How has history of the waterfront been forgotten? How have waterfront usage and access changed over time?
Join us at the Waterfront Museum for a screening of "Harboring History: Brooklyn's Transforming Waterfront."
This is a film about history and forgetting, maritime power and waterfront ruins, and the press of international and national forces on our waterfront in the context of replanning the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, NYC’s largest land acquisition in decades.
This 45-minute documentary interweaves the observations of seven speakers into a thoughtful reflection on the tensions between progress and history, community needs and external actors, who’s heard and not, with an undercurrent of concern about how official public planning is sometimes done.
Following the screening, we will open the room to community discussion in response to the film.
This project was created by Jori Johnson, in collaboration with PortSide NewYork, as a Capstone project in NYU's Archives & Public History MA program.
Tickets to this screening are free, but RSVP is required. Venue capacity is 150, with seating for 100. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
