Events
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Note: If you require an auxiliary aid or service in order to attend a DORIS event, please contact the Disability Service Facilitator.
Note: To request language interpretation services, please contact the Language Access Coordinator at least three (3) business days before an event.
Uniting the Boroughs: The Triborough Bridge Exhibit
31 Chambers Street
Suite 110
New York, NY 10007
October 26, 2023 - June 2024
This exhibit is open to the public for free from 9:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday.
Read our press release about the opening of Uniting the Boroughs: The Triborough Bridge
Join the NYC Department of Records & Information Services and MTA Bridges and Tunnels for a celebration of the Triborough Bridge in our latest exhibit, Uniting The Boroughs, which explores the history of the bridge and its role in uniting Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens in a rapidly modernizing city.
Uniting the Boroughs focuses on the story of the evolving design and construction of the bridge, and the work of civil engineer Othmar Ammann to redesign the structure, overcoming multiple engineering difficulties to open in July, 1936, twenty years after its original conception. The exhibit uses original documents, photos and footage from the Municipal Archives and the Bridges and Tunnels' Special Archive and includes a large model of the Triborough Bridge and surrounding areas commissioned in 1935. Uniting the Boroughs documents how the bridge contributed to the development of the city, including the history of Randalls and Wards Islands as parks.
Dive into NYC's Rich History in the Municipal Archives
Industry City
147 41st Street, Suite 7A
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Join the NYC Department of Records & Information Services/Municipal Archives at Jane's Walk 2024. We invite you to visit our state-of-the-art storage and research facility at Industry City. Participate in a curated tour of unique archival artifacts, from Mayoral scrapbooks and gifts to photos and historical records of city life.
Space is limited.
Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen & NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Zachary Iscol
31 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Join the NYC Department of Records & Information Services as we welcome NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Zachary Iscol for a live recording of Person Place Thing with Emmy Award winner Randy Cohen.
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are especially engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but about something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. The result: surprising stories from great talkers.
Join us either virtually (via Zoom) or in person (for a limited number of guests).