The “Great East River Bridge” was the largest bridge of its era, a technical accomplishment of unparalleled scope, marked by enormous construction problems, equally ingenious solutions and ...
Improbably, Brooklyn Bridge Park exists. That’s not an outcome I would have bet on a couple of decades ago when the waterfront below Brooklyn Heights was a DMZ of flat, hard wharves that spoiled ...
The ‘world’s biggest elephant’ helped to raise awareness about the famous bridge’s safety, while also promoting P.T. Barnum’s circus. Following 13 years of construction, New York’s ...