Eastern Parkway
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Eastern Parkway is a major east–west boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1870 and 1874 and has been credited as
Near New York Avenue in Crown Heights
A walkway in one of the medians
Traffic on Eastern Parkway at Kingston Avenue, seen in 2006
View of Eastern Parkway looking toward the Brooklyn Museum, cellulose nitrate negative photograph by Eugene Wemlinger c. 1903–1910
Grand Army Plaza
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Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It cons
Eastern Parkway
…parkway. At the time of its construction, Eastern Parkway extended to the eastern edge of the then-independent city of Brooklyn. The road begins at Grand Army Plaza (the main entrance to Prospect Park) and runs 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east to Bushwick Avenue. The initial portion of Eastern Parkway, west of Ralph Avenue…
Grand Army Plaza viewed from the southeast, anchored by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch
Arch and columns in 1894 without sculptures; the low dome beyond the archway at ground level is the 1873 fountain.
Henry W. Maxwell Memorial (1903)
Richard Meier's 1 Grand Army Plaza apartment building was completed in 2009; the AIA Guide calls it "a massive beached whale".