NEW YORK (AP) — Taking shape on Manhattan’s West Side is a $185 million, federally funded tunnel that leads to nowhere, for now. The 800-foot-long, 35-foot-deep concrete trench could someday lead to two new commuter rail tunnels under the Hudson River to New Jersey, if the billions needed to build them ever materialize. The access […]
Ice Falling from High-Rises Creates 100-mph Projectiles
City dwellers facing one of the most brutal winters on record have been dealing with something far more dangerous than snow falling from the sky: ice tumbling from skyscrapers. Streets around New York’s new 1 World Trade Center, the nation’s tallest building, were recently closed when sheets of ice were seen shearing from the face […]
First Apple computer could fetch $500,000 or more
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the kind of electronic junk that piles up in basements and garages — an old computer motherboard with wires sticking out. But because it was designed and sold by two college dropouts named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, it could be worth more than half a million dollars. An Apple […]
Photo of the Day: First Apple Computer
An Apple 1 from 1976, one of the first Apple computers ever built and forerunner of today’s MacBooks, IPads and IPhones. The 11-by-14 green piece of plastic covered with a copper-colored labyrinth of memory chips was one of the first 25 such computer elements, and sold for $666.66. Another Apple 1 was sold last month […]
First Apple Computer Could Fetch $500,000 or More
It’s the kind of electronic junk that piles up in basements and garages — an old computer motherboard with wires sticking out. View: Photo of the Day: First Apple Computer But because it was designed by two college dropouts named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, it could be worth more than half a million dollars. […]
Last Pieces of New World Trade Center Are Rising
One World Trade Center already is New York’s tallest building. And when the last pieces of its spire rise to the roof — weather permitting — the 104-floor skyscraper that replaces the fallen twin towers will be just feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority of New York and New […]