Tag: Ed Koch

Arts & Culture / New York

04/07/2015

35 Years Ago This Week, the MTA Strikes for 11 Days in NYC Bringing Transit to a Halt

In 1980, New Yorkers went 11 days without subways or buses in NYC due to a union strike, with 500,000 people in hotels, inexperienced bicyclists in the streets

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Architecture / New York

03/23/2015

Today in NYC History: The Queensboro Bridge Renamed for Edward I. Koch in 2011

On March 23, 2011 the 59th Street/Queensboro Bridge was renamed the Edward I. Koch Bridge a scene shown in the documentary, Koch, about the former NYC mayor.

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