Brooklyn Heights Esplanade
Clarke & Rapuano
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Alternative Title
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Date
1950Description
View showing the backs of row houses and gardens which face the esplanade with bench; Brooklyn Heights occupies a bluff that rises sharply from the river's edge and gradually recedes on the landward side. The Promenade, actually an esplanade, cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) is a favorite spot among locals, offering magnificent vistas of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline across the East River, as well as views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge. Robert Moses originally proposed to build the BQE through the heart of Brooklyn Heights. Opposition to this plan led to the designation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District as a historic district on November 23, 1965 - the first such district in New York City, and the re-routing of the expressway to the side of the bluff, allowing creation of the Promenade. The Promenade is one-third of a mile long. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/16/2010)
Type of Work
promenade (walkway)Subject
architecture, cityscape, contemporary (1960 to present), City planning, Transportation, brownstone homes, row houses, historic preservation, Twentieth century
Rights
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