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Nikola Tesla: Strange Genius

January 25, 2008

Web Extra: Tesla in New York

Tesla arrived in New York City in 1884 with 4 cents in his pocket and dreams of becoming a great scientist and discoverer. Explore Tesla's life in the city through this interactive map, along with photos, video and audio.

MAP: Tesla in New York

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Posted by: Herbert Falk June 23, 2008 - 01:34PM
Hendesronville Nc

Greatly enjoyed the book but wondered about the author's claim of the 43 story New Yorker Hotel being the tallest building in NYC in 1930. The Woolworth Building, built some 20 years earlier in lower Manhattan, at 60 stories, was, until construction of the Empire State Building in 1931, the tallest building not only in NYC but in the world.

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