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Download or read book Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 18th Separate Company Armory, 369th Regiment Armory, Connecticut Street Armory, Corning Armory, Eighth Avenue (14th Brooklyn Regiment) Armory, Fort Washington Avenue Armory, Geneva Armory, Gloversville Armory, Hoosick Falls Armory, Hornell Armory, Jamestown Armory, Kingsbridge Armory, Malone Armory, Medina Armory, New Scotland Avenue (Troop B) Armory, New York State Armory (Newburgh), New York State Armory (Ogdensburg), New York State Armory (Poughkeepsie), Niagara Falls Armory, NYS Armory, Ogdensburg Armory, Olean Armory, Oneida Armory, Oneonta Armory, Oswego Armory, Schenectady Armory, Seventh Regiment Armory, Tonawanda Armory, Utica Armory, Walton Grange 1454-Former Armory, Watervliet Arsenal, Whitehall Armory, White Plains Armory. Excerpt: The Kingsbridge Armory, also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory, is located on West Kingsbridge Road in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It was built in the 1910s, from a design by the firm of then-state architect Lewis Pilcher to house the National Guard's Eighth Coastal Artillery Regiment unit which relocated from Manhattan in 1917. It is possibly the largest armory in the world. In addition to its military function, it has been used over the years for exhibitions, boxing matches, and a film set. After World War II the city offered it to the United Nations as a temporary meeting place. In 1974 it was designated a city landmark, and eight years later it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its military use ended and it was turned over to city management in 1996. Since then it has remained vacant as various proposals to redevelop it have failed, including one which turned into a flashpoint over living wage policies and ended in a rare defeat for the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. One National Guard unit has continued to use an annex in...