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English: View of the Manhattan Bridge from Washington Street in Brooklyn (Photo gallery of DUMBO, Brooklyn) Date: 6 July 2019: Source: Own work: Author:
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:39, 14 April 2017: 1,280 × 853 (1.82 MB): Benhodgson {{subst:Upload marker added by en.wp UW}} {{Information |Description = {{en|A photo of the DUMBO neighborhood in Brooklyn, taken from the observatory at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
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 .
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People walk in the street in the area where the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001, after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a suspected terrorist attack.
Dumbo (or DUMBO, [2] [3] an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass [a]) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden.
People inside both the North and South towers of the World Trade Center hung on for dear life after the planes hit on 11 September. According to New York Magazine, 2,016 people died who worked in ...