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Harper’s Bazaar Spain: Esto es lo que se come ahora en las calles de Nueva York

Harper’s Bazaar Spain, May 4, 2017 by Sergio Cabrera Las calles del Midtown de Nueva York se encuentran siempre en constante ebullición. En el que bien podríamos considerar epicentro del planeta, …

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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.

The Great War and NYC: Street Vendors and Public Markets

New York City was far removed from the battlefields, occupied territories, and blockaded countries locked in the struggle of the First World War. While many of those places experienced food …

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A mail truck transformed into a market wagon carrying food

The Many Names of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Some of the subjects we frequently have to address on our tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard are: where is it? and what is the official name? So let’s start with the …

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The Great War and NYC: Prospect Park

War has played an integral part in the history of Prospect Park. In August 1776, the future site of the Park was a battleground, as American troops tried to stop the British …

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World War I

A statue of a soldier who stands clutching his gun and looking off into the distance as an angel begins to wrap her wing and arm around him

Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Baldev Duggal

Baldev Duggal (1937–2016) So far in this series, all of the individuals we have profiled worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard when it was still a naval shipyard. But Baldev Duggal …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Stanislaw Kozikowski

Stanislaw Kozikowski (1895–1967) Stan Kozikowski came to fame as a young man in the First World War, but spent much of his life as an unheralded machinist in the Brooklyn Navy …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Frederick Louis Riefkohl

Frederick Louis Riefkohl (1889–1969) The histories of Puerto Rico and of the US military are deeply intertwined, and much of that history runs through the career of Frederick Louis Riefkohl, the …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: James Diani

James Diani (c.1833–1908) So far in this series, we have profiled commodores, admirals, and captains of industry. But the real history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the massive collective labor …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Peter Asserson

Peter Christian Asserson (1839–1906) The Brooklyn Navy Yard has always adapted to change. Over its first 165 years, rapid changes in naval ship designs forced the adoption of new shipbuilding …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: John Ericsson

John Ericsson (1803–1889) John Ericsson was perhaps more of an engineer than any man who ever lived. Of his 85 years on this earth, 75 of them were spent as …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Henry Eckford

Henry Eckford (1775-1832) The long, arduous, and risky journey to America has a way of bringing to our shores the most ambitious, talented, and daring people; Henry Eckford was certainly …

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: John Barry

John Barry (1745–1803) Born in Ireland’s southeast County Wexford, John Barry grew up with an abiding hatred for the English. When he was 12, his Catholic family was dispossessed of their …

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Food for Good: How Non-Profits Are Creating Change Through Food

An Essex Street Market “Talk & Taste” event about food-based social enterprise Many organizations are recognizing the value of entrepreneurship and culinary arts to inspire young people, build their skills, and …

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Public Markets

Photo of Daytoine Shaw, a Black man wearing cap, glasses, and t-shirt with Reconnect Bakery written on it, holding a tray of muffins and giving a thumbs up

The Lo-Down: Essex Street Market Debuts Historical Mural

The Lo-Down, January 30, 2017 by Ed Litvak If you visited the Essex Street Market this past weekend, you probably noticed this new historical mural celebrating the legacy of the …

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Market Value: How Public Markets Drive the Baking Industry Forward

An Essex Street Market “Talk & Taste” event about the baking industry in New York City Baking is literally our bread and butter in New York City making up the majority …

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Public Markets

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Vote in the 2016 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest

This is year four of our photography tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and we need your help to select the best photo of the Yard of 2016. All of these …

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Fall 2016: Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest

Last week we held our final Brooklyn Navy Yard Seasonal Photography Tour of 2016 (don’t worry if you missed it – our next one will be on January 22). Stay …

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Guide to Open House New York 2016

Open House New York Weekend is always one of our favorite times of year, when hundreds of sites open their doors to the public on October 15 and 16. We …

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The inside of a metal fabrication shop, a fork lift drives down the center of the space

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