About the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Designed by Cass Gilbert (one of the founders in 1881 of the Architectural League) the Brooklyn Army Terminal opened in September 1919 and was the largest military supply base in the United States through World War II. Set on 95 acres on the waterfront in Sunset Park, the complex of buildings was built using girderless steel-reinforced concrete slabs. At the time of its construction, its system of 96 centrally-controlled elevators was the largest of its kind in the country. The atrium, a soaring volume of 4 million cubic feet bisected by railroad tracks that carried soldiers in and out of the building, is lined with staggered concrete balconies from which supplies were loaded and unloaded by mobile cranes that ran along the roofline. The Brooklyn Army Terminal reached the pinnacle of its fame in 1958 when Elvis Presley was deployed to Germany from there, an event that attracted thousands of fans and photojournalists. In 1981, the City of New York bought the Brooklyn Army Terminal from the federal government. Today it is home to a diverse mix of high tech, cultural, and financial services companies.

Image: Brooklyn Army Terminal as photographed in October 1949 by Andreas Feininger. (Courtesy of Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

BEAUX ARTS BALL 2011
CO-CHAIRS
Stella Betts and David Leven
Astrid Lipka and Lyn Rice

CORPORATE SPONSOR COMMITTEE
Joseph Mizzi, Chair
Ken D’Amato
Christine Flaherty
Denzil Gallagher
Laura Guzman
Elisa Orlanski Ours
David Pfeffer
Marc Simmons
Mimi Taft

The Architectural League gratefully acknowledges the
corporate sponsors of the 2011 Beaux Arts Ball

SUSTAINER
RFR Holding LLC

PATRONS
Angelo Gordon & Co./Belvedere Capital/Myles Horn
Buro Happold
Miele
Molteni&C Dada
RD Rice Construction
Sciame Construction
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
Waterworks
Zubatkin Owner Representation

ADVOCATES
Arup
Belden Tri-State Building Materials
Front Inc.
Microdesk
Nicholson and Galloway Inc.
The Par Group
Poliform
Port Morris Tile and Marble
STV
Villeroy & Boch
W&W Glass LLC
WB Wood
Walsh Glass & Metal

For information about corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kathryn Slocum, at 212-753-1722, ext. 21 or email slocum@archleague.org.

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