Brooklyn, New York
Site of the Malbone Street Wreck
An out-of-service tunnel and nearby remembrances recall the location of a deadly train crash in the New York City subway.
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Brooklyn, New York
An out-of-service tunnel and nearby remembrances recall the location of a deadly train crash in the New York City subway.
Cleveland, Ohio
The second oldest Jewish cemetery in Cleveland was, despite its diminutive size, originally three separate burial grounds.
New York, New York
The studio and home of one of America’s preeminent mid-century sculptors.
Greenwich, New Jersey
A memorial to revolutionaries who opposed British taxation.
Brooklyn, New York
Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.
Crescent City, California
An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.
Brooklyn, New York
A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.
Port Jervis, New York
A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.
Newark, New Jersey
View roughly 7,000 books amassed over decades by the author and avid bibliophile.
Clinton, Tennessee
The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.
Brooklyn, New York
An interim housing alternative to FEMA trailers that is designed for densely populated areas during recovery and rebuilding following a natural disaster.
Norlina, North Carolina
The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.
Queens, New York
A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.
Emporia, Kansas
In the aftermath of the murder of six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a memorial was constructed to remember all the teachers, administrators and staff who lost their lives.
Canadian, Texas
Iconic figures in concrete and steel in the High Plains of Texas.
Florida, Massachusetts
A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.
Brooklyn, New York
The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."
Bronx, New York
Designed by famed 20th-century architect Cass Gilbert, the future of this abandoned 1908 rail station is currently in limbo.
Stone Park, Illinois
Inside the center are Italian works of art and a replica model of St. Peter's Basilica.
Staten Island, New York
The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.
Brooklyn, New York
A collection of playbills, photographs, and other memorabilia from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
New York, New York
This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.