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Brooklyn Army Terminal, 1949 📸 Andreas Feininger Designed by Woolworth Building architect Cass Gilbert and opened in 1919, the 95-acre Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park was one of the largest concrete structures in the world. The complex opened at the conclusion of World War I and used for various purposes over the years including a military prison and storage space for alcohol and drugs during Prohibition. During World War II it was the largest military supply base in the country. Today the site is on the National Register of Historic Places and houses a diverse group of local industrial businesses managed by the NYC Economic Development Corporation. #BrooklynArmyTerminal #brookyln #sunsetpark #newyorkcity #gowanys #redhook #brooklynny #parkslope #greenpoint #williamsburgbk #forgreene #openhouseny #ohny #ohnyweekend2019 #ohny2019 #greenwood #urbanism #nychistory #nyhistory #urbanplanning #urbanism #nycurbanism (at Brooklyn Army Terminal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3F7ACznzoj/?igshid=xvt5c7wvc4t7

2019 Open House New York Weekend, unfortunately found out this morning that I was indeed bumped up from waiting list to having an actual volunteer assignment alas too late and could not possibly make out to Staten Island Compost Station. After profusely apologizing to SI’s wonderful coordinator I made my way in very dreary wet rainy weather to Rizzoli Bookstore in the Flatiron area in Manhattan then on to the Fordham section of the Bronx where I toured the very humble final home of Edgar A Poe, a simple cottage not far from Fordham University the former Jesuit College during Poe’s time. Pictures of the actual bed where Poe’s young wife died of TB, his study. Yesterday in sunny but blustery weather went to the amazing Brooklyn Army Terminal, amazing utilitarian concrete complex that was the largest port of embarkation where over 3 million men departed during WW II. @bheventspace @bhphoto @openhousenewyork #bhportdev #ohny #ohny2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B32vcfLpMsJ/?igshid=lrq9czbl3707