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    Where in the United States can the traveller see the Castle Gardens - built as a fort, changing into a concert hall and immigration centre before becoming a Federal monument?

    Question #77532. Asked by nibbles0011. (Mar 20 07 9:43 AM)


    skysmom65

    		CASTLE CLINTON NATIONAL MONUMENT Landmark (New York)
    architect
    John McComb Jr. and Jonathan Williams
    location
    Northwest corner of Battery Park.

    Castle Clinton National Monument/earlier New York Aquarium (1896-1941)/earlier Emigrant Landing Depot (1855-1890)/earlier Castle Garden (1824-1855)/originally West Battery (1808-1811, renamed Castle Clinton, 1815). Lt. Col. Jonathan Williams and John McComb, Jr. Open to the public: 7-5 daily.

    http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LM/LM003-CASTLECLINTON.htm



    Mar 20 07, 10:37 AM
    What-A-Mess

    		There is something very eerie about this rotunda. I have been there many times and felt a strange "something" in the air!

    And I do not mean the regular New York strangeness!

    Mar 20 07, 12:26 PM

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