And if Alec Baldwin wins for his Saturday Night Live Trump impression or Elisabeth Moss takes home a Best Actress Emmy for the feminist, dystopian series The Handmaidâs Tale, expect their speeches to build on the themes of their performances.
The 5.31-acre island of Pigeon Key was deeded to the Overseas Bridge and Toll District in 1936 and to Monroe County in 1954. Pigeon Key was bypassed when the new Seven Mile Bridge was built in 1982 and numerous uses have been proposed for the tiny island in the meantime.
Construction began on the bridge in 1896 but had to be halted briefly in 1898 because Brooklyn and New York were merging (yes, they were two separate cities before this). With all five boroughs united, construction resumed. 310-foot steel towers were erected to support over 4,000 tons of cables each 18 inches in diameter.