Manhattan Bridge

Manhattan Bridge Arch

author: Lou : New York, NY
Friday, March 13th, 2009

Under the Bridges

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Manhattan Bridge from the FDR Drive

author: Catherine Penfold-Waxman : New York, NY
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Transit Strike!

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Neck Face on the Bridge

author: PEter : Brooklyn, NY
Friday, October 7th, 2005

Fireworks, Full Moon, Night

author: sine : Brooklyn, NY
Monday, July 18th, 2005

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...

Manhattan Bridge Arch

author: Lou : New York, NY

The Manhattan Bridge Arch in Chinatown.

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