Danbury | Architects and Architecture | Highways and Roads | Jeff Bezos | Robert Moses |
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What is Hats
This fashion accessory was once the center of Danbury's industry. Now the factories are gone, but the nickname still remains.
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What is Cupola
This architectural feature currently asserts itself on top of 3 buildings at the Fairfield Hills campus.
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What is Interstate 84
This interstate connects Danbury to Hartford and Hartford to Boston with help from the Mass Pike. With help from i-684 it connects NYC to Boston.
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What is The Children of Bezos
Bezos is known as the divine and all knower to this loyal group.
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What is Whitestone Bridge and Throgs Neck Bridge
2 part answer! Moses was responsible for the building of this beautiful light blue suspension bridge in the Bronx and Queens. It connects the Hutch to the Cross Island Parkway. He was also responsible for creation of its much uglier counterpart which connects the Cross Bronx to the Clearview Expressway.
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What is Danbury Ice Arena
This arena was once home to the Danbury Trashers, Whalers, and Titans. The team that plays there now is the Hat Tricks.
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What is the John Hancock Building
Due to its glass facade, this Boston skyscraper housing an insurance company almost never got built because once glass was placed, it broke or fell out.
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What is Route 6
This route was once the longest route in America, but now it is second to Route 20 thanks to a shortening in California. It connects Pronvincetown MA with Bishop, but the west end used to be Long Beach. It is also the only Highway to enter Cape Cod, and the only continuous route to connect Pronvincetown with the rest of Massachusetts.
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What is Amazon
Bezos is the founder of the massive e-commerce empire which enriches the lives of everyone.
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What is Shea Stadium
Moses was responsible for the creation of this now demolished New York baseball stadium.
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Who is Charles Ives
Danbury was the birthplace and home of this experimental classical composer. Today a concert park in the city has been named after him.
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Who is Rafael Guastavino
These tiles, found in Ellis Island, The Oyster Bar, and Grand Central Terminal were named after which Spanish architect.
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What is Interstate 90
Just another reason why Boston is better, it is home of the longest Interstate in America. This interstate ends in 0 and crosses the country connecting Boston and Seattle.
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What is Albuquerque
Bezos was born in this major New Mexico city.
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What is Fire Island
The creation of this National Seashore stopped Moses from building a parkway through largely undisturbed wildlife.
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What is Norwalk
The Danbury Metro North line connects Danbury's downtown to a similar sized city in southern Connecticut.
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What is The Merritt Parkway
This parkway utilized concrete to make detailed art deco overpasses unlike most parkways which used rustic stone. It also just happened to become the first highway to limit all access to exits and on ramps.
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What is Route 7
You have to use the left lane to exit onto this highway in Danbury and Brookfield. However most people just get into the left lane and leave once they realize it's an exit.
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What is Arlington Virginia
One of his company's second headquarters is in this city just outside Washington DC.
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What is Jones Beach
Moses was praised for his creation of this beach on Long Island in 1929, however you had to own a car to get there. The centerpiece of this beach is a massive obelisk.
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What is White Street
The famous giant Uncle Sam statue from the old Danbury state fair now sits at the Intersection of Patriot drive and this other street.
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Who is Cass Gilbert
His beaux arts style can be found in Waterbury City Hall, Seaside Sanatorium, The Woolworth Building, and the Supreme Court Building just to name a few.
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What is Route 37
Exit 6 on I-84
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What is ieus
A enemy of the Bezos has this suffix added to the end of their name.
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What is East Tremont
While many praised the actions of Robert Moses, we now know that many of the things he did were bad. This was most apparent when he practically destroyed this Bronx neighborhood with the Cross Bronx Expressway.
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