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Untapped Cities got an inside look at the Memorial Arch that will be at the center of the city s $9-million restoration of Grand Army Plaza. (Courtesy of Untapped New York)
BROOKLYN, NY Ever wonder what s inside the iconic archway at the center of Grand Army Plaza?
Untapped s Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet recently got to take a trip inside and atop the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, which is about to undergo its first restoration in 40 years.
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The tour revealed reminders of the monument s 135-year history and a peek into its need for the $9-million upgrade: from the deteriorating iron staircase that will get new life in the restoration, to a room once meant for artifacts from the Civil War and a bronze sculpture stuffed under the staircase that once gave Prospect Park Alliance s architect a scare.
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The new entrances, both on Flatbush Avenue, were part of a $3.2-million city project. (Courtesy of NYC Parks/Daniel Avila)
The new entrances, both on Flatbush Avenue, were part of a $3.2-million city project. (Courtesy of NYC Parks/Daniel Avila)
The new entrances, both on Flatbush Avenue, were part of a $3.2-million city project. (Courtesy of NYC Parks/Daniel Avila)
The new entrances, both on Flatbush Avenue, were part of a $3.2-million city project. (Courtesy of NYC Parks/Daniel Avila)
PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN A New Year means new openings for Brooklyn s backyard.
The Parks Department and Prospect Park Alliance unveiled two new entrances to the park on Flatbush Avenue on Thursday, the first to be added since the 1940s.
Credit Ralph Gardner, Jr.
My wife asked me to write this year’s holiday newsletter. Why me I’m not sure except that I suppose I am the alleged writer in the family. But I rarely read other people’s missives when they include them in their holiday cards. I frankly don’t care that Johnny graduated Michigan State cum laude. That friends have welcomed a beautiful new grandchild named Liam into the family. Or that Susan mastered the paddleboard in her fifties.
Besides, we’ve never enclosed a newsletter with our card before. We prefer to let the card do the talking. This year’s features our Christmas tree and dog Wallie, her head dropped onto the coffee table as if she can’t bear the weight of current events. At least that was my initial interpretation. A condolence card might seem more appropriate than a greeting card. Sometimes that starts, “Words cannot express…”