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Credit Where Credit is Due-Emily Warren Roebling Recognized With Street Naming

By on June 1, 2018 2:38 am in 11201, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn History, Events, History

The clouds parted and the sun shone brightly on Tuesday afternoon as if to say “FINALLY” as the stretch of Columbia Heights near Orange Street was proudly dedicated to Emily Warren Roebling, the woman credited-only in modern history-with the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge. According to the New York Times’ Overlooked Obituary, Emily was born in 1843 in Cold Spring, NY the second […]

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