Along the Shore: The Landmarks of Brooklyn’s Industrial Waterfront
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer 2012 Workshop
Application deadline – March 1, 2012.
No – we don’t have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, but we do have a
bridge and other historic landmarks along the Brooklyn waterfront that
we would like to show you. We invite you to apply for a weeklong
National Endowments for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and
Culture Workshop for Community College Faculty, “Along the Shore: The
Landmarks of Brooklyn’s Industrial Waterfront”. The workshop will
combine discussions and presentations, introductions to and use of
primary source materials, media presentations, site visits consisting of
walking, bus, and boat tours and media laboratory workshops.
We will offer the workshop twice: June 3-9 and June 17-23.
If you come, you will explore the changes and preservation efforts that
have come to the landmarks along Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront,
declared one of Americas eleven most endangered historic places by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2007. You will also explore
the nature and meaning of different types of landmarks along the
waterfront and document and interpret specific landmarks using a range
of digital media that will bring these landmarks alive for you and
perhaps revolutionize your understanding of the term landmark.
Participants will receive a stipend to assist with travel, food and
housing.
Please visit our website for more information:
www.citytech.cuny.edu/alongtheshore
Richard E. Hanley
New York City College of Technology
The City University of New York