Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
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Architecture in New York City
New York City's architecture extends well beyond any single skyline. This page brings together structures from across all five boroughs: the steel arch of the Bayonne Bridge, the slender suspension span of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Goethals Bridge, and the Cross Bay Bridge in Queens. The Beaux-Arts facade of the Brooklyn Museum and the formal layout of Grand Army Plaza reflect the city's late-nineteenth-century civic ambitions. Lighthouses at Coney Island and Execution Rocks, the historic airfield at Floyd Bennett Field, the stadium at Citi Field, and the landmarked Cedarmere estate round out a portrait of a city built in many layers and many hands.
30 places · New York City, United States · Editorially curated
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Atlantic Terminal Atlantic Terminal
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local gemsBayonne Bridge Bayonne Bridge
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historyBronx-Whitestone Bridge Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
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naturehistorylocal gemsBrooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum
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cultureCedarmere Cedarmere
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culturehistorylocal gems+1Church of the Presidents Church of the Presidents
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culturehistorylocal gemsCiti Field Citi Field
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outdoor activitiesfamily outingslocal gemsConey Island Lighthouse Coney Island Lighthouse
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naturehistorylocal gemsCross Bay Bridge Cross Bay Bridge
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naturelocal gemsExecution Rocks Light Execution Rocks Light
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culturenaturehistory+1Floyd Bennett Field Floyd Bennett Field
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naturehistorylocal gems+1Goethals Bridge Goethals Bridge
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naturelocal gemsGrand Army Plaza Grand Army Plaza
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naturehistorylocal gemsHempstead House Hempstead House
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culturehistoryJones Beach State Park Jones Beach State Park
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naturehistoryfamily outingsLesbian Herstory Archives Lesbian Herstory Archives
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culturehistorylocal gems+1Lyndhurst Mansion Lyndhurst Mansion
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naturehistorylocal gemsNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
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outdoor activitieslocal gemsNeuberger Museum of Art Neuberger Museum of Art
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culturelocal gemsNew Dorp Light New Dorp Light
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historylocal gemsOheka Castle Oheka Castle
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culturehistorylocal gems+1Old Orchard Shoal Light Old Orchard Shoal Light
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culturenaturehistoryOuterbridge Crossing Outerbridge Crossing
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historylocal gemsPelham Bay Bridge Pelham Bay Bridge
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local gemsknowledgePNC Bank Arts Center PNC Bank Arts Center
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historylocal gemsPostcards Postcards
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culturehistorylocal gemsProspect Park Prospect Park
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culturenaturehistory+1Queens Borough Hall Queens Borough Hall
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culturehistorylocal gemsElephantine Colossus Elephantine Colossus
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culturehistorymysteryThe Elephantine Colossus was one of the strangest buildings ever built in New York: a seven-story hotel and amusement complex on Coney Island, built in the shape of a giant elephant. Designed by James V. Lafferty, it stood on Surf Avenue from 1885 to 1896, when it burned down in a fire. The 31-room structure housed shops, a concert hall, and hotel rooms — including one inside the elephant's head. It was the second of three elephant-shaped buildings Lafferty constructed; the first, Lucy the Elephant in Margate City, still stands today. The Elephantine Colossus is a vivid artifact of the Gilded Age's enthusiasm for spectacle architecture, now surviving only in photographs.
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