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Carrère and Hastings designed ornamental plazas at both ends of the bridge, including an arch and colonnade in Manhattan that is a New York City designated landmark. The bridge's use of light trusses influenced the design of other long suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade: 25 November 1975: Manhattan Company Building: 12 December 1995: Mariner's Temple: 1 February 1966: Edward Mooney House (18 Bowery) 23 August 1966: J. P. Morgan & Company Building: 21 December 1965 Archived 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine: Morse Building (Nassau-Beekman Building)
The Brooklyn Times-Union described the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch as superior to Manhattan's Washington Square Arch [198] and, in 1913, described the arch as the "Arc de Triomphe of America". [129] After Eakins's and Donovan's bas-reliefs were installed, the Tribune quoted critics who described the relief as "obtrusive" and "humiliating". [97]
5 lanes of roadway (2 Manhattan-bound, 3 Brooklyn-bound) Oldest suspension bridge in NYC. Also oldest suspension/cable-stayed hybrid bridge. Manhattan Bridge: 1909: 6,854 2,089: 7 lanes of roadway and trains: Double-decker bridge with 5 westbound lanes and 2 eastbound lanes. 3 of the westbound lanes and the subway are below the other 4 lanes.
The central portion of the colonnade is freestanding and is flanked by 16 three-quarter columns, each measuring about 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and 52 feet (16 m) tall. [36] Early plans called for statuary above the colonnade, similar to the statuary above St. Peter's Basilica. [56] There is also a false colonnade on the facade above the 22nd floor. [6]
The monument was first suggested in 1869. [1] However, little was done to create the monument until 1893 – at a time the memory of the war was fading and there was a wave of nostalgia for the Civil War in the country [1] – when the New York State legislature established a Board of Commissioners for a monument to the soldiers and sailors who had served in the Union Army during the American ...
Colonnade Row, also known as LaGrange Terrace, is a group of 1830s row houses on present-day Lafayette Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. They are believed to have been built by Seth Geer, although the project has been attributed to a number of other architects.
The Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch that stood from 1899 to 1900 at Madison Square in Manhattan, New York City, United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was erected for a parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey celebrating his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898.