#boroughhall

This amazing vintage photograph shows Downtown Brooklyn at the turn of the century. While the streetscape is completely different than today, we still see some contemporary monuments, from the grand romanesque-revival post office and Borough Hall’s cupola in the distance. The rest of the built environment pictured would be demolished between the 1940s - 70s as part of the Cadman Plaza Urban Renewal plan that replaced the historic commercial buildings with grand European plazas, courthouses, subsidized housing blocks, and other civic institutions. Tap to purchase a fine-art print from our store. Support local businesses! #brooklyn #cadmanplaza #brooklynnyc #downtownbrooklyn #cobblehill #dumbo #brooklynheights #fortgreene #redhook #redhookbk #carrollgardens #gowanus #brooklynbridgepark #brooklynbridge #boroughhall #fultonmall #dekalbmarket #flatbush #parkslope #nyc #bknyc #nychistory #nyhistory #brooklynhistory #urbanism #urbanhistory (at Cadman Plaza) https://www.instagram.com/p/B92G-FDni7t/?igshid=mm8jnxuj8sch

In protest of Trump’s Muslim travel ban, Yemenis close down bodegas and rally outside Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn.

Levels like a layer cake . . . #vsco #architecture #brooklyn #cadmanplaza #boroughhall #nyc #newyork #mannerism (at Brooklyn Borough Hall)

On this 110 years ago the first subway tunneling under the East River connecting #Manhattan with #Brooklyn opened! The East River Tunnel connecting Bowling Green to #BoroughHall, Brooklyn on today’s 4,5 subway line opened to the public on January 9, 1908. The second #subway contract from 1902 extended the original IRT subway line to Brooklyn via the Battery-Joralemon Tunnel, then up Fulton Street to Flatbush to the Long Island #Railroad Terminal on Atlantic. The tunnel was comprised of two cast-iron tubes, 16 feet in diameter. When the tunnel first opened telephones were placed every 300 feet, monitored by an IRT employee in an office at #BowlingGreen who could watch the location of the trains in the tunnel via colored lights on a transparency. The construction process is described in detail by the American Society of Civil #Engineers, "both heading-and-bench rock tunneling and pressurized shield soft-soil tunneling techniques were used. Loss of control of the tunneling shield in partially saturated sands caused variations in alignment that made portions of the tunnel nonfunctional. Approximately 3,000 ft of the tunnel had to be reconstructed to enable subway cars to use the tunnel safely. Additionally, due to concerns regarding the stability of the tunnel in the soft soils, piles were installed under the tunnel to bedrock. The project was a crucible for subway contractors and engineers of the Rapid Transit Commission, especially Clifford M. Holland. His experience on the #Joralemon Street Tunnel enabled him to efficiently and safely complete four other East River #subway tunnels after the Dual System Agreement of March 1913." (at Brooklyn Borough Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsbhST-lPcQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=84hc0uzt27nq

THE CHRISTMAS TREES OF NEW YORK CITY 2022 (Part 9B): Wednesday, 21 December 2022 - Brooklyn Borough Hall #ChristmasTree #Brooklyn #BrooklynBoroughHall #BoroughHall #BoroughHallBrooklyn #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NYC (at Brooklyn Borough Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnGSA5HMynui77PSluAK3VFziJNEclr0w3Ds9M0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE CHRISTMAS TREES OF NEW YORK CITY 2022 (Part 9): Wednesday, 21 December 2022 - Brooklyn Borough Hall #ChristmasTree #Brooklyn #BrooklynBoroughHall #BoroughHall #BoroughHallBrooklyn #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NYC (at Brooklyn Borough Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnGR4ZhsWYDCJAP9LK5LTCeVKZTmseVKO7I3Rc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Staten Island Borough Hall @visitstatenisland @statenislusa #boroughhall #statenislandboroughpresident #statenislandboroughhall #government #governmentbuilding #nyc #nys (at Staten Island Borough Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKj1KXLLlt/?igshid=1a2bnhspuo3f3

Bus driving by Staten Island Borough Hall @visitstatenisland @statenislusa #statenisland #statenislandny #boroughhall #nyc #statenislandboroughpresident #statenislandboroughhall #mta #mtanyctransit #mta_transit_pics_vidsphotography #bus #citybus (at Staten Island Borough Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKdbAjr-As/?igshid=os4a3gyw5inp