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  Foley Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foley Square is a city park situated in lower Manhattan on the site of the historic Five Points neighborhood and named after a prominent Tammany Hall district leader and local saloon owner, Thomas F. “Big Tom” Foley (1852-1925).
Also featured in the square are five bronze historical medallions, set flush into areas of the surrounding sidewalks, telling the history of the park and its surroundings, including one for the so-called 'Negro Burial Ground' (an 18th century African-American burial ground unearthed during construction of the square).
Foley Square was the name of a television series which aired by the American television broadcast network CBS from 1985-1986.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foley_Square   (239 words)

  
 Press Release Archives #395-00 - MAYOR GIULIANI AND PARKS COMMISSIONER STERN OFFICIALLY OPEN FOLEY SQUARE PARK
The Foley Square project, whose design phase began with traffic studies, unifies six irregularly shaped open spaces (including the 1.5 acre Thomas Paine Park) to form one five-acre park.
Foley Square is named for Thomas F. "Big Tom" Foley (1852-1925), a prominent Democratic Party leader from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Foley left school at the age of thirteen to support his widowed mother, working for a period as a flsmith's helper.
www.nyc.gov /html/om/html/2000b/pr395-00.html   (404 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- THE U.S. COURTHOUSE
According to the National Register Nomination statement, the U.S. Courthouse at Foley Square (1932-1936) is architecturally and historically significant as one of the largest and most distinctive examples of the Federal architecture erected by the U.S. Treasury Department during the expanded public buildings programs of the 1930s.
The Foley Square Courthouse was designed by Cass Gilbert, one of the most prominent architects of his day.
By the time the Foley Square Courthouse was designed and constructed, hwoever, modern forms and decoration had already significantly changed the appearance of much public and private architecture and were beginning to influence federal architecture as well.
www.nyc-architecture.com /SCC/SCC021.htm   (1467 words)

  
 Rename Foley Square The African Square - New York Times
Much of the square is directly on the recently discovered Colonial-era Negroes' Burying Ground.
We have squares, parks and plazas to memorialize the people of many nations, but few public spaces that commemorate New York City's African history.
Foley, a Democratic Party district leader, was regarded as Al Smith's "godfather." The Board of Aldermen's proceedings of 1939 record an unsuccessful attempt to change the square's name from Foley to Court Square.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DC1731F937A35754C0A964958260   (192 words)

  
 The Village Voice: Power Plays
Foley Square is named after Tom Foley—or to be precise, it's named after a Tom Foley, because Tom Foley is a rather common name.
A third Tom Foley is the Greenwich businessman who's donated thousands to Republican causes and was a Coalition Provisional Authority official overseeing investment in Iraq.
Foley Square is actually named after the Tammany man, and it's fitting that the march ends there because "Big Tom" would have been a worthy ally in the fight that looms for the antiwar movement: Using the midterm elections to pressure Congress to cut off the funding for the war.
www.villagevoice.com /blogs/powerplays/archives/002594.php   (764 words)

  
 The Foley Square in Manhattan
Foley Square Greenmarket is a year round farmer's market located on Center Street between Worth and Pearl Streets.
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Courthouse at 40 Foley Square was dedicated Monday before an audience of judges, local elected officials and Marshall's family members.
Marshall worked at the Foley Square courthouse from 1961 to 1965, when he was a justice on the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~foleygenes/foleysquarecourthouse.html   (1067 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Credit Union To Open in Square
Eugene Foley, president and CEO of the non-profit bank open only to Harvard students, alumni, staff, and their family members said that the new 3,500 square foot location will be almost five times larger than the bank’s current spot inside the Holyoke Center Arcade.
But Foley said that HUECU had been interested in moving in since last September when the bank learned that the space was available.
Robin Lapidus, the executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, said that she was not concerned that another bank branch was opening in the Square.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=507730   (491 words)

  
 Press Release Archives #620-97 Project Creates New Five-Acre Park In Lower Manhattan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Foley Square reconstruction is the largest groundbreaking this year for the New York City Parks and Recreation Department.
Originally named in 1926 for "Big Tom" Foley, a Tammany Hall district leader and local saloon owner, the new Foley Square will include the creation of a two-tiered plaza, a fl granite amphitheater with a center fountain, hundreds of feet of World's Fair style benches and beautiful landscaping.
Foley Square is set amidst by many of New York City's most important civic institutions including Federal Plaza, the State Office Building, the U.S. Court House and City Hall.
www.nyc.gov /html/om/html/97/sp620-97.html   (561 words)

  
 City Of Somerville - Maps of the City
Alewife Linear Park, behind Davis Square between Grove and Cedar streets, is a passive recreation space with a pedestrian/bike path that connects to the Minuteman Bikeway in Arlington and runs to Bedford Center.
The park is in Powder House Square, at College Avenue and Broadway.
The park is a passive recreational space with shade trees, benches, and grassy areas, and it is handicapped accessible.
www.ci.somerville.ma.us /Maps.cfm?page=24   (1363 words)

  
 Foley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foley is a surname, originating in Ireland in the south east Munster region.
The Lord of the Decies (the Waterford area of Munster) was a title attributed to some early Foleys.
Thomas Foley (1616-1677) of Witley Court ironmaster and ancestor of all the Barons Foley.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foley   (245 words)

  
 Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Foley Mountain Conservation Area is just outside the scenic village of Westport, 45 minutes south of Smiths Falls, 50 minutes north of Brockville, 45 minutes north of Kingston.
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority's Foley Mountain offers 325 hectares (800 acres) of woods, ponds and fields — yours to enjoy.
With the changes to the Grades 1-8 science curriculum, the education programs at Foley Mountain have been adjusted to meet the needs of the new curriculum.
www.rideauvalley.on.ca /careas/foley   (494 words)

  
 foley Estates Vineyard
The Foley 2004 Pinot Noir, Rancho Santa Rosa, was selected by Norm Roby as Decanter magazine's "Stateside: Red Wine of the Month" (September 2006).
Foley 2003 Syrah, Rancho Santa Rosa, was named one of Wine News magazine's "Best Wine of 2005".
Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery at Rancho Santa Rosa is the realization of vintner Bill Foley's dream to produce world class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in Santa Barbara County.
www.foleywines.com   (741 words)

  
 Cedric Belfrage on Foley Square Trial of American Communists
Far from being an obstacle to the government, the Act's patent unconstitutionality multiplied the agony of the victims, plunging them into a murk of unreality and spinning out their ordeal into ever costlier months and years.
But if the defense believed that its strategy would at least make the courts a forum of public enlightenment about heretical ideas, it was sadly misjudging the loyalty of the media, which saw to it that this part of the 5,000,000 words of Foley Square testimony was ignored or buried.
These, at Foley Square, turned out to be five years and $10,000 fines for each conspirator except Robert Thompson, whose medal for fighting for America had to be weighed against his sin of fighting for Spain.
www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/50s/belfrage-permission-weep.html   (1460 words)

  
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Foley Square has served as the civic heart of the city for nearly 100 years, providing the center for federal, state and municipal courts as well as administrative and judiciary services.
In the 19th century, the area around Foley Square was known as Five Points and was one of Manhattan's worst neighborhoods.
As the new century emerged the area assumed a new identity and character defined by the dignified and architecturally important buildings for the courthouses and federal buildings for which Foley Square is known today.
w3.gsa.gov /web/p/interaia_save.nsf/0/95ec506a650e3b15852565d90053a195?OpenDocument   (1086 words)

  
 Directions
Our court is located in four facilities on or near Foley Square in lower Manhattan.
Foley Square is situated approximately two blocks north of the entrance ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Finally, 71 Thomas Street, which is several blocks west of Foley Square, at the corner of West Broadway, houses courtrooms and Chambers for several Justices.
www.nycourts.gov /supctmanh/directions.htm   (228 words)

  
 Cornerstone laid/Work begins on The Woodlands Mall
The new Foley's in The Woodlands will be the first Foley's opened in the Houston area since 1984.
He said another new Foley's for the Houston area won't be announced until 1994.
When the project is fully developed, sometime after the turn of the century, the developers expect it to include 18 million square feet of non-residential space.
www.thewoodlandsreport.com /news/ralphbivins/19930313_1.htm   (610 words)

  
 One million hit the streets to demand Justice for Immigrants; Preliminary report from New York City's Great American ...
Union Square was scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm, by 2:00 pm the Park was already packed to capacity.
Foley Square and the closing rally began, many thousands in
The end of the march did not reach Foley square until after 8:30 pm.
www.iacenter.org /archive-2006/may0106-rept.htm   (454 words)

  
 Building the Halls Where History Would Echo - New York Times
THE construction net covering the peak of the supersober Thurgood Marshall United States Court House at Foley Square is an undignified touch, like a punk topknot on a debutante.
Foley Square — a rumpled trapezoid, really, at Centre and Pearl Streets — was cobbled together in the 1920's from several oddly shaped blocks, as 20th-century bureaucracy overflowed the earlier government center at City Hall Park.
By the early 1930's, the blocks around Foley Square filled in with buildings for New York State offices, the New York City Health Department and the New York County Courthouse (where Sam Waterston et al.
www.nytimes.com /2006/05/07/realestate/07scap.html?ex=1304654400&en=38ff2d906dae2d7b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (1158 words)

  
 Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Foley AIMs to Please: A sexless sex scandal in Washington (October 3)
Comment by: Mitch H. at September 3, 2004 06:38 PM That was beautifully written...
Comment by: Koen at September 3, 2004 06:54 PM « Foley Square I: "Welcome Back to Freedom"
www.reason.com /convention/2004/09/foley_square_ii.shtml   (887 words)

  
 Foley & Lardner LLP - News & Events - Foley & Lardner LLP Signs New Lease for 200,000 Square Feet at Washington Harbour
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Foley & Lardner LLP executed a new 15-year lease extension and expansion for a total of 200,000 square feet of office space at Washington Harbour, 3000 K St., in Georgetown.
Under the terms of the new lease, Foley will occupy the top four contiguous floors in Washington Harbour, with expansion rights on other floors of the building. The firm currently occupies approximately 125,000 square feet in the building.
Foley & Lardner LLP is a provider of legal counsel to global companies.
www.foley.com /news/news_detail.aspx?newsid=986   (540 words)

  
 Stapleton - FOLEY’S, SUPER TARGET ADDED TO NORTHFIELD AT STAPLETON ROSTER
Foley’s will be part of Phase II, which includes the Harkins Theatres, scheduled to open in 2006.
With 12,000 residences at build out and 10 million square feet of office space, Stapleton will demand the kind of shopping and entertainment that we are bringing to the area,” he said.
Forest City West, developing in the west since 1969, is the developer of Stapleton, Saddle Rock Village in Aurora, Colorado, opening its first phase this year, and the The Orchard at Westminster, a lifestyle center in Westminster, Colorado.
www.stapletondenver.com /news/press_detail.asp?pressReleaseID=73   (754 words)

  
 Savannah GA, parkside hotel, luxury lodging, luxury hotel, walking vacation, Chippewa Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Foley House Inn, a Savannah Georgia Hotel, sits on Chippewa Square, famous for both then and now...then for the Memorial to General Oglethorpe, founder of Savannah, Georgia, the last American Colony, and now for it's Forest Gump Bench and Steven Speilberg shots.
After staying at the Foley House Inn, and apparently becoming intoxicated by the Savannah Georgia Hotel, a French writer for "LeMonde" in Paris named Savannah as the most beautiful City in North America.
Imagine … from your Foley House parkside hotel vantage point, the old Chippewa Square and historic Savannah of the 1800s.
www.foleyinn.com /historicsavannah.asp   (1304 words)

  
 Where to Purchase - Sparky Fights Back
Foley Square will sell at wholesale prices to groups, dealers, and individuals ordering at least five books (see below).
Not only is Foley Square's price generally lower than Amazon's, but a greater share of the proceeds will go the the Animal Cancer Foundation.
Foley Square Books has a generous discount offer (53%!) for groups looking to raise funds, book dealers, and individuals buying in quantities of five books or more.
www.sparkyfightsback.com /book/where-to-purchase.htm   (434 words)

  
 Convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I spent much of Thursday evening at Foley Square across from the courthouse at 100 Centre Street, where a few hundred protesters had gathered to await friends who, in the wake of a judge's order that detainees be released, were trickling out at 10 to 15 minute intervals.
What a wonderful link to the 360 degree picture of Foley Square and other places in NY and around the world.
I just spent quite a bit of time wishing I was part of one of those beautiful scenes instead of in my office working on a Saturday afternoon.
www.reason.com /convention/2004/09/foley_square_i.shtml   (440 words)

  
 Ted Weiss Federal Building : ENERGY STAR
The Foley Square Federal Office Building at 290 Broadway in New York City opened in 1994 and was designed to be among the most energy efficient buildings in its class.
Working with the local utility company and the building developer, much of the success of the Foley Square Federal Office Building is due to GSA project team which demonstrated that energy efficient buildings can be developed by the Federal Government within Federal guidelines and budgets using off-the-shelf technology.
The Foley Square Federal Office Building has shown that the Federal Government can successfully reduce energy consumption and simultaneously provide better working conditions for its tenants.
www.energystar.gov /index.cfm?fuseaction=labeled_buildings.showProfile&profile_id=1399   (281 words)

  
 Foley Square TV Show - Foley Square Television Show - TV.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Foley Square TV Show - Foley Square Television Show - TV.com
The show was canceled by CBS after 14 episodes.
Tell the world what you think of Foley Square, write a review for this show.
www.tv.com /foley-square/show/2293/summary.html   (110 words)

  
 Foley Square Black 4 Piece Placesetting
Foley Square Black - At TRUCK we draw a lot of inspiration from the city of New York, where we live and work.
The alternating rectangles on this dinnerware, with their offset 'shadow,' reflect the syncopated window pattern of a downtown skyscraper bordering Foley Square.
Your FOLEY SQUARE dinnerware is dishwasher and microwave safe.
stannet.com /stores/mikasa/foley-square-black-4-piece-placesetting.html   (86 words)

  
 ZNet Commentary: Si, Se Puede!
While helping to get things organized down at Foley Square for the end-of-march grassroots action festival, I overheard on a police walkie-talkie the news that the head of the march was at Bleecker St., 16 blocks down from where it started.
I heard afterwards that when people in the lead contingent got to Foley Square and called back to the beginning of the march that there were still people who hadn't left.
It was astounding to experience the sight of many tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of people, a crowd overwhelmingly working class and Latino, marching down the same exact route, from Union Square to Foley Square, just two days later, demanding to be treated as human beings, with justice and respect.
www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2006-05/05glick.cfm   (879 words)

  
 ERIKA ROTHENBERG: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION NATIONAL MONUMENT
From August 17 through November 13, 2004, this enormous red megaphone will occupy Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, nestled between the bustling federal, state, and city courthouses, and provide a platform for New Yorkers to speak their minds during the upcoming election season.
Inspired by the concept of a soapbox, Freedom entices passersby to climb its gently sloping ramp and embrace the megaphone to voice their thoughts, poetry, grievances, and hopes.
From the landmark Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage and Times Square to artist-designed skywriting, fireworks and Tribute in Light, the lauded temporary light memorial to September 11, 2001 in the skies over Manhattan, Creative Time delights and provokes millions each year.
www.theroadtohollywood.com /pubproj/freedom.shtml   (1007 words)

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