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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Vanderbilt may refer to: People * Vanderbilt (surname) * Vanderbilt family Places In the United States: * Vanderbilt, California, a former gold-mining town * Vanderbilt, Michigan, a village *Vanderbilt, Nevada, a ghost town * Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Hyde Park, NY *Vanderbilt, Texas, a census-designated place * Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, a borough * Vanderbilt Avenue, three New York City streets * Vanderbilt University, a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, USA ** Vanderbilt Commodores, the athletics program of Vanderbilt University * Vanderbilt Museum, in Centerport, New York, built with a bequest from William Kissam Vanderbilt II Other uses *One Vanderbilt, a skyscraper in New York City * Vanderbilt Club, a bidding system in the game of contract bridge, devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt * Vanderbilt Cup, in American auto racing *George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition The George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition (1936–1939) was a scientific expedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt (surname)
Vanderbilt is a surname, and may refer to: *Amy Vanderbilt (1908–1974), American authority on etiquette, distant relative of the Vanderbilt family *Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888–1957), noted American attorney, legal educator, and proponent of court modernization, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1948–1957 *John Vanderbilt (1819–1877), American lawyer and politician from New York *Jarred Vanderbilt (1999-), American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves *The Vanderbilt family, a prominent family in the United States, including: **Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915), wealthy American sportsman, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II **Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (1912–1999), American proponent of thoroughbred racing, son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt **Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (1949-), Business executive, son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. **Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1874–1950), co-founder of the IALA, daughter of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Vanderbilt
One Vanderbilt is a 93-story supertall skyscraper at the corner of 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the building was proposed by developer SL Green Realty as part of a planned Midtown East rezoning in the early 2010s. The skyscraper's roof is high and its spire is above ground, making it the city's fourth-tallest building after One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, and 111 West 57th Street. One Vanderbilt's facade and design is intended to harmonize with Grand Central Terminal immediately to the east. The building's base contains a wedge-shaped void, and the tower tapers as it rises, with several "pavilions" and a pinnacle at the top. The facade is made mostly of glass panels, while the spandrels between stories are made of terracotta. The superstructure is made of steel and concrete, and the interior spaces are designed to be as high as 105 feet (32 m). The lobby has a bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Vanderbilt (1862)
USS ''Vanderbilt'' was a heavy (3,360-ton) passenger steamship obtained by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War and utilized as a cruiser. ''Vanderbilt''—with her high speed of 14 knots—was outfitted with a large battery of heavy guns and sent out on the high seas in a futile search for commerce raiders of the Confederate States of America which were inflicting serious damage to Union commercial shipping. Later she served as part of the Union blockade of the Confederacy, and, post war, she had the honor of transporting the Queen of Hawaii from San Francisco, California, to Hawaii. Launched in New York in 1857 ''Vanderbilt''—originally a transatlantic passenger and mail steamer—was built by Jeremiah Simonson of Greenpoint, Long Island, New York, in 1856 and 1857. On 31 October 1858, the ship ran aground in the Weser while on a voyage from Bremen to Southampton, United Kingdom and New York. ''Vanderbilt'' was refloated and taken in to Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCS Vanderbilt
USCS ''Vanderbilt'' was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1842 to 1855. ''Vanderbilt'' was built in 1842 and entered service with the Coast Survey that year. She spent her career along the United States East Coast. ''Vanderbilt'' was retired in 1855. ReferencesNOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Vanderbilt {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderbilt (1842) Ships of the United States Coast Survey Schooners of the United States 1842 ships Ships built in Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tender Locomotive
A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances. A locomotive that pulls a tender is called a tender locomotive. Locomotives that do not have tenders and carry all their fuel and water on board the locomotive itself are called tank locomotives. A corridor tender is a locomotive tender with a passageway to one side, allowing crew changes on the fly. A brake tender is a tender that is heavy and used (primarily) to provide greater braking efficiency. General functions The largest steam locomotives are semi-permanently coupled by a drawbar to a tender that carries the water and fuel. The fuel source used depends on what is economically available locally. In the UK and parts of Europe, a plentiful supply of coal made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Trophy
The trophy is awarded for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams national bridge championship held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Vanderbilt is a knock-out team event. The event typically lasts seven days with each day being a round consisting of two sessions of 32 boards. The event is open and seeded. History The history of the prestigious contest began in 1928 when the inventor of modern contract bridge, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who's who of bridge – including Vanderbilt himself, a winner in 1932 and 1940. Winners receive replicas of the trophy, a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first running, and perpetuated under the terms of his will by a $100,000 trust fund that the ACBL administers. ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake, Mississippi, displays replicas donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Prep
This is a list of notable places seen and featured in the ''Degrassi'' teen drama franchise. All five series of the franchise are set in Toronto with both real and fictional places in the city depicted. ''Degrassi Junior High'' and ''Degrassi High'' *Degrassi Junior High School – The middle school the cast attends, which burns down at the end of the third season. The building used for the school was Vincent Massey Junior School in Etobicoke. *Degrassi High School – The high school the cast attends for the final two seasons of the series. *Borden High School – The high school that the ninth grade students attend part-time for science in the third season. Some of the upperclassmen are shown to be hostile towards the Degrassi students, although this seems to cease after one of the Borden students utters a racial slur towards Bryant "B.L.T." Lester Thomas a black Degrassi student resulting in an altercation. One notable student is Clutch, who is briefly Lucy's boyfriend and la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Mortgage And Finance
Clayton Homes (or Clayton) is the largest builder of manufactured housing and modular homes in the United States. It is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Clayton Homes' corporate headquarters are in Maryville, Tennessee. Its subsidiaries include Clayton Home Building Group, Clayton Properties Group, Vanderbilt Mortgage, 21st Mortgage, and insurance company HomeFirst Agency. History Clayton Homes was founded in 1956 by Jim Clayton. The business began by refurbishing and reselling used mobile homes. In 1966, Jim Clayton opened a Clayton Homes store location in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Clinton Highway. Clayton Homes established its own mortgage company in 1974 and added a manufacturing division in 1975. The company went public in 1983, trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Each year from 1989 through 1992, Clayton Homes was named on the ''Forbes'' list of the best small companies in America. Kevin Clayton, Jim Clayton's son, took over the company in 1999. Kevin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition
The George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition (1936–1939) was a scientific expedition organized and financed by George Washington Vanderbilt III. 1936 In February and March 1936 Vanderbilt, accompanied by his wife Lucille Vanderbilt née Parsons, used his yacht to visit Sumatra and conduct a preliminary expedition, on which he collected a few specimens of birds. 1937 (The George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition of 1937) In 1937 Vanderbilt chartered the schooner ''Cressida'' to cruise the South Pacific on a scientific expedition to collect fish specimens under the auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. On the cruise Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Jones III as guests. William B. Gray was in charge of fishing activities. With Ronald W. Smith as the expedition's zoologist, the expedition collected about 10,000 individual specimens, excluding a great many larval and immature forms. The 10,000 fish specimens represented 434 (alle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Cup
The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing. History An international event, it was founded by William Kissam Vanderbilt II in 1904 and first held on October 8 on a course set out in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County on Long Island, New York. The announcement that the race was to be held caused considerable controversy in New York, bringing a flood of legal actions in an attempt to stop the race. The politicians soon jumped in, holding public hearings on the issue. Vanderbilt prevailed and the inaugural race was run over a course of winding dirt roads through the Nassau County area. Vanderbilt put up a large cash prize hoping to encourage American manufacturers to get into racing, a sport already well organized in Europe that was yielding many factory improvements to motor vehicle technology. The race drew the top drivers and their vehicles from across the Atlantic Ocean, some of whom had competed in Europe's Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Club
Vanderbilt Club was one of the earliest bidding systems in the game of contract bridge. It was devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who had in 1925 devised the game itself. It was published by him in 1929. It was the first strong club system. An updated version was published in 1964. As of 2017, it has long been obsolete. Overview In the Vanderbilt Club system, an opening bid of 1 is artificial and forcing, and shows a good hand. A response of 1 is an artificial negative. Other bids are "regulation bids". The system was published by Harold S. Vanderbilt in his 1929 book ''Contract Bridge''. It was the first strong club system. An updated version was published in 1964. Vanderbilt was a very early bridge theorist, because in his 1929 book he explained in detail the reasoning upon which his system was based: "In many Contract hands it is essential that an original bidder be assured of a second opportunity to bid". 1929 system The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge has called Vanderb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderbilt Museum
The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944), it is located on his former estate, Eagle's Nest. History William K. Vanderbilt II's will provided for donation of his property to the county, with provision that the mansion and grounds be used for a museum for his marine, natural history, and ethnographic collections; the natural history institution was established during 1950. Developing a museum that interprets Vanderbilt's life, times, and collections, the county constructed a planetarium on the grounds during 1970. Vanderbilt's enclave was constructed in three installments. The first project was the building of a 24-room Spanish revival mansion designed by famed New York architecture firm Warren and Wetmore, one of two firms responsible for designing and constructing New York's Grand Central Terminal, another product of the Vanderbilt family execution. The dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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