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Men who gave their lives for the Brooklyn Bridge

Ephemeral New York

Constructing the Brooklyn Bridge didn’t just claim the lives of up to 30 laborers. John and Washington Roebling, the father and son engineers in charge of building the bridge, were also casualties. John Roebling, right, lost his life early on. Named ch... »

The “absolute stillness” of a view from Brooklyn

Ephemeral New York

The vantage point in a “View From Brooklyn,” painted by George Copeland Ault in 1927, looks like Brooklyn Heights or Red Hook. Or is it farther up the East River, from Williamsburg or Greenpoint? “A precisionist and surrealist painter, especially noted... »

The Williamsburg Bridge’s inferiority complex

Ephemeral New York

When the Williamsburg Bridge opened on December 19, 1903, Scientific American (by way of nycroads.com) had this to say about a structure critics conceded wasn’t nearly as breathtaking as its neighbor, the Brooklyn Bridge: “Considered from the aesthetic... »

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