Portal:New York City/Did you know/6

... that New York's Sony Building (pictured), with its distinctive Chippendale roof, was originally built by AT&T as its headquarters, but they no longer needed the space after the Bell System divestiture?
... that three Nobel laureates affiliated with the City University of New York graduated together from the City College of New York in 1937?
... that Dorothy Miner was acknowledged as the person "who helped establish the legal right to designate landmarks" in the U.S. for her role in Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City?
... that Rabbi Stephen Wise founded New York City's Free Synagogue in 1907 after turning down a position at Temple Emanu-El because its trustees would review his sermons?
... that the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory has been cited as having the best ice cream in New York City?"

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