Brooklyn Bridge

Man Arrested After Climbing Brooklyn Bridge for Photos

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Case Closed on Mystery of Brooklyn Bridge White Flags

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Mystery White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge Provoke Social Media Frenzy

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New York Before 9/11: Vintage Photos of Lower Manhattan

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Happy Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge! The Perfect Span Turns 130

On the 130th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, LIFE celebrates the neo-Gothic marvel through the lens of the great chronicler of the protean New York skyline, Andreas Feininger.

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Lower Manhattan's Lost Anchors: Remembering the Twin Towers

On the anniversary of 9/11, LIFE.com recalls -- through a classic Alfred Eisenstaedt photo -- the enormous, glass-and-steel towers that anchored Lower Manhattan for three decades.

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Love Letter to New York: Classic LIFE Photos of the Big Apple

Over the years, LIFE magazine's photographers explored every corner of New York, the city the magazine always called its home.

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Brooklyn Bridge: Historic Photo of a New York Landmark

The Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public on May 24, 1883. Photographs of the work-in-progress bridge are now available to the public through the New York City Municipal Archives.

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