July 9, 1985 –
On this day, the Upper West Side’s Century Apartments and El Dorado Apartments were designated as the Upper West Side’s twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth individual landmarks.
Also on this day,
The world lost Charlotte, Grand Duchess fo Luxembourg (b. 1896)
“A View to Kill” by Duran Duran was the number-one song in America, and
On the television, all networks were in repeats except for the ABC “reality” program, “Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders”
The lead New York Times headline read: “President Accuses 5 ‘Outlaw States’ of World Terror.” These include “Iran, Libya, North Korea, Cuba and Nicaragua.”
In other news, Page B4’s “Art Commission Approves Track in Corona Park” outlined a slim approval for a Grand Prix auto race track in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, a prior generation’s plan of building more in a public park.
Read the designation report of the Century Apartments HERE!
Read the designation report of the El Dorado Apartments HERE!
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