Portal:New York City/Did you know/11

... that the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (pictured), which opened in 1991, was the first purpose-built mosque in New York City?
... that the Skyscraper Museum in New York City was forced to close temporarily as its space was commandeered as an emergency information center after the September 11, 2001 attacks?
... that Alfred J. Kahn spent 57 years on the faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work, where he wrote multiple reports regarding child welfare in New York City for the Citizens' Committee for Children?
... that the Fifth Avenue Theatre became the first air-conditioned theatre in the world in 1877?
... that after 33 years in jail as the "Elevator Bandit", 63-year-old Arthur Williams went on a final crime spree with a gun in one hand, a cane in the other and an oxygen tank hooked up to his nose?