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Ten Titanic-related New York Places

'07.05.2021'

Vita Popova

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The first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "Titanic" is the wreck of a liner in the waters of the North Atlantic. Hardly anyone will associate it with New York. However, the legendary liner still has a connection with this metropolis. The edition writes about it 6sqft.

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The liner, which left the English city of Southampton on April 10, 1912, headed for New York and was supposed to arrive at Pier 58 on April 17. However, the ship, considered the largest and most reliable in the world, crashed before reaching New York.

The people who survived this tragedy sailed to the city on board the steamer "Karpatia" on April 20 and landed on Pier-54. Ultimately, New York's connection to this fateful journey extends far beyond its coastline. Throughout the city today you will find many places associated with the Titanic and its passengers. Read more about them below.

  1. Pier 54, White Star and Cunard

White Star Line is the largest British shipping company of the late 1867th and early XNUMXth centuries. She was engaged in shipping immigrants to Australia. After bankruptcy in XNUMX, it was acquired by Thomas Henry Ismay. Since that time, the company has specialized in the transatlantic transport of passengers and goods.

After the death of Ismay Sr. in 1899, the management of the company passed to his son, Joseph Bruce Ismay. In 1902, Ismay Jr. joined the International Shipping Company, organized by the American financier John Pierpont Morgan.

After the sinking of the Titanic, Ismay retired. In 1927, the company was taken over by British businessman Owen Phillips and became part of the Royal Mail Steamers Company.

Then came the Great Depression, which hit the White Star hard, so in 1934 the company merged with its main competitor - Cunnard Line, which in 1949 completely absorbed the White Star.

What does the Titanic have to do with it? The fact is that since 2005, Cunnard has become a division of the cruise company Carnival Corporation & plc. Currently, the only surviving White Star vessel is the Nomadic, built in 1911 to transport passengers aboard the Olympic and Titanic while they docked at Cherbourg.

Pier 58, which was supposed to serve as the last port of call for the Titanic, and Pier 54, where the passengers of the rescue ship Carpathia eventually landed, have long been out of service and converted into the entertainment area of ​​Chelsea Pier.

Once upon a time there was a line of shipping offices on Lower Broadway, where travelers could buy tickets to a huge number of ports in the world. White Star's office was at 9 Broadway, and Cunard's was at 25 Broadway. In 1912, friends and family of travelers aboard the Titanic flooded their offices in search of information about loved ones.

  1. Jane Hotel

The American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute (ASFS) functioned as a hotel with numerous amenities for merchant sailors.

When the Titanic sank, the surviving crew members were given shelter here. The choice was not made by chance - the building is located a stone's throw from the place where the victims disembarked.

The Institute provided food and accommodation for the surviving crew of the Titanic and some of its passengers. A memorial service for the victims was held in this house, in which more than 100 survivors took part.

Located opposite Pier 54 on the west side of Manhattan, this building is now owned by the Jane Hotel. It retains various nautical-themed attributes, including anchors above the door and life jackets on the façade. In addition, the institute's 156 original rooms were designed to mimic the cabins aboard a ship - a tradition that the Jane Hotel maintains to this day.

  1. Memorial "Titanic"

It was built in New York at the initiative of Margaret Brown (one of the surviving passengers of the Titanic) in memory of those who died on the liner on April 15, 1912. The structure, 18 meters high, is a lighthouse crowned with a ball of time.

The memorial was opened in March 1913. It was originally located on the East River on the roof of the 12-story New York and New Jersey Seamen's Institute Church at 25 South Street.From 1913 to 1967, the time ball fell down the mast, signaling the arrival of noon. ...

In July 1968, the institute moved to 15 State Street. In 1976, the memorial was moved to the entrance of South Street Seaport, where a museum complex was set up at the expense of Exxon Corporation, one of the largest oil companies in the world.

  1. Memorial Edith Kors Evans

Edith Corse Evans is a famous American socialite who traveled on the Titanic as a 1st class passenger. Evans, 25, was one of four women in first class who died in the disaster.

There are several explanations for why Evans was unable to escape. According to one version, she helped her aunt to get into the last lifeboat, urging her to be the first to board, since the children were waiting for her at home. According to another version, both women got into the lifeboat, but it was overcrowded, and Evans decided to leave the lifeboat.

If her body was found, it was not identified. On April 22, 1912, a memorial plaque was created in New York in memory of her. It is located in Grace Church at 802 Broadway. The inscription on the tablet reads: “In gratitude to the Lord and in memory of Edith Kors Evans, who gave her life to save others on the Titanic on April XNUMX MCMXII, believing in the One who made the depths of the sea through atonement. Love is as strong as death. "

  1. William T. Stead Memorial

There is also a memorial to William T. Stead who died on the Titanic in New York. He was a renowned British journalist. He was fond of spiritualism and, ironically, before his death on the legendary liner, he wrote stories about accidents on passenger ships. After helping the other passengers onto the lifeboats, Stead calmly walked into the first class smoking room to read how the ship sank.

A bronze bas-relief is set in the wall that separates Fifth Avenue from Central Park.

  1. Strauss Memorial and Macy's

Among the victims of the disaster were such famous New Yorkers as Isidore Strauss, who owned Macy's with his brother.

Isidore Strauss moved with his brother Nathan to New York in 1871. They organized the production of faceted and showcase glass, as well as gift and souvenir products. The management of the company is concentrated in the hands of Isidore. But Nathan was an excellent organizer and negotiator. It was he who had the idea to place a department for the sale of porcelain and glass in Macy's, the most famous department store in the city - in 1873 the entire basement floor was given to the Strauss.

In 1877, Rowland Hussey Macy, who owned the famous department store, died unexpectedly. The management of the company passed to his relatives. However, due to the death of the main contenders for the management of the department store in 1888, an offer was made to Strauss to become business partners. Ultimately they accepted the offer and bought out 45 percent of the business, increasing it to 1893 percent in 50. In 1896, Macy's department store passed into their full ownership.

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Isidore and his wife Ida were able to board a lifeboat. However, Isidore refused the offer, giving his place to women and children. He urged Ida to swim without him, but she did not.

The funeral service for this pair gathered 40 thousand mourners, among the speakers was the American entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Today, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, at the intersection of Broadway, West End Avenue and 106th Street, is Strauss Park with the Isidore and Ida Strauss Memorial.

There is an inscription on the wall: "In memory of Isidor and Ida Strauss, who died in the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912".

  1. Archibald Gracie's Tomb IV

Another very famous New Yorker aboard the Titanic was Archibald Gracie IV, a direct descendant of the first Archibald Gracie, who built the Gracie Mansion, the current seat of the mayors of New York.

Gracie boarded the Titanic on 10 April in Southampton, occupying C-51 in first class. He spent most of the voyage with single women, including Helen Churchill Candy, Charlotte Appleton, and Caroline Brown. Gracie also spent time reading books in the 1st grade library with his friend Clinch Smith, discussing the Civil War with Isidore Strauss. Among other passengers, he was known as a tireless storyteller and an inexhaustible source of information on the history of Chickamoga and the Civil War in general.

As the water rushed onto the boat deck, Gracie was washed away by the wave, but he managed to grab the roof of the bridge. Then, having sailed away, Gracie was able to climb onto the bottom of an overturned folding boat, where a dozen other men were already stationed. His friend Clinch Smith disappeared into the depths of the ocean, and the body was never found. During the night, wet and frozen people tried to stay on the keel of the boat.

On the morning of April 15, lifeboats 4 and 12 picked up the survivors. Gracie was so tired that he could not make the jump, and he was lifted aboard the Carpathia right in the boat.

Upon returning to New York, Gracie immediately began writing a book about his voyage on the Titanic. He spent months trying to establish who was in the lifeboat and what events were taking place. In his work, he listed each stowaway, as well as the names of the first class passengers remaining on the ship. This book has become a valuable source of information for historians and disaster researchers.

Gracie's health was severely compromised by hypothermia and injuries, and on December 4, 1912, he died from complications of diabetes. He was buried at Woodlon Cemetery in the Bronx, New York. The burial ceremony was attended by many of the surviving passengers and family members of the victims.

On his grave is written: "Hero of the Titanic."

  1. Astor Memorial Window

Among the passengers of the Titanic was John Jacob Astor IV - an American millionaire, businessman, writer, member of the famous Astor family, lieutenant colonel, participant in the Spanish-American War. Astor was the richest passenger on board.

The Astors made money from real estate, and John Jacob Astor IV built such outstanding properties as the Astoria Hotel, Saint Regis and Knickerbocker.

During the trip, his wife Madeleine became pregnant and insisted that the child be born in the United States. The Astors boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as first class passengers. Astor's valet, Victor Robbins, Madeleine's maid Rosalie Baidos and Caroline's nurse Louise Andrews boarded with them. In addition, their pet, an Airedale terrier named Kitty, went on a trip with the spouses.

Some time after the collision of the ship with the iceberg, Colonel Astor assured his wife that the damage posed no danger to the Titanic. Later, Astor was with his wife in the gym. Madeleine feared that life jackets were unreliable. Astor's wife boarded lifeboat number 4 with a maid and a nurse. The Colonel asked second mate Charles Lightoller if he could board the boat with his wife. Lightoller replied that the men should remain on deck until all the women were in the boats. Stepping back, he asked him for the boat number in order to find his wife later. Astor was last seen alive at 1:55 am. He stood on the boat deck and watched as the rest of the people tried to lower the remaining folding boats.

His body was discovered on April 22, 1912 by the CS Mackay-Bennett. It was identified by the gold watch, diamond cufflinks, and the diamond ring Astor wore.

He was buried in the Trinity Church cemetery in the upper part of Washington Heights. His death is immortalized in the stained glass windows of the Astor Memorial Window in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

  1. Guggenheim

Benjamin Guggenheim, brother of the namesake Solomon R. Guggenheim and father of collector Peggy Guggenheim, also died in the Titanic crash. He helped the other passengers into the lifeboats, then changed into his best tuxedo to "be ready to go down like a gentleman." The Guggenheim and his valet met their fate on the Great Staircase sipping brandy and smoking cigars.

  1. Hudson Theater

Some of the passengers on the Titanic had deep connections to the New York theater scene. The Hudson Theater at 141 West 44th Street was founded by Henry Harris, who died on the legendary liner. Harris was the director of the Theater Managers' Association of Greater New York and a Freemason. He traveled aboard the Titanic with his wife Irene, who survived.

Irene Harris took over the Hudson Theater and became the first female theater director in New York City. She helped launch the careers of many performers, including Barbara Stanwyck, an American actress, model and dancer who was especially popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

Irene Harris died in 1969 at the age of 93.

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