{"id":11991,"date":"2010-05-24T16:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2018-12-25T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T21:55:19","slug":"brooklyn-bridge-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/11991\/brooklyn-bridge-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Brooklyn Bridge, Happy 127th Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Brooklyn Bridge-- art by Basscove\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4636055585_4052e5d503_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"404\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Brooklyn Bridge-- art by Basscove\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/4636055585_4052e5d503_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"404\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Dear Brooklyn Bridge,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being you. For letting millions of New Yorkers and tourists bike, run, walk, take photos and get married on your beautifully engineered self every year. There are few moments as marvelous as when passing under your Gothic arches towards that beloved outer borough. We know you&#8217;ll be around for another 127 years.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look back at eight of our favorite stories featuring you. Happy Birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Stay strong,<br \/>\noM<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Are we still on for tonight? We&#8217;ll bring the bubbly.<\/p>\n<p>1. <a title=\"Permanent Link to Paying Homage to a Bridge\" href=\"..\/2008\/05\/23\/paying-homage-to-a-bridge\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Paying Homage to a Bridge<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a title=\"Permanent Link to Flea Report: Summer Market Debuts Under the Brooklyn Bridge\" href=\"..\/2009\/06\/11\/brooklyn-bridge-flea-market\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flea Report: Summer Market Debuts Under the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a title=\"Permanent Link to A Nostalgic Walk Through Brooklyn Heights\" href=\"..\/2009\/10\/20\/walk-through-brooklyn-heights\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Nostalgic Walk Through Brooklyn Heights<\/a><br \/>\n4. <a title=\"Permanent Link to Get a Lick of This: The Five Coolest Ice Cream Spots in Brooklyn\" href=\"..\/2009\/08\/19\/best-ice-cream-in-brooklyn\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Get a Lick of This: The Five Coolest Ice Cream Spots in Brooklyn<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more-->5. <a title=\"Permanent Link to Brooklyn is for Theater Lovers: St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse\" href=\"..\/2008\/12\/04\/st-ann-warehouse-celebrating-the-art-of-brooklyn-theater\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Brooklyn is for Theater Lovers: St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse<\/a><br \/>\n6. <a title=\"Permanent Link to A Brooklyn Barge in Tune\" href=\"..\/2007\/09\/21\/barge-in-tune\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Brooklyn Barge in Tune<\/a><br \/>\n7. <a title=\"Permanent Link to The Eight NYC Bridges You Should (and should not) Bike Over\" href=\"..\/2010\/05\/17\/bike-bridges-nyc\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Eight NYC Bridges You Should (and should not) Bike Over<\/a><br \/>\n8. <a title=\"Permanent Link to Eau de Brooklyn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eaudebrooklyn.com\/\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eau de Brooklyn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Brooklyn Bridge, Thank you for being you. For letting millions of New Yorkers and tourists bike, run, walk, take photos and get married on your beautifully engineered self every year. There are few moments as marvelous as when passing under your Gothic arches towards that beloved outer borough. We know you&#8217;ll be around for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,271],"tags":[381,384,48,435],"class_list":{"0":"post-11991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","7":"category-news","8":"tag-biking","9":"tag-brooklyn-bridge","10":"tag-historical-site","11":"tag-relaxing-getaway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}