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Frederick Law Olmsted

Shore Road construction

How Shore Road Was Ruined

September 18, 2017April 26, 2018 Henry  Culture, History  apartment buildings, Belt Parkway Promenade, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert Moses, shore road, Shore Road Park, the Bay Ridge Parkway, the Belt Parkway, the bike path  6 Comments

The full and tragic 100-year story of how Bay Ridge’s greatest natural wonder became full of cars, apartment buildings and a highway.

Dyker Beach golf course

Bay Ridge Almost Had a Park to Rival Prospect Park. Instead it Got a Golf Course.

June 28, 2016September 8, 2017 Henry  Culture, History, Outdoors and Rec  Bath Beach, Dyker Beach Park, Dyker Heights, Dyker Meadow, Frederick Law Olmsted, golf, golf courses, landfill, parks, Poly Prep  1 Comment

The forgotten story of one of the neighborhood’s greatest 20th-century disappointments—how Dyker Beach became a golf course.

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