Never happened, [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/nyregion/bronx-kingsbridge-armory-development.html) is an article from January of this year...
I'm not very close to this but supposedly the developers didn't raise sufficient funds for the state contribution to kick in. Here's some links...
[https://www.norwoodnews.org/kingsbridge-armory-back-to-square-one-as-annexes-see-10-million-renovation-for-military-use/](https://www.norwoodnews.org/kingsbridge-armory-back-to-square-one-as-annexes-see-10-million-renovation-for-military-use/)
[https://bronxmatters.com/2021/12/17/after-8-years-of-nothingness-armory-ice-rink-plan-ditched/](https://bronxmatters.com/2021/12/17/after-8-years-of-nothingness-armory-ice-rink-plan-ditched/)
We could also dredged all the landfill that the World Trade Center is built on. But honestly are we gonna do that? Or claim that the WTC technically isn’t Manhattan?
Right... But the person you're replying to is saying that we have unsecured weapons... Which means it's not an armory because they remain unsecured.
Armory's keep weapons secure. We just hand them out to just about anyone with a pulse.
It is huge inside! You could play a professional football game in there.
Underground is huge as well. Parking area, rifle range, barracks. All old and really moisture damaged.
I think The Fisher King with Robin Williams was filmed outside of here. In the movie, it served as a rich man's mansion, which Robin's character >!breaks into and saves him from suicide.!<
I lived in a ground floor apartment across the street from the armory in the early 2000's. Looking back now, it was chaos. Construction all morning, kids everywhere all afternoon because of the school across the street, constant crime and incidents. I got robbed like 3 times with different weapons, perverts outside my window peeping at my sisters, kids reaching their hands through the window to take whatever they could reach, one guy smashing my kitchen window and running away, drunk/mentally challenged trying to force their way inside, etc. Living on the ground floor was the root cause of all of these problems though.
Still, I met so many great people and friends living there, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I ended up leaving New York in 2004, for the suburbs of Maryland and Honestly living in Kingsbridge was the last time I felt apart of a community.
A perfect example of why suburbs shouldn't necessarily be the "goal" for people to move to to live out the traditional nuclear family life. Arguably a well functioning urban centre with denser housing gives people a richer life in terms of quality of life.
This is practically only "arguable" in the Americas, in Europe, there is typically dense housing in cities and towns and small villages offer country living whilst being integrated with larger communities, it is just a fact that density + good services = generally better life
I live in a lovely suburban neighborhood with a thriving community. I can sit out on my porch for an hour and have a dozen spontaneous conversations just with people walking by, of all ages, because everyone knows each other. There’s a great deal of variety in American suburbs. I think the older suburban towns tend to be more conducive to community, whereas the newer (or super wealthy ones full of enormous fenced in mansions) are less so.
Is this sarcasm? You're replying to a post highlighting all the social problems of hyper dense cities.
I have a lot better "quality" of life since leaving the city. My stuff doesn't get vandalized or burgled anymore, I don't see human feces or litter on my front step or when out walking, I don't get followed by unhoused people looking to rob me when I'm alone anymore, and so on.
There are valid reasons why people want to live in less dense suburban communities. And the post you're replying to reminds me of all the reasons I moved.
I think you missed the term "well functioning". I also think you missed the last paragraph of what the guy I replied to wrote. There are many cities in the world, not all of them are like you describe it. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time. Bye.
> There are many cities in the world, not all of them are like you describe it. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time. Bye.
There are many suburbs in the world. Not all of them are how you describe them. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time.
Pot, meet kettle.
There’s a correlation between education and income, and education and a decrease in gun ownership. And education and not living in red states and red states and gun ownership.
It’s not a terrible guess.
The Bronx has been neglected when it comes to gentrification for the most part. Though I think there has been some traction in making South Bronx a thing so only a matter of time.
OP gave not one but two major details that would let someone easily find this online, so although I concur with the sentiment that the name should have been in the title, one must also contend that it should really not have been that difficult to complete a digital query of said Bronx armory.
And leaving obvious information out of a post drives engagement because people will flock to the comments to point it out.
Same with typos, errors, etc.
Then you can sell your high-karma reddit account(s) to a bot farm. Or your high-engagement instagram accounts, or whatever.
The internet is degrading.
It’s like posting a screenshot to r/gaming talking about how it’s the best game ever then never mentioning what game it is. Sure I can find out with a little leg work, but if you’re already going through the effort of posting this, why not just include the name? It’s one person doing the work versus 100s/1000s of individual having to go out on their own and find it. Just save everyone the time and all the question asking
Also material engineering. We can build stronger structures faster that will last longer for less upkeep by using more modern construction techniques and types of materials than old school masonry. Steel and concrete can do so much more for so much less, and faster.
But you *can* do maintenance on a brick structure. Replacing the rebar in a concrete building is almost impossible without tearing down the structure or spending more money than a ground-up rebuild would cost anyway.
Also, brick structures last a LOT longer than 30 years. With almost no maintenance they should go for 100 years or more unless they're just really poorly built, and with proper repointing and whatnot should be good for several hundred years.
Not houses. But huge concrete bunker-type buildings (as seen built for many utility or infrastructure applications) are built to be pretty resilient with minimal upkeep. You don’t have to tuck-point a concrete box every 15 years
if you like the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, they shot a huge scene that took up an episode or two of the last season in here. It was set at a Sanitation Department Trade Show and there was a huge stage for a big dance number and then all these fake trade show booths. It was a massive set that took up probably not even half of the inside. The rest of it was all large vehicles and lighting trucks and air conditioning. I think I have pics from back stage somewhere on my phone
Brooklyn has a few if i recall. You have the one you mentioned which is the Bedford Men's Shelter. Then there's one in Park Slope which is the women's shelter
Is something only an armory if it is a single building? Wikipedia, Dictionaries, etc. aren't doing a great job explaining the difference between an Armory or a Depot. There's a military depot in Oregon that is thousands of acres big.
Not long ago I read the US Army or armed services I should say, has a lot of stuff stolen. A lot of their gear just disappears. I forget where I read that though but it was a reputable source although not the sort of article I would normally read.
17 pistols missing out of Georgia...https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/05/30/army-offers-5000-reward-after-31-pistols-go-missing-fort-moore-equipment-pool.html?amp
Am I crazy for thinking 5 acres isn't really that impressive? Like sure it's impressive for New York City but not really an impressive amount of space on a worldly scale?
I believe this has been transformed into a huge indoor hockey/ice center?
Never happened, [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/nyregion/bronx-kingsbridge-armory-development.html) is an article from January of this year...
Ice Town costs ice clown town crown.
The opportunity arose and you answered the call
Bob Loblaw Lobs Law Bomb
Yes?
Oh, nothing... never mind. I don't think you're interested in me, just the retainer.
You sure are a mouthful!
r/beetlejuicing
I nominate Mayor Maynot.
Betty May, but Frieda does.
No Loblaws in the Bronx...
New Dimmadome coming soon!
Take note, there is a cone on this building.
All of a sudden I feel like a game of Cones of Dunshire.
I wonder how many ppl know what this is from. Great ref
Ben Wyatt knows…
considering it’s a wildly popular television show, probably a lot of people.
Stix nix hick pix
They were big into rhyming
This sounds so familiar
Ben Wyatt, Human Disaster.
Ice Town costs ice down to clown town crown
Bruh….
Wow, I knew several people who dedicated many years to planning and fundraising for this. Wild.
Damn you NYT
Wow, what happened? I always thought it was a done deal and I even remember plans for it to be a practice rink for the Rangers
I'm not very close to this but supposedly the developers didn't raise sufficient funds for the state contribution to kick in. Here's some links... [https://www.norwoodnews.org/kingsbridge-armory-back-to-square-one-as-annexes-see-10-million-renovation-for-military-use/](https://www.norwoodnews.org/kingsbridge-armory-back-to-square-one-as-annexes-see-10-million-renovation-for-military-use/) [https://bronxmatters.com/2021/12/17/after-8-years-of-nothingness-armory-ice-rink-plan-ditched/](https://bronxmatters.com/2021/12/17/after-8-years-of-nothingness-armory-ice-rink-plan-ditched/)
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The north never fell.
The one in Washington heights across from Columbia is a sports complex I think.
The armory track and field center, amazing venue
It was used for a party before.
Didn't know it was the biggest in the world. Is that true? In highschool we used to run indoor track tournaments there.
Isn't that the New Balance Armory in Manhattan? Different building. Also same.
Yeah, 168th street. So, almost the Bronx, but in Manhattan.
The Bronx and Manhattan are two separate boroughs. The Bronx is the only borough connected to the mainland US (not an island)
Is this a bot? First comment in a year, no posts in almost a decade.
He just woke up a sleeper cell
Geographic anger transcends time
That’s not 100% true. The neighborhood of Marble hill, apart of Manhattan, is on the mainland USA.
Only technically. We can dredge it back to the way it was. https://imgur.com/gallery/kings-bridge-bronx-z86NjZh
We could also dredged all the landfill that the World Trade Center is built on. But honestly are we gonna do that? Or claim that the WTC technically isn’t Manhattan?
I left out the /s.
I thought the largest armory in the world was America.
The word Armory suggests the weapons are secured.
I initially thought it says "the largest armory in the world is **in** America" but no, the largest armory **is** America. America is the armory.
Right... But the person you're replying to is saying that we have unsecured weapons... Which means it's not an armory because they remain unsecured. Armory's keep weapons secure. We just hand them out to just about anyone with a pulse.
Europe is actively begging the United States for weapons and ammunition right now
Same
It is huge inside! You could play a professional football game in there. Underground is huge as well. Parking area, rifle range, barracks. All old and really moisture damaged.
I think The Fisher King with Robin Williams was filmed outside of here. In the movie, it served as a rich man's mansion, which Robin's character >!breaks into and saves him from suicide.!<
Yeah I was thinking it looks like the castle from that movie.
“Thank god no one in this town looks up!”
Just came to say this. Such a great movie.
It was an armory in NYC, but a different one actually. There are several armories across all five boroughs.
I really miss her, Jack. Is that okay? Can I miss her now?
I lived in a ground floor apartment across the street from the armory in the early 2000's. Looking back now, it was chaos. Construction all morning, kids everywhere all afternoon because of the school across the street, constant crime and incidents. I got robbed like 3 times with different weapons, perverts outside my window peeping at my sisters, kids reaching their hands through the window to take whatever they could reach, one guy smashing my kitchen window and running away, drunk/mentally challenged trying to force their way inside, etc. Living on the ground floor was the root cause of all of these problems though. Still, I met so many great people and friends living there, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I ended up leaving New York in 2004, for the suburbs of Maryland and Honestly living in Kingsbridge was the last time I felt apart of a community.
A perfect example of why suburbs shouldn't necessarily be the "goal" for people to move to to live out the traditional nuclear family life. Arguably a well functioning urban centre with denser housing gives people a richer life in terms of quality of life.
This is practically only "arguable" in the Americas, in Europe, there is typically dense housing in cities and towns and small villages offer country living whilst being integrated with larger communities, it is just a fact that density + good services = generally better life
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Yeah, haha, it's pretty instantaneous, but usually transport is OK enough to still get from rural communities to the more dense urban areas
I live in a lovely suburban neighborhood with a thriving community. I can sit out on my porch for an hour and have a dozen spontaneous conversations just with people walking by, of all ages, because everyone knows each other. There’s a great deal of variety in American suburbs. I think the older suburban towns tend to be more conducive to community, whereas the newer (or super wealthy ones full of enormous fenced in mansions) are less so.
Is this sarcasm? You're replying to a post highlighting all the social problems of hyper dense cities. I have a lot better "quality" of life since leaving the city. My stuff doesn't get vandalized or burgled anymore, I don't see human feces or litter on my front step or when out walking, I don't get followed by unhoused people looking to rob me when I'm alone anymore, and so on. There are valid reasons why people want to live in less dense suburban communities. And the post you're replying to reminds me of all the reasons I moved.
I think you missed the term "well functioning". I also think you missed the last paragraph of what the guy I replied to wrote. There are many cities in the world, not all of them are like you describe it. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time. Bye.
> There are many cities in the world, not all of them are like you describe it. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time. Bye. There are many suburbs in the world. Not all of them are how you describe them. So maybe try being less narrow-minded next time. Pot, meet kettle.
And where did you read my description of suburbs? Try again.
Oh, you know, just your original comment. Try again.
Barf and pass. City living dis disgusting.
Probably still has less weapons and artillery in it than other parts of the Bronx
Considering it hasn't been an armory in almost 30 years you're probably right
For context Windows 98 came out almost 30 years ago
That’s a weird pull considering Windows 95 was closer to 30 years ago
You fucking knock that off
1998 was 26 years ago. 2050 is 26 years from now. I wonder if that year's Windows release will be called Windows 50.
So it's technically not the largest armory in the world? :P
Even the Wikipedia page just says it may be the largest in the world so either way it might not be apparently
Fort ~~Apache~~ Armory The Bronx
But not as many hi-points
In modern, gentrified New York?
Localized entirely within your kitchen?
May I see it?
…no.
You think people with *more* money have *fewer* guns? In America?
There’s a correlation between education and income, and education and a decrease in gun ownership. And education and not living in red states and red states and gun ownership. It’s not a terrible guess.
The Bronx has been neglected when it comes to gentrification for the most part. Though I think there has been some traction in making South Bronx a thing so only a matter of time.
Cool thanks for sharing the name of the largest armory in the world that’s in The Bronx so that I could look it up
I mean, it’s literally the first result that came up when I searched “Bronx armory”
I support both sides of this argument 😐
OP gave not one but two major details that would let someone easily find this online, so although I concur with the sentiment that the name should have been in the title, one must also contend that it should really not have been that difficult to complete a digital query of said Bronx armory.
And leaving obvious information out of a post drives engagement because people will flock to the comments to point it out. Same with typos, errors, etc. Then you can sell your high-karma reddit account(s) to a bot farm. Or your high-engagement instagram accounts, or whatever. The internet is degrading.
I upvoted for the use of “digital query”.
Dude! Spoilers!! Gaaaaawd...
It’s like posting a screenshot to r/gaming talking about how it’s the best game ever then never mentioning what game it is. Sure I can find out with a little leg work, but if you’re already going through the effort of posting this, why not just include the name? It’s one person doing the work versus 100s/1000s of individual having to go out on their own and find it. Just save everyone the time and all the question asking
Fine, I'll be the one to share the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbridge_Armory
In /r/pics nonetheless.
Was the outside used as the rich man’s mansion in The Fisher King?
Yep. Just rewatched it the other day, this is definitely it.
Used to pass by this on the train on my way to school, looked like a huge castle in the middle of the Bronx 💀
What a gorgeous building.
Why the hell can’t people build stuff like this anymore? Architecture sucks nowadays
Maintnence coat and availability of materials.
Also material engineering. We can build stronger structures faster that will last longer for less upkeep by using more modern construction techniques and types of materials than old school masonry. Steel and concrete can do so much more for so much less, and faster.
We can, but we often don't. Plain steel re-bar on concrete-based structures only has a lifespan of 50-100 years.
If you didn’t do upkeep of a brick building, it would crumble in like 20-30 years
But you *can* do maintenance on a brick structure. Replacing the rebar in a concrete building is almost impossible without tearing down the structure or spending more money than a ground-up rebuild would cost anyway. Also, brick structures last a LOT longer than 30 years. With almost no maintenance they should go for 100 years or more unless they're just really poorly built, and with proper repointing and whatnot should be good for several hundred years.
Modern buildings are absolutely not built to last longer, almost universally.
Not houses. But huge concrete bunker-type buildings (as seen built for many utility or infrastructure applications) are built to be pretty resilient with minimal upkeep. You don’t have to tuck-point a concrete box every 15 years
I'drather have cheap, plentifularchitecture rather than nice lookingbut expensive architectureFor the rich. People need roofs over their heads.
Sure, everyone would want to live / work in a very costly massive building with too few windows. /s
The entrance looks like a surprised face.
There’s a pho place near here on Jerome that’s delicious
Com Tam Ninh Kieu
This place is great
Ayy the Armory. Ran many indoor track events in there.
I thought those shirts were picket signs, WTF lol
Guarantee it’s people selling stuff by the road. I’ve seen it myself.
I like how they made it look like an 11th century english castle
Al Bagra Fortress
My GF lives down the street from this! It looks beautiful, but wonder what they'll end up doing with it.
de_cobble
You see from this photo shows how big it is
5 acres down? Armory is said to have 6 stories below that includes a theatre.
if you like the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, they shot a huge scene that took up an episode or two of the last season in here. It was set at a Sanitation Department Trade Show and there was a huge stage for a big dance number and then all these fake trade show booths. It was a massive set that took up probably not even half of the inside. The rest of it was all large vehicles and lighting trucks and air conditioning. I think I have pics from back stage somewhere on my phone
What’s inside
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Thanks for the flashbacks.
[They also hoard the CLP you need to clean your rifle.](https://terminallance.com/2014/03/11/terminal-lance-310-the-clp-mystery/)
Lol
The holy Grail.
Ok let’s keep that our little secret then
Mostly a giant open space but a lot of office type rooms in the front.
I see well maybe they are James Bond type moms
What is there inside ?
Bondage sex dungeon, wait no, that's the one in San Francisco.
I’m looking for the magic.
We are transforming an Armory outside Baltimore with 4 buildings, 260k square feet and 14 acres. transformpikesvillearmory.org
Reisterstown Road. Yeah, I know the one.
We started construction on the first building last month.
Brooklyn has a huge one to on Atlantic ave
Brooklyn has a few if i recall. You have the one you mentioned which is the Bedford Men's Shelter. Then there's one in Park Slope which is the women's shelter
How much for that fuschia shirt?
I mean, have you been to the Bronx? It’s kinda needed
Clearly you did not grow up in the Bronx.
Here's one zoomed in picture of part of the largest armory in the world.
And me without my drone
This is r/pics, you need to bring your A game, not just an interesting fact. There are other subs for that.
10 times what's in Kentucky!
Easy there Simon.
It's empty. An Armory in name only
Well the one in Vienna covers 205 acres, so i think you are incorrect.
Is something only an armory if it is a single building? Wikipedia, Dictionaries, etc. aren't doing a great job explaining the difference between an Armory or a Depot. There's a military depot in Oregon that is thousands of acres big.
Italians and Irish men built that
Crazy that this awful looking building isn't torn down but Madison Square Garden and Penn Station were.
Not that crazy, manhattan vs the bronx
I mean from a historical preservation perspective. This building shouldn't have been saved and should be torn down. Its an eyesore.
Almost all of America's guns are made in 3 states: New York, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.
Not anymore. Tennessee and Georgia produce more.
Well, they were. Now it'll be tennessee instead of ny.
Not long ago I read the US Army or armed services I should say, has a lot of stuff stolen. A lot of their gear just disappears. I forget where I read that though but it was a reputable source although not the sort of article I would normally read.
17 pistols missing out of Georgia...https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/05/30/army-offers-5000-reward-after-31-pistols-go-missing-fort-moore-equipment-pool.html?amp
I’m not trying to be rude, just legitimately curious: why do you say 17 when the headline reads 31? I didn’t read the article, for the record.
My bad. I think I interchanged M17 (The pistols military designation) with the amount missing.
What the fuck is one acre?
15 football fields
Am I crazy for thinking 5 acres isn't really that impressive? Like sure it's impressive for New York City but not really an impressive amount of space on a worldly scale?
No, you're crazy for other reasons we won't mention.
It was because they were battering down the battery check their advantages
Wouldn't a brick structure be the worst material to build an armoury out of?
Cardboard is right out.
And?
Not if everything was made of wood when it was built.