Bridges of New York City

Manhattan Bridge Nocturne

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Triborough!

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The Shortest Bridge to the Bronx

author: CartLegger : Bronx, NY
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

The Bridges of New York City

author: Peter : New York, NY
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005

Little House Under Hellgate

author: CartLegger : Queens, NY

Bridges of New York City, American Dream, Astoria, Queens

Manhattan Bridge Nocturne

author: CartLegger : New York, NY

from national historic register: New York's first bridges were engineering marvels, but little thought was given to entrances and exits, instead focusing primarily on the river crossing. That changed with the evolution of the City Beautiful movement, and one of its crowning accomplishments was the Manhattan Bridge plaza, completed in 1916, seven years after the Manhattan Bridge itself, and designed by the architect team Carrère & Hastings, best known for their 1898 New York Public Library. Over one thousand families were evicted to accomodate the plaza on a rectangle 400'x750' bounded by the Bowery, Canal, Bayard and Forsyth Streets. The plaza...

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