Harris Schechtman, National Director of Transit for Sam Schwartz Engineering, was our guest for the final BWRC Breakfast Talk of the semester (Mr. Schechtman replaced Mr. Schwartz, the originally scheduled speaker). Mr. Schechtman, who has over 40 years of experience …
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BWRC Fifth Annual Conference Wrap-Up
Photo credit: Robin Michals
The BWRC Conference on “The Past, Present and Possible Future of Manufacturing Along the Brooklyn Waterfront” was a resounding success. Our best-attended conference yet examined the past, present, and future of industry and manufacturing on the …
New Facebook page
Please check out our new Facebook page and give us a “like”! We’ll be posting occasional updates, as well as a moderate amount of links to events and articles related to the Brooklyn waterfront. As always, you can follow us …
Brooklyn’s Urban Farms: Production and Education Breakfast Panel
The BWRC held its first Breakfast Talk of the semester—and our first Breakfast Talk Panel conversation ever— on Friday, February 19th. We were pleased to present a panel of four highly-qualified experts on a topic that has been …
Neil DeMause Discusses Ever-Changing Coney Island
Neil deMause gave the BWRC a fascinating Breakfast talk on the Coney Island Chapters of his new book Brooklyn Wars.
Here are some pictures from the event:
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Adding Resiliency to the Brooklyn Greenways
We’d like to thank Milton Puryear for a great Breakfast talk to close out our Spring semester.
His informative presentation on Capturing Stormwater Runoff Along the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway can be downloaded.