Brooklyn

Manhattan from the Other Shore

Manhattan’s skyline is constantly, although the changes are not always instantly obvious, at least not so much as the change between the city’s days as a port where the ships lined the shore and the growth of huge buildings clustered together in their…

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A Park Grows in Brooklyn

Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers,  warehouses and freight traffic….

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A Bridge to Everywhere

Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.  

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Manhattan from the Other Shore

Manhattan’s skyline is constantly, although the changes are not always instantly obvious, at least not so much as the change between the city’s days as a port where the ships lined the shore and the growth of huge buildings clustered together in their…

Read More

A Park Grows in Brooklyn

Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers,  warehouses and freight traffic….

Read More

A Bridge to Everywhere

Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.  

Read More