Category Archives: NYC

Goethals Bridge Stay Cables: the Muscle of a New Bridge-building Era

By Neal Buccino, Media Relations Staff Good bones are important.  But you can’t lift heavy weights without muscles of steel. Such is the case for a class of bridges called cable stayed bridges, of which the new Goethals Bridge, under construction … Continue reading

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PORT AUTHORITY THROWBACK THURSDAY: 1949 HOLLAND TUNNEL FIRE

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett On a late spring morning in 1949, a tractor-trailer entered the Holland Tunnel on the New Jersey side at 8:45 a.m. in heavy traffic, carrying 80 drums of hazardous chemicals. One of the drums fell … Continue reading

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World Trade Center:  Lower Manhattan Gets a Living Wall…Literally

By Lenis Rodrigues and Rudy King, Media Relations Staff Some walls protect people while others create boundaries.  Some walls decay eventually and crumble into ruin.  But the “Living Wall” at Liberty Park, designed as a piece of serenity in an … Continue reading

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