Yonkers

	Yonkers
	mesto
	radnica
	Prezývka: The Central City, The Land of Hudson, The Terrace City, The City of Hills, The City of Vision
Štát	Spojené štáty
Fed. štát	New York
County	Westchester County
Rozloha	52,6 km² (5 260 ha)
Obyvateľstvo	195 976 (2010)
Hustota	3 725,78 obyv./km²
Časové pásmo	(CST) EST (UTC-5)
- letný čas	(DST) EDT (UTC-4)
PSČ	10701, 10702, 10703, 10704, 10705, 10707, 10708, 10710
Telefónna prevoľba	+1(0)914
	Poloha Yonkers v rámci štátu USA New York
	Wikimedia Commons: Yonkers, New York
	Webová stránka: http://www.yonkersny.gov
	Geografický portál

Yonkers je štvrté najväčšie mesto v americkom štáte New York (po mestách New York, Buffalo, a Rochester) a najväčšie mesto vo Westchester County s počtom obyvateľov do 200 000. Hraničí s Bronxom, štvrťou mesta New York a nachádza sa len 3 km severne od Manhattanu.

Osobnosti mesta

Niektoré osobnosti pochádzajúce z Yonkers:

Lewis Hine (* 1874), fotograf
Joseph Stilwell (1883–1946), americký generál počas druhej svetovej vojny
John Howard Northrop (1891–1987), spoludržiteľ Nobelovej ceny za chémiu z roku 1946^[2]
Vincent Richards (1903–1959), profesionálny tenista
Ella Fitzgeraldová (1917–1996), speváčka
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), básnik, spisovateľ, dramatik, prekladateľ, kritik, maliar, liberálny aktivista a vydavateľ
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923–2008), lekár a lekársky výskumník; spoludržiteľ Nobelovej ceny za fyziológiu a medicínu z roku 1976^[3]
Jon Voight (1938), herec
Chip Taylor (1940), hudobný skladateľ a spevák (brat Jona Voighta)
Steven Tyler (1948), hudobník a spevák (Aerosmith)
Paul Teutul Sr. (1949), zakladateľ Orange County Choppers a osobnosť televíznej reality šou American Chopper
Joseph Alfidi (1949–2015), klavirista^[4]
Cathy Moriarty (1960), herečka^[5]
Antony Blinken (1962), americký demokratický politik a právnik, ktorý od 26. januára 2021 pôsobí vo funkcii ministra zahraničných vecí ^[6]
Mary J. Blige (1971), R&B speváčka a herečka nominovaná na Oscara^[7]
Tommy Dreamer (1971), profesionálny wrestler
Lady Gaga (1986), speváčka
Ice Spice (2000), reperka^[8]

Partnerské mestá

Kamëz, Albánsko, 2011^[9]
Ternopiľ, Ukrajina, 1991^[10]

Referencie

↑ U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, American FactsFinder. 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File [online]. [Cit. 2011-09-19]. Dostupné online. (po anglicky)
↑ Dr. John H. Northrop, Nobel Laureate, Dies [online]. July 16, 1987, [cit. 2022-12-13]. Dostupné online.
↑ MAUGH, Thomas. D. Carleton Gajdusek dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner identified exotic disease, was unrepentant pedophile. Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2008. Dostupné online [cit. 2012-05-12]. Archivované 2013-01-27 na Archive.today
↑ Kenneson, Charles. Musical Prodigies: Perilous Journeys, Remarkable Lives, p. 279. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1998. ISBN 9781574670462. Accessed September 22, 2019. "Thus wrote Michael Privitello, Joey Alfidi's music tutor, about the triple-threat musician who was pianist, composer, and conductor. Born in Yonkers, New York, on 28 May 1949, Joey was the son of American-born parents of Italian descent."
↑ Bennetts, Leslie. "The Blond From The Bronx Returns", The New York Times, December 13, 1981. Accessed September 23, 2019. "The third of seven children, Miss Moriarty was born in the Bronx, the daughter of a warehouseman for National Cold Storage in Brooklyn. When Cathy was 5, the family moved to Yonkers, where she attended parochial schools."
↑ Meet America's new secretary of state: Antony Blinken [online]. Bureau of Global Public Affairs, 26 January 2021. Dostupné online.
↑ Daniels, Karu F. "'Reminisce': 25 Years Later, Mary J. Blige, Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Reigns Supreme; The '411' On Mary J. Blige's Groundbreaking Debut", NBC News, September 5, 2017. Accessed September 22, 2019. "It’s been a long and winding — and yet triumphant — road since a street-savvy, aspiring singer from Yonkers’ Schlobohm housing projects came to the attention of Uptown Records executives via a karaoke style cassette tape of her singing Anita Baker’s ‘Caught Up in the Rapture.'... The young woman’s birth name was Mary Jane Blige and she had a look and sound that was quite a polarizing contrast to what the record industry grew comfortable with for a black R&B vocalist."
↑ Ice Spice: Graduating from Yonkers to Hip-Hop Stardom [online]. . Dostupné online.
↑ Kamza binjakëzim me Yonkers Archivované 2011-10-30 na Wayback Machine, INA, 2011-10-28 (in Albanian)
↑ HODARA, Susan. Communities; Cities Find Sisters Abroad [online]. © The New York Times, Sunday, October 26, 2008, [cit. 2008-10-26]. Dostupné online.

Iné projekty

Commons ponúka multimediálne súbory na tému Yonkers

Externé odkazy

Oficiálna stránka Archivované 2016-04-09 na Wayback Machine

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[1] U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, American FactsFinder. 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File [online]. [Cit. 2011-09-19]. Dostupné online. (po anglicky)

[2] Dr. John H. Northrop, Nobel Laureate, Dies [online]. July 16, 1987, [cit. 2022-12-13]. Dostupné online.

[3] MAUGH, Thomas. D. Carleton Gajdusek dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner identified exotic disease, was unrepentant pedophile. Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2008. Dostupné online [cit. 2012-05-12]. Archivované 2013-01-27 na Archive.today

[4] Kenneson, Charles. Musical Prodigies: Perilous Journeys, Remarkable Lives, p. 279. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1998. ISBN 9781574670462. Accessed September 22, 2019. "Thus wrote Michael Privitello, Joey Alfidi's music tutor, about the triple-threat musician who was pianist, composer, and conductor. Born in Yonkers, New York, on 28 May 1949, Joey was the son of American-born parents of Italian descent."

[5] Bennetts, Leslie. "The Blond From The Bronx Returns", The New York Times, December 13, 1981. Accessed September 23, 2019. "The third of seven children, Miss Moriarty was born in the Bronx, the daughter of a warehouseman for National Cold Storage in Brooklyn. When Cathy was 5, the family moved to Yonkers, where she attended parochial schools."

[6] Meet America's new secretary of state: Antony Blinken [online]. Bureau of Global Public Affairs, 26 January 2021. Dostupné online.

[7] Daniels, Karu F. "'Reminisce': 25 Years Later, Mary J. Blige, Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Reigns Supreme; The '411' On Mary J. Blige's Groundbreaking Debut", NBC News, September 5, 2017. Accessed September 22, 2019. "It’s been a long and winding — and yet triumphant — road since a street-savvy, aspiring singer from Yonkers’ Schlobohm housing projects came to the attention of Uptown Records executives via a karaoke style cassette tape of her singing Anita Baker’s ‘Caught Up in the Rapture.'... The young woman’s birth name was Mary Jane Blige and she had a look and sound that was quite a polarizing contrast to what the record industry grew comfortable with for a black R&B vocalist."

[8] Ice Spice: Graduating from Yonkers to Hip-Hop Stardom [online]. . Dostupné online.

[9] Kamza binjakëzim me Yonkers Archivované 2011-10-30 na Wayback Machine, INA, 2011-10-28 (in Albanian)

[Sister-10] HODARA, Susan. Communities; Cities Find Sisters Abroad [online]. © The New York Times, Sunday, October 26, 2008, [cit. 2008-10-26]. Dostupné online.

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