Brooklyn Navy Yard

NYC=Hollywood? Bloomberg Announces 5 New Soundstages

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.26.2012

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NEW YORK — New York City is giving a boost to its entertainment industry — and vice versa. On Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the city's me...

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Center Museum Celebrates Navy Yard's History

AP | By ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 01.08.2012

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NEW YORK -- The story of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and its vital role in American history as a major military shipbuilding site spans more than 200 years...

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New $25M Museum To Display Navy Yard's 200-Year History

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — For more than a century, tens of thousands worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, building some of the nation's most storied warships &nda...

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SCULPTURE: Get To Know Brooklyn-Based Zak Kitnick And His Industrial, Re-Purposed Sculptures

Paper Magazine | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 300-acre Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts ten contractors, forty-one distributors, and seventy-four manufacturers, one of whom is up-and-coming sculptor...

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A New Dawn in Sunset Park?

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Petro

A building up for sale could spark a rebirth of Sunset Park's rich industrial legacy.

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Brooklyn's Mansion on the East River

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Carr

It's like someone picked up an estate from Long Island's Gold Coast and plunked it down in Vinegar Hill.

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A Sorry State of the City

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Petro

Mayor Bloomberg needs to acknowledge that residents require more than just minimum-wage employment to survive and thrive.

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Open House New York Offers Free Access to Architectural Wonders This Weekend

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Levere

Free access to places you can't easily visit: everything from the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel, the world's oldest subway tunnel, to a museum of models of the work of the architect Richard Meier.

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