Brooklyn, New York
The Lehigh Barge and the Waterfront Museum Showboat Barge
Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.
1919
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Brooklyn, New York
Fort Defiance
The humble fort that saved Washington.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Clay Retort and Fire Bricks Works Storehouse
The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.
Brooklyn, New York
The Red Hook Stores
A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.
Permanently Closed
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Old Trolley Cars
Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.
Brooklyn, New York
Van Brunt Stillhouse
Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Community Farm
A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Ball Fields Food Vendors
This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Play Center
Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.
Brooklyn, New York
Red Hook Grain Terminal
The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”
Brooklyn, New York
Smith-9 Street Station
The highest rapid transit station in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of 1928 gang shooting
Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.
Brooklyn, New York
Columbia Street Waterfront District Sculpture Garden
This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.
Permanently Closed
New York, New York
Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway
Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
WTC Station 'E' Subway Entrance
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
New York, New York
The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
New York, New York
Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
New York, New York
Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
