EVENTS

FOOTPRINTS IN NEW YORK: BOOK TALK & WALKING TOUR
Sunday, June 29th, 4:00 p.m.

From long-forgotten politicians to the movers and shakers of Gilded Age society, James and Michelle Nevius, authors of Footprints in New York, will discuss the lives of iconic New Yorkers, then lead a walking tour of historic points in the neighborhood. Cosponsored by WORD Bookstore.

Event takes place at:
WORD Bookstore
126 Franklin Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222

Facebook RSVP requested but not required.

WOODEN HOUSES OF GREENPOINT WALKING TOUR
Saturday, November 9th, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.

Greenpoint is more than a neighborhood of lofts, galleries, and the best pierogies in Brooklyn. It’s also home to some of our favorite wooden houses! Join Chelcey Berryhill and Elizabeth Finkelstein of the Wooden House Project for a walking tour up, down and all around the unique wooden-house filled streets in this historic area. Learn about how these hearty survivors came to be, their ties to Greenpoint’s early shipbuilding history and how they’re being rediscovered and brought back to life today.

Reservations required; meeting place will be given upon sign-up.

Tickets: $20
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SIX TO CELEBRATE WALKING TOUR: GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN
Thursday, July 18th, 6:00pm

Greenpoint’s historic factory buildings and modest workers’ housing are strong reminders of Brooklyn’s role as a powerful industrial center during the last half of the 19^th century.  Join Andrew Scott Dolkart – professor, architectural historian, and director of Columbia University’s Historic Preservation program – as we tour this fascinating neighborhood and take in the industrial heritage displayed by its many extant historic structures. Co-sponsored by the Historic Districts Council as part of the Six to Celebrate program.

SOLD OUT!

ALEC CUMMING AND NYC RADIO
Sunday, June 9th, 4:00pm

Historian Alec Cumming discusses Brooklyn’s contribution to the city’s radio history, from the many Yiddish stations of the ’30s and ’40s to Radio Soleil’s work in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, followed by a guided trip over to the historic radio site at Transmitter Park. Co-sponsored by WORD Bookstore.

FADING ADS OF GREENPOINT WALKING TOUR
Sunday, May 5th, 11:30am

Join Preservation Greenpoint and author/photographer Frank Jump on a walking tour of the fading ads of Greenpoint. For nearly 20 years, Jump has been documenting the painted ads of New York City as they rapidly disappear. Jump’s book Fading Ads of New York City compiles these photographs to tell the stories of the businesses, places, and people whose lives transpired among them, the story of the city itself. During this walking tour and book-signing, Jump will offer a glimpse into Greenpoint’s commercial advertising history through the neighborhood’s remnant fading ads.

GREENPOINT PUB CRAWL
Friday, February 22nd, 6:30pm

Come raise a toast to the founding of Preservation Greenpoint and to Greenpoint’s selection as one of the Historic District Council’s Six to Celebrate in 2013! The evening will kick off around 6:30pm, visiting a bar that was once a longshoremen’s hangout during the neighborhood’s shipbuilding heyday, and continue crawling through the historic hot spots of the district.