Murray W. Stand

	Murray W. Stand Murray W. Stand (1897May 17, 1956) was an American politician who served the 4th district of the New York City Board of Aldermen The New York City Board of Aldermen was a body that was the upper house of New York City's Common Council from 1824 to 1875, the lower house of its Municipal Assembly upon consolidation in 1898 until the charter was amended in 1901 to abolish t ... during the 1920s and 1930s. The majority leader of the Board, he later became the Chairman of the World's Fair Commission in 1937. He died of a heart attack on May 17, 1956, while attending a service at the Civic Center Synagogue. References {{NY-politician-stub New York City Council members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New York City's 4th City Council District New York City's 4th City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Keith Powers (politician), Keith Powers since 2018, succeeding term-limited fellow Democrat Daniel Garodnick. Geography District 4 covers a large swath of Manhattan's Upper East Side, also stretching south to include some or all of Midtown Manhattan, Midtown, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, Turtle Bay, Manhattan, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Manhattan, Murray Hill, and Koreatown, Manhattan, Koreatown. The Headquarters of the United Nations, UN Headquarters, Rockefeller Center, and many other central Manhattan landmarks are located in the district. The district overlaps with Manhattan Community boards of New York City, Community Boards Manhattan Community Board 5, 5, Manhattan Community Board 6, 6, Manhattan Community Board 8, 8, and Manhattan Community Board 11, 11, and is contained entirely within Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New York City Board Of Aldermen The New York City Board of Aldermen was a body that was the upper house of New York City's Common Council from 1824 to 1875, the lower house of its Municipal Assembly upon consolidation in 1898 until the charter was amended in 1901 to abolish the Municipal Assembly and its upper house, and its unicameral legislature from 1875 to 1897 and 1902 to 1937. The corresponding lower house was known as the Board of Assistants or the Board of Assistant Aldermen from 1824 to 1875, while the upper house was known as the Council from 1898 to 1901. In 1938 a new charter came into effect that replaced the Board of Aldermen with the New York City Council. Upper house (1824–1875) Municipal legislators had been known as "aldermen" since at least April 1686, and had historically sat in the "Common Council" alongside so-called "assistant aldermen". In 1824 an Act of the New York State Legislature made the Common Council bicameral by dividing it into a Board of Aldermen and a Board of Assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1939 New York World's Fair The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow". When World War II began four months into the 1939 World's Fair, many exhibits were affected, especially those on display in the pavilions of countries under Axis occupation. After the close of the fair in 1940, many exhibits were demolished or removed, though some buildings were retained for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, held at the same site. Planning In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, a group of New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]