FEATURE image: The Brooklyn Bridge. Centered perfectly is one of the bridge’s massive, Gothic-arched granite suspension towers, while flanking the right side behind the suspension cables are the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan, including the recognizable Verizon communications building. August 2005. Author’s photograph. All rights reserved. The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is the oldest … Continue reading My Architecture & Design Photography: JOHN AUGUSTUS ROEBLING (1806-1869). The Brooklyn Bridge (1869-1883), East River, New York City.