Abraham Jacob "Abe" Hirschfeld (1919—9 August 2005), was a Polish-born New York real estate developer known for his eccentric endeavors, love for publicity, $2 neckties, and strong Yiddish accent. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Hirschfeld was born in Turnow, Poland and immigrated to Palestine in the early 1930s. He said most of his extended family stayed and died in the Holocaust. In the 1950s, his family came to the United States. He made a fortune building semi-enclosed "open-air" parking garages (which he claimed he pioneered--he would say, "Cars don't catch cold!"), and he subsequently funded a number of endeavors. According to his obituary, throughout his career he had many failed campaigns for political office, including unsuccessful bids as "Honest Abe" for Congress, for New York City Council, for Manhattan borough president in 1997, for New York state lieutenant governor, for state comptroller in 1998 and for mayor of Miami Beach. He did serve as treasurer for the New York State Democratic Committee in the 1960's and was elected to the City Commission of Miami Beach in 1989. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning...

In 1989, he funded the Broadway flop Prince of Central Park and a failed Jackie Mason show. He is also known for his March 1993 two-week takeover of the bankrupt New York Post, firing editor Pete Hamill but later upon court order reinstating him and kissing his face in a famous picture. After his New York Post failure he founded Open Air PM, an afternoon newspaper using the motto, "Love thy Neighbor" — it folded within 5 months. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Jackie Mason (born Jacob Maza on June 9, 1931, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is an ordained rabbi and an American stand-up comedian. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The New York Post is one of the oldest (and according to some definitions, the oldest) of the newspapers still published in the United States. ... Pete Hamill (born 1935) is a prominent American journalist and novelist. ...

In 1998, he offered 1 million dollars to Paula Jones to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against US President Bill Clinton. In 1999, he was cleared charges he owed $3.3 million in back taxes. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The United States dollar, or American dollar, is the official currency of the United States. ... Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966 in Lonoke, Arkansas) was a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. ... The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2000, he was sentenced for 3 years for his role in a 1996 plot to murder and seize the property of his business partner, of which he served two years. This article is about the year 2000. ...

In its list of "Builders and Titans," Time magazine included Mr. Hirschfeld among the 100 "most influential business geniuses of the century." 8:17 am, August 6, 1945, Japanese time. ...

He died at age 85 on August 9, 2005 in Mount Sinai Hospital in the Manhattan burough of New York City of cardiac arrest stemming from complications with cancer.^[1] August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Mount Sinai Hospital (zip code 10029) is a hospital in New York City, New York, serving Manhattans Upper East Side and Harlem. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, music, and culture. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...

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• Abe Hirschfeld, Eccentric Developer Who Courted Publicity, Dies at 85