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LIU Alumni Gate

ALUMNI GATE   CONTRIBUTED BY THE GRATEFUL ALUMNI OFLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   DEDICATED JUNE 5, 1959

  • brooklyn
  • downtown brooklyn
  • long island ...
  • university
  • 1959

Fort Greene Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

  • brooklyn
  • fort greene
  • fort greene park
  • 1855
  • 1875
  • 1848
  • walt whitman
  • 1867
  • frederick la...
  • calvert vaux