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Photo by Wesley EngWhen did we drop the Z in Verrazano-Narrows Bridge? As reported in our fact sheet about the Brooklyn-Staten Island connector [/25-facts-verrazano-narrows-bridge/#.V1mbC-YrLos], the 52-year-old bridge was named for Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian explorer credited as the first European to discover the New York Bay. At the
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Source: USPSThe United States Postal Service issued a brand new stamp depicting the Verrazano Narrows Bridge on March 4, commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of the world’s largest suspension bridges. From the postal service’s description [https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=S_116304] : >
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Source: Matthew Proujansky via Wikimedia CommonsAccording to John N. LaCorte and 1954 New York Governer W. Averell Harriman, today is Verrazano Day! There is a long and sordid history of how the bridge got its name [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano-Narrows_Bridge], however, today it is simply known as
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image by Colleen MurphyAccording to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, yesterday marked the 47th anniversary of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opening to automobile traffic. On November 21, 1963 the Verrazano’s upper level began carrying people between Long Island (of which Brooklyn and Queens are both geographically part of) and Staten