Author's notes Leonid Rayevsky

journalist, travel guide and guide


About the Paramount Building in Times Square, cinematography, the legendary film studio, and Adolf Zukor

Walking through Times Square (How can we not bring guests here?), We involuntarily find ourselves at the front entrance to this building. But today only the surviving name of Paramount reminds us of the times when the headquarters of the legendary film studio and one of the largest ...


The Solomon Guggenheim Museum: The Story Of The Founding Family, 'Non-Objective Art' And Guggenheim Museums Around The World

In New York, everyone will show you this museum. Yes, this is not necessary. Moving along Central Park along Fifth Avenue, you will see from a distance the snow-white cup of its main facade, with strictly applied horizontal drawings of the windows. Solomon Guggenheim decided to build it ...


Metronome: art installation in New York with extraordinary clock

What about Ilf: “Why he married her, I don’t understand. She is so ugly that they turn around in the street. So he turned around. Thinks what the hell? I came closer, but it was already too late. " It's the same with the city. Sometimes you linger ...


Monument to Balto: how the legendary dog ​​was immortalized in New York

Как там у Д.Р. Стивенса: «Людям трудно даётся счастье. Они замыкаются в себе, попадают впросак. Сами не знают, что им нужно… и грустят, грустят… У собак таких сложностей нет. Они знают, что счастье — это когда что-то делаешь для других.…


Walk of Fame for Jewish actors: on Jewish theaters in Manhattan and the tragic fate of the restaurateur Abe Lebevol

I came across this Walk of Fame by accident. I popped in on business at Chase Bank on Second Avenue and suddenly, on the way out, right under my feet I found two rows of tiles with the image of red five-pointed stars and signatures on them. The bank explained that ...


The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Square in New York: the amazing fate of the founder of the famous Pulitzer Prize

This square is located at the intersection of E58-E60 Streets with 5th Avenue in Manhattan (New York). Near the famous Plaza Hotel and Apple Fifth Avenue. She is well known to many residents of the city and its guests. After all, from these places, hiking begins in ...


Macy's, the extraordinary love and tragedy of 'Titanic': on the Isidore and Ida Strauss Memorial

Strauss Park with the Isidore and Ida Strauss Memorial is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue and 106th Street. Not far from the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Once, after a tour of it, I lingered in this park. In the depths, through the foliage ...


The White House: The History of the American Symbol

This name is known all over the world. Even in the most remote corners of the planet, we hear or read every day: "According to information from the White House ...", "The White House has denied the message ..." or "The White House has made a final decision ...". Being at the center of international politics and influence, ...


SKYSCRAPER. About the contribution of Americans to the treasury of world achievements

On October 15, 1880, the German Emperor Wilhelm I inaugurated the recently rebuilt Cologne Cathedral. With a height of 157,4 meters, it has become not only the tallest Catholic cathedral, but also the tallest structure in the whole world. In warm speeches about its opening ...


Statue of Liberty: the history of the American symbol

For us, Paris is inextricably linked with the Eiffel Tower, Berlin with the Brandenburg Gate, Moscow with the Kremlin’s Spasskaya Tower, and London with Big Ben. Once in these cities, we immediately look around: where are these so important for...

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