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From the “stuff you have always wanted to do” file:Corie Trancho and Alexis Robie have documented some of those intriguing and stately ruins over at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. Turns out this is called Officer’s Row, also known as Admiral’s Row. The 10 houses (seven remain), built between 1864 and 1901, served as to high-ranking officers and their families:

“We came into contact with two very special families, both of whom whose siblings had spent small portions of their childhood and adolescence, between the early to late 1970’s in Officer’s Row. As we began to communicate with one another via email, memories flowed. They began to outline invaluable personal histories of life in the yard. Fascinated, we listened, questioned, and began to dig.

“This site is a workbench for our questions and research. We hope to shape it more as our project moves forward.”

Officer’s Row: Memories of the Brooklyn Navy Yard [officersrow.org]