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"Lower Manhattan Comes of Age: Antique Buildings Yield to New

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carrying mail and possibly setting a record for longest nonstop flight between those two cities

High Divers collection-aerial "Lower Manhattan Comes of Age:Want to get attention? Make a big splash. Seven aquatic stars simultaneously dive in an intricate pattern during the opening of the new Los Angeles Swimming Stadium on April 7, 1932. Later in the year, the $200,000 stadium, with a seating capacity of 10,000, would be center stage to aquatic events in the Summer Olympics. The 1932 Olympics helped put Los Angeles on the worlds sports map, despite the Great Depression. Before the Games opened, The Times