Brooklyn Bridge
Twitter surrenders protester's tweets to court
Sep 14, 2012 13:20 EDT
Twitter on Friday submitted to a New York court ruling and surrendered tweets sent by an Occupy Wall Street protester accused of disorderly conduct.
Twitter files appeal in Occupy Wall Street case
Aug 27, 2012 15:58 EDT
Twitter on Monday filed an appeal of a court order to turn over tweets from one of its users being prosecuted over Occupy Wall Street protests, in a case being watched for free-speech implications.
11 hit in Empire State Building shoot-out
Aug 24, 2012 15:47 EDT
A laid-off designer of women's accessories gunned down a former co-worker outside New York's Empire State Building before being killed by police in a rush hour shoot-out Friday that wounded nine others.
Two die in Empire State Building shooting
Aug 24, 2012 12:55 EDT
A disgruntled former worker at a Manhattan women's apparel shop shot a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building before being killed by police Friday.
Two killed in Empire State Building shooting
Aug 24, 2012 12:02 EDT
A disgruntled former employee at a women's apparel shop shot a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building before being killed by police, officials said Friday.
Twitter appeals order to hand over protester data
Jul 19, 2012 18:00 EDT
Twitter said Thursday it was appealing a court ruling ordering it to turn over data on one of its users involved in the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.
Twitter challenges US subpoena seeking user data
May 09, 2012 04:40 EDT
Twitter is challenging a court order to turn over to law enforcement data on one of its users involved in Occupy Wall Street in a case described by a civil liberties group as a major test of online freedom of speech.
Twitter challenges US subpoena seeking user data
May 08, 2012 16:12 EDT
Twitter is challenging a court order to turn over to law enforcement data on one of its users involved in Occupy Wall Street in a case described by a civil liberties group as a major test of online freedom of speech.
New York opens trove of city photographs
Apr 25, 2012 14:40 EDT
Around 870,000 images of New York City and its operations have been made available online to the public for the first time, retracing 160 years of the Big Apple's history.
'Urban explorers' scale unfinished Shard
Apr 09, 2012 11:55 EDT
The developers building the Shard defended their security measures on Monday after it emerged that a group of "urban explorers" had broken into the skyscraper.
2,000 march in New York to mark Tibet uprising
Mar 10, 2012 21:24 EST
A 2,000-person strong demonstration marched on UN headquarters in New York to mark the anniversary of Tibet's failed revolt against Chinese rule.
'The Greatest' remembered at Ali's old New York gym
Jan 15, 2012 14:24 EST
In Gleason's Gym, under the Brooklyn Bridge, everybody remembers Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest," one of the many champions who have passed through this mythical New York gym where men and women of all ages still train and box with passion.
The "99 percent" occupy NY courtroom, but not by choice
Dec 14, 2011 18:09 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 200 Occupy Wall Street protesters flooded Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, summonses in hand, several months after they were arrested during a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to demonstrate against economic inequality.
Fight to be big cheese in New York pizza world
Dec 02, 2011 08:59 EST
The world of pizza in New York is in meltdown over who will be the big cheese on one of the Big Apple's hottest slices of pizza real estate.
Occupy protesters bang drums at NY mayor's home
Nov 20, 2011 17:31 EST
A few dozen protesters from Occupy Wall Street banged their drums outside the residence of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Sunday to protest the removal of an encampment in lower Manhattan.
'Occupy' movement energized by large NY protests
Nov 18, 2011 17:18 EST
Occupy Wall Street claimed victory Friday after a "historic day" of action drew tens of thousands of protesters onto streets worldwide and breathed life into the embattled movement.
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
Nov 18, 2011 09:15 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting more than 200 people in repeated clashes with an unexpectedly small but spirited Occupy Wall Street rally.
Authorities foil NY protest bid to shut Wall Street
Nov 18, 2011 01:04 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting more than 200 people in repeated clashes with an unexpectedly small but spirited Occupy Wall Street rally.
NY protesters march on Brooklyn Bridge after clashes
Nov 18, 2011 00:22 EST
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday as clashes with police led to over 250 arrests on the two-month anniversary of the anti-capitalist movement.
NY protesters march on Brooklyn Bridge after clashes
Nov 17, 2011 22:23 EST
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday after earlier clashes with police led to over 200 arrests on the two-month anniversary of the anti-capitalist movement.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Brooklyn Bridge | |
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| Brooklyn Bridge, spanning the East River, in 2007. | |
| Carries | Motor vehicles (cars only), elevated trains (until 1944), streetcars (until 1950), pedestrians, and bicycles |
| Crosses | East River |
| Locale | New York City (Manhattan–Brooklyn) |
| Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation |
| Designer | John Augustus Roebling |
| Design | Suspension/Cable-stay Hybrid |
| Total length | 5,989 feet (1825 m)[1] |
| Width | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Longest span | 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m) |
| Clearance below | 135 feet (41 m) at mid-span |
| AADT | 145,000 |
| Opened | May 24, 1883 |
| Toll | Free both ways |
| Coordinates | 40°42′23″N 73°59′51″W / 40.706344°N 73.997439°WCoordinates: 40°42′23″N 73°59′51″W / 40.706344°N 73.997439°W |
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