Welcome back to another academic year.
Save the dates for these Breakfast Talks both 8:30am to 10:00am at CityTech in Room N119:
- October 24th – Tarry Hum, author of Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood: Brooklyn’s Sunset Park
- November 14th –
Category: BWRC News
Double Your Impact
Did you know that any donation given to the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center will go twice as far? Thanks to a generous grant, donations given to the BWRC will be matched, allowing their full value to fund our endowment, while …
Art, Coffee, and other events
Update: Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the November 9th Breakfast talk has been postponed. A new date has not yet been assigned.
It’s been a while since we’ve updated this page, so it’s time to let you know …
Feb. 24 Breakfast Talk: “Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and the Future of the Brooklyn Waterfront”
The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center is pleased to announce our second Breakfast Talk. Professor Klaus H. Jacob, a special research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, will discuss his projections on the impact of climate-driven sea-level rise …
Autumn 2011 Waterfront Roundup
COMPETING BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK DEVELOPMENT PLANS UNVEILED
At a public meeting on November 22, seven of the city’s biggest developers unveiled competing plans for a hotel and condos in what are currently two empty parcels sandwiched between Pier 1 and …
Breakfast Talk: Evan Hughes, Author of Literary Brooklyn
The BWRC is proud to present the first in its series of Breakfast Talks, featuring Evan Hughes, the author of Literary Brooklyn: The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life. Hughes will be discussing the relationship that …
Waterfront Conference a Big Success!
We just wanted to thank all of you who came out yesterday for our first conference at beautiful Brooklyn Borough Hall! It was a big success, with a wide variety of panelists, as well as formal reports delivered by the …
Oct. 27: Let’s Talk Waterfront!
On Thursday, October 27, the BWRC will be sponsoring a “hangout session” mainly for faculty and staff at City Tech who are involved with the “Living Laboratory” grant, which involves revamping our General Education curriculum to make the Brooklyn waterfront …
Waterfront Conference: Oct. 26 at Borough Hall
Registration is open–just click the image below. The event is free, but you must register.
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We Have a Winner!
The BWRC took part in City of Water Day on July 16 on Governors Island. We sought the public’s input on important issues facing Brooklyn’s waterfront and offered a prize for the best suggestion. Nancy Cardozo of Brooklyn submitted the …
