Monday, October 26, 2020 – TIME TO BUY THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND, HELLGATE AND BROOKLYN BRIDGES

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Monday,  October 26th, 2020

Our 192nd Edition

IMAGES OF THE

GREAT

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

OWN YOUR OWN BROOKLYN BRIDGE!!

Our Bridgemaster Henry has constructed a three bridge system to master all the traffic in the Big Apple.  Henry will be consulting with agencies to design NYC 2040!!

Henry has consulted with Jr. Engineer Crosby to advance more designs for the Bridgemasters!!!

ALL THREE BRIDGES AREA AVAILABLE AT THE RIHS VISITOR CENTER KIOSK.

THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND BRIDGE IS $ 28.00
HELLGATE BRIDGE     $40.00
BROOKLYN BRIDGE  $75.00

ALL BRIDGES ARE MADE IN THE USA BY MAPLE LANDMARK AND ARE CERTIFIED CHILD SAFE.

STOCK OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ARE LIMITED.  E-MAIL YOUR ORDER TO US TODAY AT ROOSEVELT ISLANDHISTORY@GMAIL.COM

HERE ARE SOME CLASSIC IMAGES OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO ENJOY

Berenice Abbott, Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 1936, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum,

Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.10

Berenice Abbott returned home in 1929 after nearly eight years abroad and found herself fascinated by the rapid growth of New York City. She saw the city as bristling with new buildings and structures that seem to her as solid and as permanent as a mountain range. Aiming to capture ​“the past jostling the present,” Abbott spent the next five years on a project she called Changing New York. In Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, Abbott presented a century of history in a single image. The Brooklyn Bridge, once a marvel of modern engineering, seems dark and heavy compared with the skeletal structure beneath it. The construction site at center suggests the never-ending cycle of death and regeneration. And the Manhattan skyline, veiled and weightless, hangs just out of reach, its shape accommodating the ambitious spirit of American modernism.

Howard Cook, George C. Miller, Brooklyn Bridge, 1949, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barbara Latham, 1980.122.6

Stow Wengenroth, Brooklyn Bridge in Winter, 1959, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.241

Louis Lozowick, Through Brooklyn Bridge Cables, 1938, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.63.5, © 1938, Lee Lozowick

Louis Lozowick, Distant Manhattan from Brooklyn (Distant New York), 1937, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Adele Lozowick, 1980.43.8, © 1937, Lee Lozowick

Martin Lewis, Dock Workers Under the Brooklyn Bridge, ca. 1916-1918, printed 1973, aquatint and etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frank McClure, 1975.82.2

MONDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

SEND YOUR SUGGESTION TO
ROOSEVLTISLANDHISTORY@GMAIL.COM
WIN A SMALL TRINKET FROM THE RIHS VISITOR CENTER KIOSK.
WE CAN ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE 3 WINNERS EVERY DAY. 
THANKS, EVERYONE WHO IS NOT MENTIONED. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST

WEEKEND IMAGE

WAS THE LA GUARDIA  ORIGINAL TERMINAL, NOT THE MARINE AIR TERMINAL.
LOTS OF YOU GUESSED LGA!!! THANKS FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS

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CLARIFICATION

WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE WINNERS OF OUR DAILY PHOTO IDENTIFICATION A TRINKET FROM THE VISITOR CENTER.   ONLY THE PERSON IDENTIFYING THE PHOTO FIRST WILL GET A PRIZE.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP OF ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM.
WE CANNOT GIVE AWAY ALL  OUR ITEMS,.  PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES,   WE MUST LIMIT GIVE-AWAYS.  THANK YOU

Today was day 1 of 9 days of early voting In New York State. I am working at Wagner JHS on East 75th Street. Wagner is the Early Voting site for Roosevelt Island residents.  On November 3rd, you can vote at PS 217.

We had over 1700 voters in our 10  hours. We were scheduled to be open 8 hours but took everyone who was on line at 4 p.m.  We had enough voters to stay open 2 more hours.  It is thrilling to see people eager to vote and waiting up to 4 hours to do so,.

For details go early and regular voting go to vote.NYC!!

See you at the polls!!!!

JUDY BERDY

Text by Judith Berdy Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky
for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
All materials in this publication are copyrighted (c)

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

MARIE DANZIG
JUDITH BERDY

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