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Brooklyn Bridge is an American sitcom television series which aired on CBS between September 20, 1991, to August 6, 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the mid-1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and creator Gary David Goldberg .
The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling .
The 486 ft (148 m) tall neo-Romanesque City Investing Building is one of many buildings that can no longer be seen in New York today. It was built between 1906–1908 and was demolished in 1968. This is a list of demolished buildings and structures in New York City. Over time, countless buildings have been built in what is now New York City.
Brooklyn: April 9, 1936 [7] June 1, 1946 [8] West of Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets. Closed due to low ridership and proximity to other Downtown Brooklyn stations. Site now houses the New York Transit Museum. [9] [10] Myrtle Avenue: B Fourth Avenue Line: Brooklyn: June 22, 1915 [11] July 1956 [12] Between the Manhattan Bridge and DeKalb Avenue.
The construction of the bridge was chronicled by the writer Gay Talese in his 1964 book The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. He also wrote several articles about the bridge's construction for The New York Times. [113] The book also contains several drawings by Lili Réthi and photographs by Bruce Davidson. [71]: Cover Page
George C. Parker (March 16, 1860 [1] – 1937) was an American con man best known for his repeated successes "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge.He made his living conducting illegal sales of property he did not own, often New York's public landmarks, to unwary immigrants.
Don discovers the illness "caisson disease" workers suffered in underwater cassions during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; examines a marble sculpture in Sylacauga, Alabama called "Falling Star" that commemorates a meteorite that fell from the sky, striking housewife Ann Hodges in 1954; uncovers the plot to steal singer-songwriter Gram ...
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