In 1970, a bridge built in 1890 was demolished in this place populated through the centuries by a series of ethnic groups new to the area, such as the Irish, Polish, and African Americans?
Hawk Street Viaduct The Hawk Street Viaduct was a bridge spanning the Sheridan Hollow neighborhood in Albany, New York. Built in 1890, it was demolished in 1970 after decades of neglect which caused it to be limited to pedestrian traffic only in 1968. It was the first cantilever arch bridge in the world.
Old Town, Staten Island Old Town is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island, located on its East Shore. Old Town was established in August 1661 as part of New Netherland, and was the first permanent European settlement on Staten Island. Originally described as "Oude Dorpe" (old village in Dutch), much of its original territory makes up what is present-day South Beach, with parts of Midland Beach and Dongan Hills. The area was settled by a group of Dutch, Walloon (from what is now southern Belgium and its borders with France) and French Protestants (Huguenots) led by Walloon Pierre Billiou.