The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic shipyard and industrial complex on the banks of the East River in Brooklyn. Once a major center of naval shipbuilding, it is now a modern industrial park home to hundreds of companies, innovative manufacturing facilities, and public spaces. History The shipyard was founded in 1801 and operated as…
The Park Avenue Armory is a stunning venue in New York City, widely known today as an elegant space for theater and musical performances within a beautifully designed historic building. Yet few know that all this grandeur was originally created… as military barracks. From Military Fortress to Cultural Icon The building was constructed between 1877…
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. — the 26th President and 25th Vice President of the United States from the Republican Party, and a Nobel Prize laureate — was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City. Today, the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is recognized as a National Historic Site. History Theodore Roosevelt spent the first fourteen years…
