March 14th, 1972 –
On this day, The Ansonia Hotel, at 2101-2119 Broadway, was designated as the Upper West Side’s seventh Individual Landmark.
Also on this day,
The NBA’s Cincinnati Royales announced their relocation to Kansas City,
“Heart of Gold” by Neil Young was the top song in America,
On the tube, ABC hosted the Grammy Awards, where Muddy Waters won his first Grammy Award–this one, for the album “They Call Me Muddy Waters,”
The New York Times cost fifteen cents and the lead headline read: Paris Talks Begun by U.S. and China in “Cordial” Mood: First Thangibel Follow-Up to Nixon Visit Comes Quickly After Accord on Site. In other news, “The city’s first new subway tunnel in almost four decades moved a step closer to completion yesterday…the tunnel will reach from Easat 63d Street in Manhattan to Vernon Boulevard at 41st Avenue in Long Island City.”
Read the designation report of The Ansonia Hotel HERE!
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