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Author: Andrew Gustafson

Merchant Mariners, Unsung Heroes of World War II

While developing our new tour about the World War II history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, we encountered a fascinating – and largely untold – history of the oft-forgotten service …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Tour group standing in front of the gates of the Commandant's House with WWII veteran Paul Mager standing on the right.

Pouring Concrete: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Prepares for War

Times of war have always brought the biggest transformations to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and none were bigger than those that took place during World War II. But long before …

  • Architecture
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Turnstile Tours at the 2012 Vendy Awards [Video]

As a street vendor we know likes to say, “Food is love.” If that’s so, then the Vendy Awards are a massive, jubilant, gut-busting celebration of that love. Each year, …

  • Street Vending

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The Life and Death of Ships: Peter Hutton’s “At Sea”

Last month UnionDocs, a collective of documentary filmmakers based in Williamsburg, opened their season, and their newly renovated screening space, with a showing of two films by Peter Hutton about …

  • Waterfront

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Eat to Blog: FiDi Food Cart Tour With Turnstile Tours

Eat to Blog, September 14, 2012 by Donnie Tsang [I]t wasn’t just a food tour but also an educational one. I love history. I love learning about things that we …

  • Press
  • Street Vending

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

International Placemaking Week Resources

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.
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