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The Beautiful New York City where Tesla spent 60 years of his life

Above: The Statue of Liberty and New York City, when Tesla came to the United States in 1884, the Statue of Liberty was not erected.  The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886 (two years after his arrival).

Above: New York City at night, seen from Tesla's window in Hotel New Yorker on the 33rd floor.

Above: Hotel New Yorker, where Tesla lived for the last ten years of his life, from 1933 to 1943.  Tesla died in Hotel New Yorker on January 7, 1943 in his suite on the 33rd floor, Room number 3327.

Above: New York City.

Above: Times Square at night, lit by Tesla's Alternating Current Electricity and Neon Lights.  Tesla discovered Neon lights and had an exhibit in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.

Above: The Electricity Building - where Westinghouse's Exposition in the Columbian Exposition, 1893, was located.

Above: Nikola Tesla's personal exhibit at the World Fair in Chicago, 1893.

Above: Nikola Tesla's personal exhibition - Neon Lights - Columbian Exposition, 1893.

Above: New York City at night, millions of electrical bulbs are lit - fed my Tesla's AC Current electricity.

Above: Times Square at night, lit by Tesla's Alternating Current Electricity and Neon Lights.  Tesla discovered Neon lights and had an exhibit in the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.

Above: Ellis Island, Immigrant Receiving Station opened in 1892.  Millions of Immigrants came to America through Ellis Island.  Tesla came to the United States through Castle Clinton (below) in 1884.

Above: This is Castle Clinton - Tesla came to the United States through Castle Clinton (below) in 1884 (at the tip of Manhattan Island).

Above: Today's Ellis Island is a museum of Immigration - millions of Immigrants came to the United States through Ellis Island.  It was opened 1892.

Above: A Plaque commemorating the first Edison Power Plant using Direct Current, in Downtown Manhattan.  Edison started the "War of the Currents" to protect his electrical empire against Tesla's Alternating Current Electricity.  Tesla/Westinghouse won the War of the Currents, which made Alternating Current the standard for electrical transmission around the world.  The electrification of America and the world started.

Tesla-related places to visit in New York City

Above:  Nikola Tesla Corner is located at 6th Avenue and W 40th Street.

The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan, New York City where Tesla funeral took place on January 12,1943.

Above:  Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building.  Radio Wave Building located at 49 West 27th Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue), Lower Manhattan. It was the former Gerlach Hotel, where Tesla lived before the end of the century and experimented with Radio Waves, in 1896. 

Above: Radio Wave Building located at 49 West 27th Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue), Lower Manhattan.

The following are places in New York City that are Tesla-related:

1. (Photo)  Hotel New Yorker & Tesla commemorative plaque is located at 8th Avenue and 34th Street, Manhattan.  Tesla lived there for the last 10 years of his life, from 1933 - January 7, 1943, when he died.  The Tesla commemorative plaque placed there on July 10th, 2001 honored Nikola Tesla's residence in the Hotel.  The plaque is on the 34th Street side of the Hotel.

2. (Photo)  The Nikola Tesla Corner is located at the corner of West 40th Street and 6th avenue, Manhattan.

3. (Photo)  Radio Wave Building located at 49 West 27th Street (between Broadway and Sixth Avenue), Lower Manhattan. It was the former Gerlach Hotel, where Tesla lived before the end of the century and experimented with Radio Waves, in 1896.  He is the father of radio.  A Tesla commemorative plaque was placed on the building, in 1977, to honor Tesla's work with radio waves.

4. (Photo)  The Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor, with The American Museum of Immigration located inside the Statue of Liberty.  Nikola Tesla was honor with the display of his photograph at the Museum of Immigration, alongside other famous immigrants such as Albert Einstein, eminent physicist, David Sarnoff, radio and television pioneer, Berry Fitzgerald, award winning actor, Igor Stravinsky, famous composer, George Papanicolau, father of cancer saving Pap-smear, Enrico Caruso, world renowned singer and other important people.  The Statue of Liberty was not present in New York harbor when Tesla arrived in New York.  The statue was erected two years later in 1886.

5. Liberty Science Museum in New Jersey (across the Hudson by the Holland Tunnel exit), has a Tesla Coil in action public performance every hour, on the hour.

6. Map of Shoreham, Long Island - where Nikola Tesla built the broadcasting system in the world.

Here is a text by Dr. Ljubo Vujovic about Nikola Tesla related places in New York City.