Agenda
Sunday: Evening Welcoming Event
6:00pm - 6:45pm
Registration and Wine and Cheese Reception at the St. George residence.
6:45pm - 7:45pm
Brief presentations: Introduction to the St. George, Brooklyn, and the Program—Richard E. Hanley, Project Director; What Is a Landmark?—Shelley E. Smith, Co-Director; A Brief History of Brooklyn – Francis Morrone
7:45pm - 8:15pm
Walk along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
8:15pm -
Dinner on your own at one of several Montague Street Restaurants
Monday: Is This a Landmark? Greenpoint and the Newtown Creek
8:30am - 10:00am
Presentations: Greenpoint: What It Was, Is, and Likely Will Become—Daniel Campo; Newtown Creek: The Legacy of New York’s Oil and Chemical Industries—Peter Spellane; Newtown Creek: U.S. EPA Superfund Site — Kate Zidar
10:00am - 10:30am
Subway from City Tech to Greenpoint Avenue
10:30am - 12:00pm
Walking tour of Greenpoint: Old and New Neighborhoods—Daniel Campo
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Group lunch at restaurant in Greenpoint
1:15pm - 1:30pm
Walk from the restaurant to India Street pier
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Boat tour of Newtown Creek and the Greenpoint waterfront—Michael Marrella
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Refreshments at the Fulton Ferry Landing
4:15pm - 5:45pm
Technology Session led by Robin Michals and presentation, Using Digital Maps to Tell Environmental Stories—Michael Heimbinder
Tuesday: The Brooklyn Navy Yard & Redhook:
Work, Live, Play, Shop—The Transformation of an
Industrial Waterfront
8:30am - 10:00am
Presentations: New York’s Maritime Economy—Roberta Weisbrod; Architecture and Preservation in the Brooklyn Navy Yard— Shelley E. Smith
10:00am - 12:30pm
Bus to Brooklyn Navy Yard , courtesy of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Tour of BNY, Building 92 Museum, Admiral’s Row, and Vinegar Hill— Daniella Romano
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Group Lunch
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Travel by public transit bus to and tour The Mary Whelan, a retired, locally built oil tanker. Presentation: New York’s Active Harbor—Will Van Dorp
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Travel by public transit bus to Redhook Commercial Center for walk, drinks, and dinner on the waterfront; walking tour in Red Hook— Malka Simon
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Presentation: Life on the Docks and the Making of On the Waterfront – Peter Catapano
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Screening of On the Waterfront
8:30pm - 9:00pm
Return to residence hall by car service
Wednesday: The Brooklyn Bridge
8:30am - 9:15am
Presentation: Creating Brooklyn Bridge Park—Matthew Urbanski
9:15am - 9:45am
Viewing and discussion of Rudy Burckhardt’s 1953 “Under the Brooklyn Bridge”
9:45am - 10:45am
Presentation: The Cultural History of the Brooklyn Bridge—Richard Haw
10:45am - 12:00pm
Subway ride to Manhattan and return to Brooklyn by walking across the Brooklyn Bridge—Richard Haw
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Group lunch in Brooklyn’s DUMBO, a waterfront neighborhood
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Walk through Brooklyn Bridge Park with a discussion of Brooklyn literature—Mark Noonan and Caroline Hellman
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Return to City Tech for viewing and discussion of Ken Burns’ Brooklyn Bridge
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Technology session led by Robin Michals
Thursday: Brooklyn Heights: Abolition, Religion, and
Historical Memory on the Waterfront
8:30am - 12:00pm
Presentations: What Makes a Neighborhood Historic?—Sherida E. Paulsen;
The Architectural History of Brooklyn Heights—Francis Morrone;
Architectural walking tour of Brooklyn Heights—Francis Morrone
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch on your own
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Presentations at the Historic Plymouth Church: The History of the Plymouth Church—Lois Rosebrooks; Slavery and Anti-Slavery Activism along the Antebellum Brooklyn Waterfront—Prithi Kanakamedala
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) for a detailed orientation regarding the primary sources and documents relating to the week’s study that are housed in BHS collections—BHS Staff
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Technology session led by Robin Michals
Friday: What’s Happened to Coney Island?
8:30am - 9:00am
Technology Q&A—Robin Michals
9:00am - 11:00am
Presentations: The Rise and Fall of Coney Island: A Story of Industrial and Post-Industrial Consumption— Geoff Zylstra; The Redevelopment of Coney Island— Cecilia Kushner
11:15am - 12:00pm
Subway ride to and tour of Stillwell Avenue Terminal, Coney Island
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch at Nathan’s, Coney Island
1:15pm - 4:00pm
Tour of Coney Island, the Coney Island museum, the beach, and the amusement area—Paul King
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Free time at the resort: swimming, going on rides, visiting the Coney Island Aquarium
5:30pm - END
Group dinner at a Russian restaurant at Brighton Beach and subway back to the residence hall.
Saturday: Presentations, Summing Up, Farewells
8:30am - 11:30am
The scholars finish and share their blogs
11:30am - 12:30pm
Discussion: What Is a Landmark?—All
12:30pm
Farewells
