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The under-construction Queensboro Bridge
The under-construction Queensboro Bridge

From the September issue: 1908: Players back name for Queensboro Bridge

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Real estate players lobbied to change the name of the soon-to-open Blackwell’s Island Bridge to the Queensboro Bridge, 105 years ago this month.

Manhattan and Queens property owners sent a petition seeking the change to the city’s Board of Aldermen. [more]

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