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The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory, The Armory, and the 22nd Regiment Armory, is a historic 5,000-seat arena [3] and armory building located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
The drill hall, measuring 200 by 300 feet (61 by 91 m), was one of New York City's largest column-free indoor spaces when completed. The New York City Board of Aldermen approved the Park Avenue Armory's construction in 1875 but refused to fund the $350,000 construction cost. As such, the 7th Regiment funded the armory's construction through ...
(71st) Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory (1904–1906) 7 – Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), Midtown South (42nd) Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory (1971) 5 – 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea
In 1994, one of the community school districts proposed that new schools be built on the site. The state Division of Military and Naval Affairs transferred title to the armory and its property to New York City two years later, whereupon the city began trying to find a new location for two of the three units that trained at the armory. [6]
The 69th Regiment Armory (also known as the 165th Infantry Armory and the Lexington Avenue Armory) is a historic armory for the U.S. Army National Guard at 68 Lexington Avenue, between East 25th and 26th Streets, in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
The structure was originally built for the 23rd Regiment of the New York State Militia. Since the 1980s, it has been in use as a men's homeless shelter, though in the 2010s, there were plans to redevelop the armory. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
The Second Division Armory, now demolished, was located at Auburn Place and North Portland Avenue in what is now Fort Greene. [8] [9] In 1890–1891, the 14th Regiment Armory Commission made plans for a new armory building in the present-day neighborhood of Park Slope, along Eighth Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, near Prospect Park. The ...
In March 1999, the New York state government issued a request for proposals for the Park Avenue Armory. [1] At the time, the building needed $50 million in repairs, which the state could not afford. [1] State officials began soliciting bids from the armory in mid-2000, following months of consultations with community leaders. [2]