On Friday 2nd May, we will venture out on an exciting and informative walk of Greenpoint and Williamsburg.
This walk will assist us in understanding the transformation along the waterfront from production to commerce to consumption–and the conflicts that have gone along with those changes.
One of the highlights will be a stop at the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center so we can view what’s left of the sugar refineries that lined the waterfront when Brooklyn produced half of the sugar consumed in the US.
The tour will be lead by Dr. Dan Campo, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University in Baltimore and expert on the history of the Brooklyn waterfront.
Photo Credit: “Williamsburg Waterfront” by contraceptacon
