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East New York Then, Now, and in the Future
BHS hosted a panel discussion entitled “A Biography of East New York” on Tuesday, July 14, about how this Brooklyn neighborhood got to where it is today and where it is headed in the future. Moderated by Jarrett Murphy, the … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn Past & Present
Tagged affordable housing, Brooklyn, East New York, neighborhood
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Photo of the Week: Horses in Brooklyn
This week, we have yet another pastoral image of Brooklyn circa 1900, complete with a dirt road, a picket fence and a well in the yard beside the wooden clapboard house. It is not news that many of the outer … Continue reading
Brooklyn Photo of the Week: Gotham Theatre and East New York Junction
This postcard depicts a typical Brooklyn street scene from the 1890s, showing horse-drawn vehicles, trolleys, and one of the city’s newly-constructed elevated rail lines. The Gotham Theatre, on the right side of this image, was located near the intersection of … Continue reading
“We Live in Brooklyn, Baby”
Several weeks ago I attended the Roy Ayers concert at SummerStage (here’s the live performance) in Central Park. It was a gorgeous evening, with a crowd that probably represented six of the seven continents. When Ayers played Harry Whitaker‘s song, … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn Past & Present, Events, Exhibitions, Hidden Collections, Library & Archives, Oral History
Tagged Archives, baseball, Bernard Gotfryd, Chuck Conners, Crown Heights, Dexter Wimberly, East New York, Exhibitions, Fort Greene, Oral History, Photography Collection, Roy Ayers, street photograpy
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