The Hunters Point area of Long Island City has a long history as a transportation hub. As New York City expanded, so did the need for commuting. Before bridges and tunnels connected Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey, passengers relied on ferries to cross the East and Hudson Rive...
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We had hoped our email inbox would be filled with people ready to write letters, ready to speak before city councils, ready to join Section 106 consulting parties, ready to join the fight to save historic bridges, ready to hire Bach Steel to install a historic bridge on a trail in lieu ...
In 2008, it was announced that the New Jersey Department of Transportation would supply $330,000 to repair the bridge. Work was done to reinforce the deck. The city was granted a further $1,000,000 in 2010 for more rehabilitation work. However, due to ongoing structural concerns, the brid...
"Astoria Park" is one of New York City's public parks, an invaluable resource. It's the largest recreation space in my neighborhood - am I lucky or what?
the River Seine winds its way through the centre of this capital city, which in turn has meant that bridges over the River Seine in Paris have always played an important role of getting from the left bank to the right bank and a necessity in order to keep the heart of the city running...
Vintage map / plan of Jutland, Enemy Fleet May 31, 1918. Vintage map / plan of Jutland, Battle Cruiser Engagement May 31, 1918. Vintage painting of Judas Iscariot. Vintage map of Jordan 1900s Vintage illustrations of John Bull as depicted in Punch 1870 - 1916 Vintage illustration of Intag...
New Zealand The small nation punches above its weight with sport and cultural offerings New Zealand has just spent €7m on new digs across the road from the UN in New York; the country was elected to the Security Council this year on a platform of helping small states and emerging economies...
The project is ongoing. Additional municipalities—those that had declined to join the program in the beginning—have agreed to participate after seeing the census results. “The data-driven and map-focused results of the National Bridges Program has helped solidify the role of Cerema as the autho...
Location: Monroe Street connecting Passaic and Garfield, NJ [satellite map] Carries: 2 vehicular lanes, 1 pedestrian sidewalk Design: arch bridge Date opened: June 13, 1908 Postcard view:“Monroe Street Bridge, Passaic, N.J.” The Monroe Street Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge over...