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Bridge to Crafts Careers Masonry Restoration Interns Discover the Granite that Built New York at Stony Creek QuarryStony Creek Quarry is the last of a dozen quarries that at one time lined the Connecticut coastline. Located in Branford, Connecticut the quarry grew out of the unusual pink granite underlying its soil. Stony Creek Quarry is said to be the home of the granite that made New York. Some of America’s most renowened …
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Bridge to Crafts Careers Landscape Restoration Program Interns Celebrate Arbor Day by Planting Trees at Van Cortlandt ParkCelebrated on the last Friday in April in the U.S., Arbor Day, much like Earth Day, is a holiday that celebrates nature. A day of optimism for the planet, Arbor Day is a time to observe, appreciate, and plant trees. Arbor Day was first celebrated in 1872 as a way to encourage farmers to plant and care …
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Bridge to Crafts Careers Program Helps Revive African American Cemetery in Rye, NYJune 18, 2021, New York, NY-This week, graduates of World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) Bridge to Crafts Careers (B2CC) program at The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy in the Bronx brought their stonemasonry skills to rehabilitating damaged grave markers at the African-American Cemetery in Rye, NY. The pilot project signals the next phase of B2CC, which was …
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