4 unusual locations in Brooklyn that you did not notice, but in vain
'13.11.2019'
Source: afisha.nyc
There are four unusual places in Brooklyn where you can get in touch with history - this is a house protected by statues, the remains of the luxurious Penn Station, an old tennis club and the Montauk club, which was attended by four Presidents of the United States. This publication writes Events.
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You probably go past some of them every day, but you just don’t notice them.
The unique location is not like any other in this area of New York, the author assures. It is located on 85-th street between 20-th and 21-th avenue in the house under the number 2056.
This house could be considered quite ordinary if it hadn’t been guarded by 40 sculptures dedicated to pop culture.
“Superman takes off from the second floor of the balcony, Batman watches the driveway, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis flirt among themselves, Dracula and Frankenstein reluctantly look at the top of the garage,” the newspaper writes.
This building is also surrounded by very strange objects. For example, an old telephone booth, road signs, lampposts and other gizmos from the mid-20th century.
A sign with the inscription Memory Lane is attached to the lamppost, and the access road to this place resembles the one leading to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. “With two lanes where you can choose Cash or EZ-Pass,” the author explained.
Worked on this collection Steve Campanella - a retired marine. He collected all these items in one place to express his love for pop culture and native Brooklyn.
Pennsylvania Station, known as Penn Station, was destroyed more than half a century ago. However, some of its parts have been preserved to this day, and they are in the Brooklyn Museum.
Recall that this station was destroyed due to the bankruptcy of Pennsylvania Railroad, which had to sell all of its property. After that, most of the once magnificent station was transported to the Meadowlands in New Jersey, and the 22 eagles that adorned its facade scattered throughout the country.
Even more complicated was the fate of the clock, which was located above each of the four entrances to the station. Two couples were lost in the Meadowlands, one sent to the Eagle Scout Memorial in Kansas City.
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However, the city still managed to save something for posterity - two fragments of the original Penn Station: the “night” half of the Day and Night sculpture more than three meters high and partly a marble column from the waiting room.
These artifacts were discovered thanks to Anonymous Arts Recovery Society (AARS) - An organization whose owner Ivan Karp helped to find, popularize and sell the works of such pop artists of 1960's as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg.
Knickerbocker Field Club is a historic tennis club located in Flatbusch, Brooklyn, New York. It was built in the 1892 year and was the only surviving building related to the development of the tennis court until the 1988 year, when it was partially destroyed by fire.
Once it was a long two-story building in the style of colonial revival, tiled with tiles. In 1982, the club was included in the National Register of Historic Places.
Later, in 1992, it was demolished with the approval of the Landmark Commission because of a lack of funds for its restoration.
This club was once a very popular venue among the famous Brooklyn families.
Today it includes 70 participants and more than 100 people are waiting for their turn to join (some, according to representatives of the club, have to wait for their membership until 10 years, the fee for which is $ 900 per season).
Moreover, this club is popular not only among residents of Brooklyn, but also in other areas - Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.
Probably, all these people are attracted by the history of this place, although today in its original form there are only five original courts that are designated 1889 year - the date of the club.
Montauk Club is located on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Place in the Park Slope area, near the Grand Army Plaza. It is located in a Venetian Gothic mansion, built in 1821 in the style of a palazzo.
Since its founding in 1889, it has remained a private club.
The magnificent Clubhouse was designed by the renowned New York architect Francis H. Kimball, who was inspired by the palace on the Grand Canal of Venice. The construction was completed in the 1891 year, and the Venetian Gothic architecture, carved mahogany, beautiful stained glass windows of the club remain its characteristic features to this day.
Today, the club is a busy part of the Slope Park in Brooklyn. Its participants organize various events all year round. For example, recently there were held jazz performances and salon parties of the Victorian era.
Among the famous people who went through these doors are four presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley. Here they performed with their matches.
