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Today's featured article The Felix M. Warburg House is a mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built from 1907 to 1908 for the German-American Jewish financier Felix M. Warburg, in the Châteauesque style, and designed by C. P. H. Gilbert. After Warburg's death in 1937, his widow sold it to a real estate developer. When plans to replace it with luxury apartments fell through, ownership reverted to the Warburgs, who donated it in 1944 to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In 1947, the Seminary opened the Jewish Museum in the mansion. The house was named a New York City designated landmark in 1981 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 1993, Kevin Roche constructed an annex to the house in Gilbert's style, built with stone from the same quarry that supplied the original mansion. Critical reviews of the original house's architecture have generally been positive while the extension received a mixed reception. (Full article...) Recently featured: Horned sungem Anna Blackburne The Structure of Literature Did you know Kiro Gligorov ... that under the rule of the first Macedonian president, Kiro Gligorov (pictured), the Republic of Macedonia was the only state that seceded from Yugoslavia peacefully? ... that due to Richard Louhenapessy's arrest, the Indonesian city of Ambon had four mayors in May 2022? ... that the Israel Defense Forces have accepted responsibility for killing seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in targeted drone strikes that destroyed the aid workers' cars one by one? ... that Broadway and film star Lester Allen began his career as a child acrobat in the Barnum and Bailey Circus? ... that the Skyrocket Galaxy has been described by NASA as looking like a "July 4th skyrocket"? ... that a reviewer described the approach of soprano Magdalena Hinterdobler to her role as Grete in Zemlinsky's Der Traumgörge as "bold" and "sassy"? ... that of the 33 Green Bay Packers players named to an NFL All-Rookie Team since 1975, only one—James Lofton—went on to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? ... that after being sent off for the record 97th time, footballer Elvio Porcel de Peralta went to the referee and punched him? ... that the café C1 Espresso delivers food to customers using pneumatic tubes?

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Today's featured media The Rokeby Venus is a painting by Diego Velázquez which was completed between 1647 and 1651. It depicts the Roman goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by her son Cupid. The painting is the only surviving female nude by Velázquez. Since 1906 it has been in the National Gallery in London. Painting: Diego Velázquez Recently featured: Acorn woodpecker Heungseon Daewongun Symphony No. 9

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