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What Signs Say: The Aesthetics of Gentrification in Brooklyn
In their book What the Signs Say: Language, Gentrification, and Place-Making in Brooklyn, sociolinguist Shonna Trinch and anthropologist Edward Snajdr
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Explore the Past and Future of Brooklyn’s Famed Gage & Tollner Restaurant
A Downtown Brooklyn landmark makes its return this season with the revival of the famed Gage & Tollner restaurant on
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Bricks & Brownstones, How the New York Row House Transformed the Look of NYC
How did an unassuming sandstone inspire an iconic architectural movement? When originally published in 1972, Bricks & Brownstone sparked a
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Explore the Built and Never-Built Buildings of Brooklyn
Experience four centuries of Brooklyn’s built environment with Cornell professor and urbanist Thomas J. Campanella at the Brooklyn Historical
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Discover the History of NYC’s Most Iconic Buildings
Hear the stories behind some of New York City’s most iconic buildings at a special author talk at the
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Discover How Public Murals Reflect Communities in NYC
Before exterior walls were co-opted by faux-graffiti marketing and street art tours flooded the borough, Brooklyn fostered distinctive waves of
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See How Cities Have Evolved Since WWII at the Brooklyn Historical Society
Attend the talk Urban Renewal in the Suburban Age: The Struggle to Redefine the American City at the Brooklyn Historical
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Explore Underground Worlds at the Brooklyn Historical Society
From abandoned subway tunnels and sewers in New York City to exotic buried cities and sacred caves, author Will Hunt
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Crack Open the Secrets of NYC Oysters at the Brooklyn Historical Society
Some of New York’s oldest and most prevalent residents don’t live in any of the five boroughs, but
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A Guide to NYC Pride 2019: 25 Events to Check Out This Month
Every June, the queer community comes together to celebrate the diversity and inclusivity of New York City in its annual
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Discover Unpublished Poems from Walt Whitman at the Brooklyn Historical Society
There is a lot to commemorate this Pride Month, as 2019 marks both the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots
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Learn About Gay Culture in Post-War NYC at the Brooklyn Historical Society
Join author and Columbia University’s DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, George Chauncey, for a presentation on New York City’