Donovan recently returned to the scenes of many memorable images taken in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Donovan photographed the same areas to show what has changed since the terrorist attacks 16 years ago.

New obstacles have arisen, requiring some adjustments in camera angles to align with the original images. This is the sixth time Donovan has revisited the New York skyline; each year presents new challenges as the New York City landscape changes. (Yahoo News)

Photos from top left: Marty Lederhandler/AP, Suzanne Plunkett/AP,  Mark Lennihan/AP, Amy Sancetta/AP, Alexandre Fuchs/AP; right: Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News (Gif); left: Henny Ray Abrams/AFP/Getty Images,  Gulnara Samoilova/AP, Mark Lennihan/AP,  Shawn Baldwin/AP, Stephen Chernin/AP; right: Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News

See more photos of #8 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: 9/11: Then and now — 16 years later and our other slideshows on Yahoo News.

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21 Rare Images Of 9/11 You Probably Have Never Seen Before

Topic: History, Vintage || by STAFF

A few days ago on September 11, 2017,  marked the sixteenth year since the world witness the tragedy of the day in New York. Today, there exists incredible and rare footage, which has not been viewed by many.

Bored Panda has compiled a list of images, which capture the unforgettable incident. 

A Knot Of Bystanders At Park Row And Beekman Street Look Up As The South Tower Begins To Collapse

Patrick Witty

At Rector Street And Broadway, A Photographer Leaned Out His Window With A Medium-format Camera And Caught The Moment Before The Second Plane’s Impact

Rob Howard

People Falling From The Towers

David Surowiecki

People Run Down Broadway As A Smoke And Dust Cloud Comes Up The Street From The Collapsing World Trade Center Buildings In New York

Kelly Price

As Seen Through A Fish-Eye Lens From An Apartment Four Blocks Away, Smoke Streams From The North Tower Within Minutes Of The First Plane’s Attack

Patricia McDonough

A Man Has A Job To Do

Melanie Einzig

American Airlines Flight 11 (Visible In The Upper Right-Hand Corner Of The Photo) Approaches The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001

Wolfgang Staehle

The South Tower Disintegrates, Raining Debris Behind A Cross Atop Trinity Church

James Nachtwey / VII for Time

South Tower Of The World Trade Center Collapsing

Bolivar Arellano

Not Yet Realizing A Terrorist Attack Was In Progress, Architect And Amateur Pilot Isabel Daser, Eight Months Pregnant, Asked A Co-Worker To Take Her Portrait As A Record Of The Day

Daser Bessler

The Second Plane Flew Directly Over My Head And Slammed Into The South Tower. It Took Me A Few Seconds To Get My Head Together, And This Was The Shot I Took

Marc A. Garrett

I Was 4 Years Old And The Picture Was Taken Along The Westside Highway That Morning On 9/11

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A Lone Man Runs Down Broadway As A Smoke And Dust Cloud Comes Up The Street From The Collapsing World Trade Center Buildings In New York September 11, 2001

Kelly Price

Smoke Plumes Are Clearly Visible In This Landsat 7 Satellite Image Of New York City Made Early On September 12

NASA

On A Brooklyn Rooftop Shortly After The Collapse Of The Twin Towers

Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

A Plane Explodes After Hitting The Second Tower Of The World Trade Center As The Other Tower Burns

Sara K. Schwittek

Penman Got As Close To The Buildings As He Could, Before Police Put Up A Cordon. But That Meant He Was Right Next To The Buildings When The First Tower Collapsed

Phil Penman

The Photographer Considered This 9/11 Brooklyn Scene Too Tranquil At The Time. He Decided Not To Publish The Image Widely Until Four Years After The Attacks

Thomas Hoepker/Magnum Photos

Several Buildings In The Trade Center Complex Collapsed Following A Terrorist Attack

Petra Beter

Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center Burn Behind The Empire State Building

Marty Lederhandler

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Livro reconta visita fatídica de Fidel Castro a Nova York, 60 anos depois

Livro reconta visita fatídica de Fidel Castro a Nova York, 60 anos depois

Fidel Castro (à esquerda) e o líder soviético Nikita Krushchev se abraçam durante a Assembleia Geral da ONU no final dos anos 1960 Foto: Marty Lederhandler / AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler

Andrew Downie*, da Americas Quarterly

Quando Fidel Castro chegou a Nova York para discursar na Assembleia Geral da ONU em setembro de 1960, ele era um ator menor no cenário mundial, o chefe de uma nação…