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During the height of its industrial growth, the Brooklyn Navy Yard (The United States Navy Yard) covered over 200 acres and employed 70,000 workers during WWII.
An up close look inside one of the dry docks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on an exploration with the team of the S.S. Columbia steamship, coming to NYC next year.
Lining 42-acres of land along the Anacostia in Washington DC, The Yards is a redevelopment project that has transformed unused annex land of the Navy Yard
Today marks the beginning of the end for Admiral's Row, the nineteenth-century row houses located at the edge of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Nestled between symbols of urban industrialization and modern residential development (aka a Con Edison plant and glass condos), Vinegar Hill is a five-block square cobble-stoned neighborhood next to the Manhattan Bridge that seems to have been preserved in time circa the nineteenth century.
Though the year may quickly be coming to a close, public art installations continue to open across New York City. From the Park Avenue Armory to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, a dozen new art installations are available for view. This December be sure to check out Lisa Congdon’s large-scale printed vinyl murals for Rockefeller Center’s holiday installation, Cecile Chong’s sculpture display EL DORADO - The New Forty Niners, and the interactive monument Lenticular Histories at Prospect Park. In addition, keep reading to learn more about art installations still up from previous months.
Be sure to check out Thomas J. Price’s The Distance Within, Joanne Handler’s series Stu.pe.fac.tion, and the BIG APPLE at Bella Abzug Park.
This October, be sure to check out some of the city's newest art installations including JR's Inside Out project and murals in the 1st Ave and Bedford Ave L train stations.
This September, be sure to check out some of the city's newest art installations including the CowParade and a bronze bust of Martha P. Johnson.