Closing Bell: Brooklyn Bridge Hits 127
Today is the 127th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge to connect Manhattan to Brooklyn. Karl Junkersfeld has put together a photo montage for the Brooklyn Heights Blog documenting the history of the bridge, a good reminder of how monumental it was for Brooklyn residents. As the video quotes from…
Today is the 127th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge to connect Manhattan to Brooklyn. Karl Junkersfeld has put together a photo montage for the Brooklyn Heights Blog documenting the history of the bridge, a good reminder of how monumental it was for Brooklyn residents. As the video quotes from a Brooklyn Heights storefront: “Babylon had her hanging gardens, Egypt her pyramids, Athens her Acropolis, Rome her Athenaeum; so Brooklyn has her bridge.”
if it weren’t for the bicycles – would be a really great bridge.
Great post EmilyNonko. I think I’ll mark May 24 on my calendar each year, as Brooklyn Bridge Day.
I see this was on another blog but wouldn’t have seen it there.
By the way, I really hate the Brooklyn Bridge. No respect for scale or context. Ridiculous.
I’m waiting for 132. That’s gonna be a party!