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An Expressway and a Promenade
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Two 20th-century thoroughfares – the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (1946-1954) and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade (1950-1951) – transformed the eastern boundary of what is now Brooklyn Bridge Park. Many parties played a role in their design and construction, including urban planner, visionary, master builder, and “power broker” Robert Moses
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162 Columbia Heights
\[View of west side of Columbia Heights. ] View of west side of Columbia Heights. At far right is portion of entrance to apt. house. Next to it is #162 Columbia Heights, and then, farther left is #164, and then #166.
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