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Brooklyn Borough Hall

Index Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes. [1]

31 relations: Beaux-Arts architecture, Boroughs of New York City, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Cadman Plaza, Calvin Pollard, Cast iron, Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty, Cupola, Downtown Brooklyn, Gamaliel King, Greek Revival architecture, Heritage Documentation Programs, History of New York City (1898–1945), James Rossant, Lady Justice, List of New York City Borough Halls and municipal buildings, Lists of New York City landmarks, Municipal charter, National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York City, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Seat of local government, Stephen Haynes, Stoughton & Stoughton, The New York Times, Tuckahoe marble, Victorian architecture, Welcome Back, Kotter.

Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.

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Boroughs of New York City

New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights is an affluent residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Cadman Plaza

Cadman Plaza is a park located on the border between the Brooklyn Heights historic neighborhood and Downtown Brooklyn in New York City.

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Calvin Pollard

Calvin Pollard (June 14, 1797 - 1850) was a prominent New York City architect.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.

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Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty

The conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty spanned from 1984 to 1986.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City, United States (following Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn.

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Gamaliel King

Gamaliel King (Shelter Island, New York, 1 December 1795 — 6 December 1875) was an American architect who practiced in New York City and the adjacent city of Brooklyn, where he was a major figure in Brooklyn civic and ecclesiastical architecture for several decades.

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Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States.

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Heritage Documentation Programs

Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

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History of New York City (1898–1945)

During the years of 1898–1945, New York City consolidated and came to dominate American life.

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James Rossant

James Stephan Rossant (August 17, 1928 – December 15, 2009) was an American architect, artist, and professor of architecture.

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Lady Justice

Lady Justice is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.

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List of New York City Borough Halls and municipal buildings

This is a List of New York City Borough Halls and municipal buildings used for civic agencies.

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Lists of New York City landmarks

These are lists of New York City Landmarks designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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Municipal charter

A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York.

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Seat of local government

In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, (in the UK or Australia) a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or (more rarely) a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality.

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Stephen Haynes

Stephen Haynes (1801 – December 28, 1879) was an American politician from New York.

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Stoughton & Stoughton

Stoughton & Stoughton was a New York-based architectural firm comprising the partnership of Charles (1860—1944) and Arthur Alexander Stoughton (1867—1955) who were born in Mount Vernon, New York.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tuckahoe marble

Tuckahoe marble (also known as Inwood and Westchester marble) is a type of marble found in southern New York state and western Connecticut.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a sardonic high school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial class called the "Sweathogs".

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Borough_Hall

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