“The New York Naval Yard” One of New York’s most terrifying historical contributions during the Revolutionary War were the British prison ships located off Wallabout Bay in what today is Brooklyn[1]. The horrors of the ships included rampant disease, beatings, and gross mistreatment and neglect of American patriots, including the HMS Jersey, …
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Son Of Sam
Son Of Sam (Given the heavy subject matter, I thought I would offer a slight reprieve by compiling a playlist of the top 20 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 from the weeks of July 31, 1976 and August 6, 1977, which mark the beginning and the end of Son of Sam’s reign. Feel free …
Zuccotti Park
Zuccotti Park was home to the majority of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, as they camped out with tents and tarps during the duration of the movement. This park was cleared out by the NYPD, signaling the end of the protest.
New York Stock Exchange
At the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement was the New York Stock Exchange. The protesters intentionally set up camp close to this building, and targeted the values the stock exchange stood for, including corporate greed and income inequality.
Brooklyn Bridge
One significant protest during Occupy Wall Street took place on the Brooklyn Bridge, resulting in the arrest of many protesters. This was one of the rare occasions of Occupy Wall Street moving out of Zuccotti Park.
U.N. Headquarters
The establishment of the United Nations headquarters is one of the accomplishments completed during the Cold War. In 1946, the United Nations officials decided to construct the headquarters, after the League of Nations failed to protect the United States from World War II conflicts.[1] Zipp acknowledges how the construction of the UN Headquarters will “become …
Fort Tilden
Another defense that was used to protect soldiers and civilians from the Cold War hostilities was Fort Tilden, which is in the Queens borough of New York (40°33’42.2″N 73°53’43.2″W). This base was established in 1917, as a “harbor defense of New York.”[1] In the Fort Tilden guidebook, Christina Selvek wrote that Fort Tilden was originally …
Fallout Shelters
In The Dying City: Postwar New York and Ideology of Fear, Brian Tochterman described how the Cold War dropped “flight” and “hysteria” like bombs upon New Yorkers as they struggle to organize their own “civil defenses” because of “overcrowding” of buildings and the lack of preparation to defend the city, however, it still offers “a …
Helmsley Building
The Helmsley building, on the ninth floor of which is the office of Salvatore Maranzano where he was assassination by Luciano hitmen to put an end to the Castellammarese War, and the old guard of La Cosa Nostra.
Nuova Villa Tammaro
The former Nuova Villa Tammaro where Joe Masseria had lunch with Luciano before he was assassinated by Luciano hitmen Vito Genovese, Bugsy Siegel, Joe Adonis, and Albert Anastasia.