The Long Island University Brooklyn Campus located in the Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York, is a fantastic place to organize a meeting, event or seminar. With beautiful surroundings, this campus has a relaxed ambiance with well-kept grounds. Several important meetings and events such as the Holocaust Memorial Program, Diversification in New World Birds, Social Work lectures have been held at the campus.
The Harry F. Sinclair House, completed in 1898 was designed by ace architect C.P.H Gilbert on Mr. Isaac Fletcher's behest. The oil baron Harry Sinclair came upon the mansion's ownership in 1918, where he lived until 1930. The structure, done up in beautiful French Gothic style, is located in the most popular neighbourhood of the Big Apple. As of today it serves as a venue for many exhibitions, performances and screenings, thanks to the Ukrainian Institute of America who found a home here after 1948.
The neighborhood known as the Meatpacking District is located below 14th Street and runs to Gansevoort St. The Hudson River stands on its western flank while Hudson St. generally denotes its eastern border. Like most of the U.S., Native Americans initially inhabited the area, then Europeans arrived with their encroachment from the Battery towards the northern parts of the island. In the early 18th Century, the district was primarily residential, but by 1900, the area transformed into a hub for manufacturing goods in Lower Manhattan. From meatpacking to cosmetics, a tremendous amount of products traveled in and out of the district. However, during the 1960s and 1970s, the area fell into decline and it wasn't until the 1990s that the Meatpacking District changed again. This time it was trendy restaurants and boutique designer shops that moved in, and in fact, there are only a fistful of packing houses that remain in the trendy neighborhood.
John Ballantine House was the residence of Jeanette and John Holme Ballantine, owner of a local brewery business. Built around 1885, the brick wall structure is an example of Dutch architecture. Converted into a museum, the house has a dining room, a bed room, a billiard room, a library and a parlor. All the rooms have been restored to represent the era in which they were built. Some other rooms have been made into galleries with artifacts that show the changing lifestyle of the people during the 18th Century. The house is part of the Newark Museum showcasing the decorative arts used in the cultural and social life of the county during the 18th and 19th Centuries.