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A Concrete History of Brooklyn | Episode 258

Posted on January 25, 2022January 28, 2022 by Turnstile Tours

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CategoriesArchitecture, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Gowanus, Prospect Park, Virtual ProgramsTags1964 World's Fair, Albert Kahn, Apprentice videos, Arbuckle Coffee Company, architecture, Art & Architecture, Austin Nichols and Co. Building, Beton Coignet, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn Navy Yard, C.A.P. Turner, Calvert Vaux, Cass Gilbert, Cleft Ridge Arch, Clinton Hill, Coignet Building, concrete, Dry Dock 5, Dry Dock 6, DUMBO, engineering, Ernest Ransome, Francois Coignet, Gairville, Gowanus Canal, Heidelberg Group, Henry Turner, History, Jacksonville, John Arbuckle, Lehigh Cement, Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Morgan Annex, New Haven, Paul Rudolph, Quartermaster videos, rebar, reinforced concrete, Robert Gair, Steward videos, tremie, Turner Construction, US Postal Service, World War I, World War II

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Join our series of special harbor tours for #Fleet

Join our series of special harbor tours for #FleetWeekNYC with @classicharborline, where we will not only get waterside views of the visiting @usnavy, @uscg, and allied navy ships, we will also explore historic and contemporary highlights of the working waterfront. Stops will include @bklynnavyyard on Wallabout Bay, the largest shipyard in the harbor that still repairs Coast Guard and commercial ships today; @bayonnedrydock, built in World War II and a major yard for servicing the Navy’s @usnavymilitarysealiftcommand ships; and @brooklynarmyterminal, the nerve center of the port during WWII and today one of the largest manufacturing centers in the city. Learn how these and other military and industrial sites shaped the harbor, past and present. These 2.5-hour cruises will be offered May 24, 26 & 29 (link in bio for tickets and tour times).
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Join us for @fleetweeknyc! We are hosting a series

Join us for @fleetweeknyc! We are hosting a series of boat tours with @classicharborline that will feature the visiting ships from @usnavy, @uscg, @royalnavy, @royalcannavy, and @marinamilitareofficial and explore the military history of the harbor. The ships arrive on Wednesday, May 24, and we’re offering tours later that afternoon and on May 26 and May 29 (link in bio). Our Memorial Day tour will also be live streamed with @thearielviera or @urbanistlive. Get a waterside view of the ships in Staten Island and the Hudson River, learn about the @bklynnavyyard and @brooklynarmyterminal’s roles in World War II, and join us for a fun and informative cruise to celebrate the Sea Services!
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Today is #medalofhonorday, and the @bklynnavyyard

Today is #medalofhonorday, and the @bklynnavyyard offers an interesting insight into how this award has changed over time. Created during the Civil War, first for the Navy to those who “distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action and other seaman-like qualities during the present war,” it was commonly awarded during peacetime before World War II. Though many sailors and Marines dispatched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard or serving on Yard-built ships have received the Medal of Honor, six did for acts of bravery actually at the Yard. All of these were for … swimming; specifically, rescuing shipmates who had fallen overboard in the relatively tranquil waters of Wallabout Bay. This was an uncommon skill back then, and certainly heroic, but would not meet the standards for the award today. The recipients were John Taylor (1865, Yard picket boat); Charles Gidding, Charles Richards, and William Corey (1876, USS Plymouth, same incident); and Robert Sweeney and J.A. Norris (1883, USS Jamestown, same incident).
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Join us Saturday 3/18 for a tour of the Brooklyn N

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Check out this incredible view of Brooklyn in 1947

Check out this incredible view of Brooklyn in 1947, showing @prospect_park, @historicgreenwood, and in the foreground @brooklynarmyterminal. Back then the Terminal was a bustling place, shuttling personnel and equipment around the world to support post-war reconstruction, and the repatriation of American service members—both alive and deceased. Learn more about the work of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, past and present, on a tour this Saturday at 2pm and on most weekends throughout the year, offered in partnership with @nycedc.
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With the recent announcements that Western allies

With the recent announcements that Western allies will be sending Abrams, Leopard, and Challenger tanks to Ukraine, here are M3 Grant tanks for British forces being loaded at the @brooklynarmyterminal in 1942. These tanks were key to the victory over the Axis at El-Alamein.
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#OTD in 1835, the Great Fire broke out in New York

#OTD in 1835, the Great Fire broke out in New York, and recent immigrant from Italy Nicolino Calyo captured scenes of the fire in a series of 22 paintings. Many, like this one, were done from Brooklyn. The fire destroyed 17 city blocks and nearly 700 buildings in Lower Manhattan. US Marines were dispatched from the @bklynnavyyard to blow up buildings with gunpowder (though the Yard had insufficient stores, the Marines rowed to Red Hook to get more) in an attempt to create a fire break, and this aided in abating the blaze. Learn more about NYC’s nineteenth-century history on a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, every Saturday at 2pm. Link in bio.
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Join our last @bklynnavyyard walking tour of 2022,

Join our last @bklynnavyyard walking tour of 2022, this Saturday, Dec 17 at 2pm. We will explore the past, present, and future of this historic and dynamic waterfront site, and learn about the men and women who have built the Yard over the past 221 years. Like these guys, working in the forge shop in 1941, hand-fashioning a part for a ship. Tickets and info in bio.
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Photo by Alfred T. Palmer for the OEM, 1941, courtesy of @librarycongress

Get a crane’s-eye view of the @bklynnavyyard on

Get a crane’s-eye view of the @bklynnavyyard on a tour this weekend! Our Past, Present & Future Walking Tour on Saturday at 2pm explores the founding, functioning, and transformation of this 221-year-old site, while our World War II Tour on Sunday at 1pm focuses on the men and women who worked and served there 1941–1945. And while you’re there, explore the Wallabout Wonderland Holiday Market at Building 77, with 80+ local makers and manufacturers. See you at the Yard! Link to tickets and info in bio.
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We teamed up with @russanddaughters this sunny Sat

We teamed up with @russanddaughters this sunny Saturday to explore the past and present of manufacturing at the @bklynnavyyard . Niki, 4th generation owner of Russ & Daughters, gave us exclusive access to the catwalk for a bird's eye view of their Brooklyn Navy Yard bakery. We watched from above as bagels were rolled and weighed, while @nikirussfederman shared stories about the beginnings of her family's business and their transition from LES to BNY. Upon our descent we were greeted with fresh rugelach (chocolate, cinnamon raisin, and raspberry)!

Afterwards, we looped through the BNY Museum at Building 92 and @dougchap introduced visitors to the various historic ships and many manufacturing businesses that have called the Yard home over the past 200 years. We strolled through the yard with an eye out for beeping trucks and tractors meandering the roads. The Navy Yard was also hosting a couple public events, including a tattoo fest (something the old sailors surely would have been psyched about) and the Quills Fest, a VR exhibition of the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival @osfashland . Our last stop was historic Dry Dock 1, where we enjoyed a spectacular view of the East River and Williamsburg Bridge while Niki shared with us some behind-the-scenes trivia of TV shows filmed in the Navy Yard.

After getting our steps in, we returned to Building 77 and met with @transmitterbrewing who treated us to a brew of our choosing, each made on-site. The drinks paired perfectly with the babka, black & white cookies, and scallion cream cheese and lox bagels from Russ & Daughters. With a full view of Brooklyn's waterfront, and even fuller bellies, we were all ready to brace the rest of our unseasonably sunny Saturday.

Special thanks to our team member Carinn for this post!

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Test for OHNY weekend

Test for OHNY weekend

Today we joined our friends @brooklynbotanic for a

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Description of video: Four women are leaning down with scissors to cut a ribbon made of flowers that are strung together between two raised planting beds

We had a great time this week with our friends fro

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In 1932, Manhattan's Hudson River waterfront had p

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For #StreetVendorSaturday, we got delicious tacos

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