and if you're paying attention, that's the same blocks that the richard morris memorial was on. and opposite was was the lenox library, which was built by hunt. and that's why they placed his monument there. so he would be overlooking one of his buildings in eternity, but the lenox lobby would be knocked down. it was knocked down when it merged its collections with the tilden trust. and they asked a library to create new york public library. and so he purchases this this property, and he hires this, this dream team of thomas hastings on the left, who was the architect of new york public library. in the middle is the charles allen, the famous english decorator who had just been knighted for working on buckingham palace and then next to him is lord joseph levine, the purveyor of european art and antiquities. you had showroom rooms and london, paris and new york and by the way new public library took six years to build. and frick had to wait five years before he could start construction on this because part of a deal was he couldn't start construction until the library moved his co

and if you're paying attention, that's the same blocks that the richard morris memorial was on. and opposite was was the lenox library, which was built by hunt. and that's why they placed his monument there. so he would be overlooking one of his buildings in eternity, but the lenox lobby would be knocked down. it was knocked down when it merged its collections with the tilden trust. and they asked a library to create new york public library. and so he purchases this this property, and he hires this, this dream team of thomas hastings on the left, who was the architect of new york public library. in the middle is the charles allen, the famous english decorator who had just been knighted for working on buckingham palace and then next to him is lord joseph levine, the purveyor of european art and antiquities. you had showroom rooms and london, paris and new york and by the way new public library took six years to build. and frick had to wait five years before he could start construction on this because part of a deal was he couldn't start construction until the library moved his co

richard morris hunt is now best remembered for the houses he designed for the grandchildren of cornelius vanderbilt, the breakers in newport, which was designed for king william vanderbilt the second. marble house also in newport. which was designed for william kissin vanderbilt. he had that designed as a birthday present for alva vanderbilt. when they got divorced, a lot of people think she actually got marble house as part of the divorce settlement, but it had already been gifted to her as a birthday present. he also designed the biltmore estate in asheville, north carolina for george washington vanderbilt the second. and in new york city, only three of his buildingremain. these the line the streets of new york and the only three that still remain e the pedestal to the statue of liberty. the vanderbilt family was the him -- mausoleum and the entrance to the metropolitan museum which is called wing d. i say wing d, it was completed in 1902 and obviously faces onto fifth avenue, but i say wing d because most buildings in the gilded age, when they got too small, they just knock them wn an

this is by richard morris hunt. it led to vax's original wing, second floor of his original wing. at the top of the staircase is the triumph. back outside, these are new steps that kevin roach added, you get to see the wings either side which charles mckim later added. the facade of fifth avenue spans over 1,000 feet and four city blocks. it's absolutely huge. on the outside of the building, this is what most people kind of remember. so, believe it or not, there is over 31 pieces of sculpture on the building, all done by kyle better who did a lot of work with richard morris hunt. there was meant to be the great sculptures of ancient mid eve a i will art which was supposed to go over these. hunt died about seven years before the met was finished. it was taken over by his son richard hunt. no money left, the museum decided they wouldn't do the sculpture. hunt, jr being a little bit massive aggressive, decided he would hoist the unattractive piles of stone up there in a way to persuade the met that it was so unattractive they would have to do this sculpture. 150 years later, those bi

and it cites a book by richard morris. richard morris. and there are seven founders. there's let's see if i remember now john adams, alexander hamilton. benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson george washington. james madison. and richard morris was also from new york city and taught at columbia. so john jay, one of these is not like the others. sorry, any new yorkers out there, but then it went on and it's very long. wikipedia entry that went on to talking about the other founders. it talked about women founders. it talked about founders from europe who contributed to the founding of the country during the revolution. and so i wanted to ask you all, in the spirit of denver's comment, and then that's who were some of the other founders? and what makes somebody a founder? i leave it open to whoever wants to take that one first and we're going to be professor in calling somebody. deborah, i see you first. yeah. so i'll just i'll just i'll share one person who we don't always include who who i really admire. and that's marcia otis warren, who's propaganda during the american

morris and ruining everything. very specific benefits. regulars do their job better.taa richard more nuanced way.of credible sources we have thought about journalism and media over the last 25 years. i am not going to -- again we are a nonpartisan researcher center. over this media company or that media company and said what i focus on when it comes to credibility is whether an immediate company as a process in place that you would consider to be credible? whether they fact check their stories whether they retract stories they are shown to be false. whether they do things like disclose who writers are, who their funding sources are pretty think credibility lasts as an outcome. people could not have diverse political perspectives and ideology. but a commitment to a process that can come from a variety of sources with different >> -park illinois good morning. >> given what happened in the 2020 election and to be coordinating the former twitter which is now x in a nefarious way. they are supposed to do something new technology good and to help the humanity progress. but, given what happened in the 2