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BWRC
BWRC: Walking New York City’s Waterfront Neighborhoods: Are Brooklyn’s Really Different?
N119Sociologist William B. Helmreich walked virtually every block of all five boroughs – an astonishing 6,000 miles. His epic journey is the focus of his latest book The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City. This journey lasted four years and took him to every corner of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten
BWRC Breakfast Talk: CSI on the Waterfront
A-632The first BWRC Breakfast Talk of 2015 is with Eymund Diegel on Friday, February 27at Citytech in A632 from 8:30am to 10:00am: Citizen Science Investigations on the Waterfront Urban planner and citizen-scientist Eymund Diegel has used kites, helium-filled balloons, and inexpensive cameras for the aerial photography that has helped him chart the environmental history of the land
BWRC Conference: Spaces and Places Art Along the Brooklyn Waterfront
Brooklyn’s Borough HallWhere: Brooklyn’s Borough Hall When: March 27, 2015 8:30 AM - 12:30PM Keynote: Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs For more information and free registration visit: conference.brooklynwaterfront.org Click to view poster.
BWRC Breakfast Talk: Capturing Stormwater Runoff: Along The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway
A-632Date: Friday, May 8th, 2015 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Presented by Milton Puryear, co-founder of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Click to view poster. All are welcome, RSVP appreciated: www.eventbrite.com
BWRC Breakfast Talk: Riding and Racing: Bikes at Coney Island (1880-1930)
N119Date: Friday, October 9, 2015 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Venue: N119 Cycling along the Boardwalk at Coney Island is not new. In the 1880s, Coney Island was a frequent destination for club-oriented, high-wheel riders from New York City. During the great bicycle boom of the 1890s, Coney Island hosted numerous amateur and professional
BWRC Breakfast Talk: The New Coney Island: Who Gains, Who Loses?
N119Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Venue: N119 Coney Island is in the midst of one of the biggest overhauls in its century-plus history, a redevelopment plan that's involved over a decade of battles between city officials, amusement operators, developers, local residents, and, at times, protesters wielding amputated mermaid tails.
BWRC “Hang out” Session*
N-227The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center will be offering its first “Hang Out” session* of the semester. The discussions will continue at Hill Country Bar and Restaurant. When: November 19, 2015 Where: Faculty Commons, N227 Time: 4:00 - 5:00PM Come hear our colleagues Mark Hellermann of the Hospitality Management Department and Diana Mincyte of the Social
BWRC Breakfast Talk: Brooklyn’s Urban Farms: Production and Education
A-632Although the current urban farming movement predates its arrival in Brooklyn, some of the most innovative and dynamic urban farming is being done in that borough. While urban farms address issues of sustainability, nutrition, and “food deserts,” they have always had an educational component to them. BWRC’s first breakfast event of the new semester will be a
BWRC presents The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Manufacturing on the Brooklyn Waterfront
Brooklyn’s Borough HallDate: April 8, 2016 Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall Register for FREE: Eventbrite