KENNETH C. GRIFFIN – RESIDENTIAL PURCHASES – NYC AND CHICAGO

 

Kenneth Griffin, born October 15, 1968 is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder, chief executive (CEO), Co-Chief Investment Officer (Co-CIO) and majority owner of the investment firm Citadel.  Griffin owns an expansive private luxury real estate portfolio valued at around $1 billion.  In 2019 Griffin set the record for the most expensive residential sale ever closed in the U.S., when he purchased roughly 24,000 square feet across three floors at 220 Central Park South for $238 million. The space was “raw space” meaning Griffin had to build it out.  In 2017 Griffin, who is a resident of Chicago, purchased a penthouse apartment atop the No. 9 Walton, a luxury condo tower, for $58.75 million. The purchase broke the record for the most expensive sale in Chicago’s history.

220 Central Park South is a residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, situated along Billionaires' Row on the south side of Central Park South between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. 220 Central Park South is composed of two sections: a 70-story, 950-foot tower on 58th Street that is the 17th-tallest building in New York City, and an 18-story section on Central Park South.

Looking east along 58th Street across 9th Avenue
By Jim.henderson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82938492

ELECTRA, TEXAS, BUICK ELECTRA AND LOCHEED L-188 ELECTRA TURBOPROP

Electra is a city in Wichita County, Texas. The population was 2,791 at the 2010 census. Daniel Waggoner started a ranch in present-day Electra in 1852. Around 30 years later, the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway was built. In 1885, Waggoner’s son, William Thomas Waggoner, successfully lobbied railroad executives to build a railroad station at the site. By this time, the Waggoner ranch covered a half-million acres. Until this time, the town was called Waggoner, but following the building of the station and a post office in 1889, it was dubbed Beaver Switch, after the nearby Beaver Creek. The opening of 56,000 acres of land north of the railroad station brought more farmers to the area. The town was renamed again in 1907, this time after the Waggoner’s daughter, Electra Waggoner. Electra Waggoner was born on January 6, 1882 near Decatur, Texas. She had two brothers; E. Paul Waggoner and Guy Waggoner. E. Paul Waggoner had two sons and a daughter. His daughter was born on November 8, 1912 and she was named after her aunt, Electra Waggoner. Electra (born 1912) ultimately became a well-known sculptor. A large collection of her work is featured at the Red River Valley Museum in Vernon, Texas. Electra (born 1912) also has the distinction of having both a plane, the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop, and a car, the Buick Electra, named after her, the latter by her brother-in-law, Harlow H. Curtice, former president of Buick and later president of General Motors.

1960 BUICK ELECTRA 225 CONVERTIBLE

AN L-188A ELECTRA OF PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

NEW CASTLE, INDIANA V. NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA

	NEW CASTLE, PA	NEW CASTLE, IN
Established/Settled	1798	1822
County Seat	Yes	Yes
Origin of Name	Unknown	Named after New Castle, KY*
Also Known As	(1)    Hot Dog Capital of the World (2)    Fireworks Capital of the World	None
Peak Population/Year	48,674 (1930)	21,215 (1970)
Claim to Fame	In 1998 was the host city for the History Channel Great Race	(1)    Birthplace of Ruth Smith (White) mother of your humble blogger (2)    “The Fieldhouse” at Chrysler High School is the largest high school gymnasium in the world. (3)    Maxwell Auto Factory was, at the time of construction in the first part of the 20th century, the largest automotive manufacturing plant in the world.
Tourist Attractions	None	Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
Notable Companies	Zambelli Fireworks	New Castle Correctional Facility with a capacity of 3,500 inmates.
Notable People**	Chuck Tanner former MLB player and manager	Steve Alford and Kent Benson – NCAA champions at I.U.

*Fun Fact: Both New Castle, Indiana and New Castle, Kentucky are the county seat of their respective counties, and both counties are named Henry. Both counties were named after Patriot Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia.

**Your humble blogger has had to have heard of them to qualify as a notable person.

SELECTED DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
	New Castle, PA	New Castle, IN
POPULATION:	21,797	17,476
AGE:
Median Age:	42.4	40.8
EDUCATION:
Educational Attainment:
Percent high school graduate or higher:	88.2	86.8
HOUSING:
Total Housing Units:	11,728	9,056
INCOME:
Median Household Income:	31,044	36,655
ORIGINS AND LANGUAGE:
Foreign Born Population	339	139
POVERTY:
Individuals below poverty level:	27.2%	23.3%
RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN:
White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino:	18,172	16,450
VETERANS:	1,743	1,113

HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS (FIVE-STARS) IN U.S. HISTORY (PART 2 OF 2)

FIVE-STAR GENERALS
SENIORITY ORDER	RANK ORDER	OFFICER	SERVICE	HIGHEST RANK	DATE OF RANK	NOTES
14	2	William D. Leahy	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	15 Dec 1944	First five-star officer appointed during the Second World War.
15	2	George C. Marshall	U.S. Army	General of the Army	16 Dec 1944	Second officer promoted to five stars. The initial promotion of these officers was spaced over a period of one week so as to match the original seniority held by the officers at the four-star level.
16	2	Ernest. J. King	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	17 Dec 1944	Third officer promoted to five-star rank
17	2	Douglas MacArthur	U.S. Army	General of the Army	18 Dec 1944	Fourth officer to hold five-star rank and second within the U.S. Army (after George Marshall). MacArthur was further considered for promotion to the “six-star” position of General of the Armies, both during and following the Second World War.
18	2	Chester W. Nimitz	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	19 Dec 1944	Fifth officer to hold five-star rank and the third within the U.S. Navy.
19	2	Dwight D. Eisenhower	U.S. Army	General of the Army	20 Dec 1944	Required to resign his commission as a five-star officer during his presidency; five-star rank was reinstated after leaving office by President Kennedy.
20	2	Henry H. Arnold	U.S. Army	General of the Army	21 Dec 1944	Last of the five-star appointments during the Second World War.
			U.S. Air Force	General of the Air Force	7 May 1949	Five-star rank was converted to that of General of the Air Force in 1949
21	2	William F. Halsey	U.S. Navy	Fleet Admiral	11 Dec 1945	First of two post World War II promotion to five-star rank (the other being Omar Bradley).
22	2	Omar Bradley	U.S. Army	General of the Army	20 Sep 1950	Most recent officer in U.S. history to be promoted to five-star rank.

Army service uniform shoulder strap with the rank of General of the Army.

HIGHEST RANKING OFFICERS (SIX-STARS) IN UNITED STATES HISTORY (PART 1 OF 2)

United States military seniority is the method by which the United States Armed Forces determines precedence among commissioned officers, in particular those who hold the same rank. Historical seniority loosely indicates the general significance of various generals and flag officers within the scope of the history of the United States. Historical seniority is typically only bestowed to those officers who were the inaugural holders of ranks or for those who served as the senior most military officer during a major armed conflict. The only case where historical seniority has been legally established by the United States Congress are for the two "super ranks" of the armed forces of the United States, these being the ranks General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy. By clear precedent, the holders of these two ranks (three persons in all) are senior to all other officers of the United States military, past and present. By special Congressional edict, George Washington is considered the senior most officer of all time meaning he may never be lesser in seniority to any other military officer, although Washington technically shares the same rank with John Pershing. General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy are equivalent to a six-star general/admiral.

SENIORITY ORDER	RANK ORDER	OFFICER	SERVICE	HIGHEST RANK	DATE OF RANK	NOTES
1	1	George Washington	U.S. Army	General of the Armies	4 Jul 1976	Declared by a Congressional Act in 1976 to be the senior most U.S. officer of all time. Held the rank of lieutenant general during his lifetime, as well as special rank of “General and Commander-in-Chief” of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
2	1	John Pershing	U.S. Army	General of the Armies	3 Sep 1919	Only person to hold the rank of General of the Armies on active duty
3	1	George Dewey	U.S. Navy	Admiral of the Navy	2 Mar 1899	Inaugural and sole holder of rank.

Unofficial Army service uniform shoulder-strap design for the proposed insignia for a General of the Armies