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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Percy Rivington Pyne II

For other people with the same name, see Percy Rivington Pyne (disambiguation).
Percy Rivington Pyne II
Pyne in 1921
Born(1857-05-05)May 5, 1857
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 22, 1929(1929-08-22) (aged 72)
Bernardsville, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationPrinceton University
Spouse
Maud Howland
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(m. 1889)​
Children5, including Percy Jr.
Parent(s)Percy Rivington Pyne I
Albertina Shelton Taylor
RelativesMoses Taylor Pyne (brother)
Moses Taylor (grandfather)
Percy Pyne 2nd (nephew)

Percy Rivington Pyne II (May 5, 1857 – August 22, 1929) was a banker, financier, and philanthropist.[1]

Early life

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Pyne was born on May 5, 1857 in New York City, the son of Percy Rivington Pyne I (1820-1895) and Albertina Shelton (née Taylor) Pyne (1833–1900). His maternal grandfather was Moses Taylor, founder of the First National City Bank of New York and a stockholder in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. His older brother, Moses Taylor Pyne, inherited much of the family fortune and was a major benefactor of Princeton University.[1]

Pyne received a B.A. degree from Princeton in 1878 and an M.A. degree in 1881.[1]

Career

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Pyne's New York City residence at 680 Park Avenue

He began his business career under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather, Moses Taylor, serving as a partner in the firm of Moses Taylor & Co. He would follow in his grandfather's footsteps, becoming director of the National City Bank as well as manager of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[1][2]

From 1903 to 1922, Pyne also served as treasurer of the New York Zoological Society.[1]

Residences

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In New York City, Pyne and his family lived at 680 Park Avenue at the corner of East 68th Street, now home to the Americas Society.[3] In 1899, he built the mansion Upton Pyne in Bernardsville, New Jersey, as a summer home.[4] It was named after Upton Pyne in Devon, England, his family's ancestral manor. It was the largest mansion in the area until it was torn down by his daughter in 1982.[5]

Personal life

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On June 20, 1889, he married Maud Howland (1866–1952), daughter of New York merchant Gardiner Greene Howland.[2] Maud's brother Dulany Howland married Marguerite McClure, who later remarried Ogden Haggerty Hammond, the father of Millicent Fenwick.[6] Together, Percy and Maud Pyne had five children:[2]

Pyne died at his Bernardsville, New Jersey, home on August 22, 1929, at the age of 72.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Percy R. Pyne Dies. Noted Financier. Philanthropist Succumbs at His Summer Home in Bernardsville, N.J., at 72 Years. Bank And Rail Official. He Was Long Active in Many New York Charities and Interested in Explorations. A Native of New York City. Active in Scientific Research". The New York Times. August 23, 1929. Retrieved 2012-09-15. Percy R. Pyne, philanthropist, railroad official, financier and member of a prominent New York family, died here early this morning at his Summer home, Upton Pyne. ...
  2. ^ a b c d Reynolds, Cuyler. Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. 3 (1914), pp. 1413-14.
  3. ^ Americas Society, New York Architecture Images.
  4. ^ Curtis, Charlotte (5 July 1983). "PORTRAIT OF A LADY; BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. High above the town, in the densely forested Somerset Hills, is a rambling house with several drawing rooms. Outside, the mistress of that house and what used to be a 500-acre property sits on her porch, sipping minty iced tea". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. ^ Schleicher, William A. and Susan Winter. In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry. Arcadia, 1997, p. 43.
  6. ^ Shapiro, Amy. Millicent Fenwick: Her Way (2003), p. 30.
  7. ^ "GRAFTON H. PYNE.; Former Member of New York Stock Exchange and Financier" (PDF). The New York Times. October 9, 1935. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Deaths | PYNE" (PDF). The New York Times. March 25, 1952. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  9. ^ Schleicher, William A.; Winter, Susan (1997). In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780752408996. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ^ "OLIVER FILLEY, 78, A RETIRED BROKER; Aide at Post & Fiagg From 1921 to 1942 Dies--Was Pilot in World War I" (PDF). The New York Times. January 19, 1961. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  11. ^ Foreman, John (18 February 2015). "A Park Avenue Story". BIG OLD HOUSES. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  12. ^ "MISS PYNE ENGAGED TO COL. O.D. FILLEY Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy R. Pyne to Wed U.S.A. Aviator Awarded Cross by British" (PDF). The New York Times. December 2, 1917. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  13. ^ "C. Suydam Cutting, Who Made Historic Visit to Tibet, Is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. August 25, 1972. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  14. ^ "PERCY R. PYNE JR., 46, FLIER IN WORLD WAR; Won D. S. C. in France in 1918 uLate Father Railroad Official" (PDF). The New York Times. December 10, 1941. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  15. ^ Pyne, Moses Taylor (1915). Descendants of Galcerán de Pinós in Spain, France, England and America. T. A. Wright. p. 43. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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Percy Rivington Pyne II

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Percy Rivington Pyne I

Percy Rivington Pyne I (March 8, 1820 – February 14, 1895) was a migrant from England to the United States. He was president of City National Bank, a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and a director of the New Jersey Zinc Company.

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Percy R. Pyne House

The Percy R. Pyne House (also known as the Percy Rivington Pyne House and Percy & Maud H. Pyne House) is a neo-Federal townhouse at 680 Park Avenue, located at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 68th Street in Manhattan. Currently, the Americas Society uses the building as its New York City headquarters.

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Percy Rivington Pyne Jr.

Percy Rivington Pyne Jr. (November 9, 1896 – December 9, 1941) was an American fighter pilot who fought in World War I.

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Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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Which Black woman became the first elected to the United States Congress?

Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968.