Heart #1434

Was walking around Brooklyn one afternoon with my wife, when spotted this heart spray painted on a brick wall. In the late afternoon light, it seemed to be floating in front of the wall.

Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883

On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn with Manhattan, was opened to traffic with a celebration attended by President Chester A. Arthur, Gov. Grover Cleveland of New York, and Emily Roebling, the wife of the bridge’s main engineer, Washington Roebling.