Join us for a virtual Breakfast Talk on the abolitionist history of downtown Brooklyn!
The recent landmarking of 227 Duffield Street is a signal not only of the significance of this one building but of the importance of all of
Author: Arielle Lawson
Staying Afloat During COVID-19: Three Stories from the Brooklyn Waterfront
The Brooklyn waterfront is blessed with many institutions, but three of the most unique are led by three dynamic cultural entrepreneurs. The Brooklyn waterfront is richer because of Andrew Gustafson, Carolina Salguero, and David Sharps, who lead Turnstile Tours, PortSide
Goodbye 2020: A Year in Review
Dear Friends of the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center,
When last we met in person (March 6, 2020), we had just begun doing elbow bumps instead of handshakes and had not yet begun wearing masks or keeping social distance—and, we were
The Great Port of Jamaica with Thomas J. Campanella
Join us for our last virtual Breakfast Talk of the year!
Sometimes the stories of failed projects are more interesting than the ones that succeed. Thomas J. Campanella’s book, Brooklyn: The Once and Future City, is filled with stories
Brooklyn Utopias
Join us online for our first Breakfast Talk of the Fall semester!
In collaboration with the Old Stone House of Brooklyn, we are excited to host a discussion among several of the artists from the Brooklyn Utopias 2020 exhibition currently
We’re going virtual!
Join us for our first online "Breakfast Talk"
COVID19 has shown us an ugly side of Nature, but lest we forget, Nature has many beauties and many gifts. Join us for our first online Breakfast Talk as we take a
Announcing our Summer Research Fellows
City Tech’s Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center is pleased to announce its 2020 Research Fellowship Awards. Two teams were awarded fellowships: an academic project entitled, “Shaping the Brooklyn Waterfront: Vision, Ambition, and Authority in Planning an Express Highway,” and
Statement of Solidarity from the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center
In May 2014, the artist Kara Walker installed a monumental piece of public art in the derelict Domino Sugar factory that was soon to be gutted and redeveloped into a mega project that was facilitated by a series of zoning
New BWRC White Paper: “From Brooklyn to ‘Brooklyn:’ The Cultural Transformation of Leisure, Pleasure, and Taste”
Please check out the latest White Paper commissioned by BWRC.
Entitled, “From Brooklyn to ‘Brooklyn:’ The Cultural Transformation of Leisure, Pleasure, and Taste,” the paper offers a history of hospitality along the Brooklyn waterfront by looking back at the industry’s …
Cancelled Conference: “Hospitality Along the Brooklyn Waterfront”
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It will come as no surprise that BWRC will be canceling its annual conference, scheduled for April 24. What is sad and deeply ironic is that the focus for this year’s conference was “A Good Drink,
