In 1952, the New York Department of Public Works opened up the Owl’s Head Pollution Control Plant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, one of three new plants designed to combat the massive pollution running in and around the city’s public shores.Visit the WNYC Archives to listen to a dramatization of the construction of the facility.(Photo: Owl’s Head Pollution Control, N.Y., 1951. New York State Archives. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. New York office.)
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We recently added some beautiful fish to our Open Sea exhibit. Can you find them on our live HD web cam? (© Charlene Boarts)
Fall 2013 Trend: Night Watch
Even pretty young things can look missy in classic eveningwear. Thus, for fall, designers went fun and offbeat with feathered skirts, sweatshirts, beaded trousers and peplums — stunners sure to party into the night.
Balmain RTW Fall 2013