Thanks to everyone who attended our last Breakfast Talk of the academic year, highlighting the multimedia art exhibition Bay Ridge Through an Ecological Lens. We were thrilled to host Jeannine Bardo, founder of Stand4 Gallery; Jennifer McGregor, curator of
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Recap: “CENTRAL BOOKING Artists: Their Practice and the Influence of the Brooklyn Waterfront”
Thank you to everyone who attended the first breakfast talk of our 2023 Spring semester, featuring artists from CENTRAL BOOKING, a non-traditional gallery showcasing exhibitions and events that are often involved with the environment and social justice issues. In
Recap: “What is the NY-NJ Waterfront Commission… and do we still need it?”
Thank you to everyone who attended out final breakfast talk of the 2022 calendar year! An especially warm thank you to our wonderful panelists—Joseph Sciorra, Peter Catapano, and Ry Rivard—for their thoughtful presentations on the origins of the NY-NJ Waterfront
Recap: “Surge Barriers and the Ecology of Jamaica Bay”
We were excited to have such a great turnout (over 130 attendees!) for our first evening virtual “Breakfast” Talk! A warm thank you goes out to our fantastic moderator, Nathan Kensinger, and our outstanding speakers and panelists—Brett Branco, Bernice Rosenzweig,
Join us for “Handball: The True City Game” on June 10th!
Join us on Zoom for our last Breakfast Talk of the academic year!
New York City parks are dotted with over 2,000 vertical concrete slabs—slabs to some, worlds to others. For close to a hundred years, these slabs have been
Conference recap!
Thank you for making our 2022 conference such a success!
We are thrilled so many of you were able to join us on May 13th for our day-long virtual conference on “Sea Level Rise and Brooklyn’s Jamaica Bay Communities
We’re going virtual! 🔹conference schedule now up🔹
Join us on Friday May 13th for a full day of ONLINE panels and speakers!
Due to the ongoing health and logistical concerns of the pandemic, the conference will be taking place entirely online.Â
See below for the full schedule
Introducing our new BWRC Project Coordinator!
MEET JAZMYN:
Jazmyn Blackburn is proud to be joining the BWRC as a part-time Project Coordinator, assisting in organizing the Center’s quarterly breakfast talks, annual conference and ongoing research. Jazmyn is a Masters student at the Sciences Po Urban School
Recap: “Fashioning Brooklyn: Designing, Manufacturing, Selling and Recycling Apparel along Brooklyn’s Waterfront”
We are glad so many of you were able to join us this past Friday for our latest virtual “Breakfast Talk” at CityTech. We’d especially like to thank our wonderful panelists:Â Wanett Clyde, Denise Sutton, Tessa Maffucci and Ricky Davy
Join us for “Fashioning Brooklyn” on March 4th!
Fashioning Brooklyn: Designing, Manufacturing, Selling and Recycling Apparel along Brooklyn's Waterfront
Join us for our next virtual Breakfast Talk on Friday, March 4th at 10am! Come hear speakers discuss the early days of fashion in Brooklyn and others talk about
