Category Archives: Red Hook

The Barge Man And The Pigeon Boy

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

June 22, 2010 could possibly be the longest day in the history of days.  Several lectures and a bus tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard was not enough.  No, no.   Lunch at Bubby’s and a quick visit to the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Red Hook | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Loving Your City: Osborne’s “Riding In Red Hook”

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

Michael Patrick King has stated in a myriad of interviews that the fifth main character in Sex And The City is New York City itself.  That show would not be that show if the city were not at its heart.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Red Hook | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Waterworld V. The World Is Your Oyster: Rising Currents at MoMA

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

The Rising Currents Project on exhibit at MoMA in NYC offers some very interesting solutions about incorporating the natural world into the city structure.  Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge take on the area with the boundaries of the south mouth of Palisades Bay, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Industrial Waterfront, Gowanus, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Verrazano | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Through A Hole, A Door: A Hole In A Fence

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

No one learns from Alice.  She almost loses her head by climbing through doors and drinking mysterious elixir.  Yet, D. W. Young finds a hole in a fence and decides to poke on through. There he finds a concrete world … Continue reading →

Posted in Red Hook | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Cat Fight: Levinson’s The Box 6: Union Disunion

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

The ILA, lead by Teddy Gleason, and the International Longshoremen and Warehouseman Union, lead by Harry Bridges, acted like sixteen-year-old girls in a school-year-long battle for who has the best boyfriend.  Seriously.  Levinson’s retelling of the infighting and interfighting within … Continue reading →

Posted in Brooklyn Industrial Waterfront, Docks and Shipping, Red Hook | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Returning: Shulberg’s “The Waterfront Revisited”

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Christina M. Rau

Ssmith asked, “have you experienced an altered or ‘constructed’ memory of a place that surprised you upon return after a long absence?” during last week’s discussion of David Thelen.  Budd Shulberg is a storyteller; in the film, On The Waterfront, … Continue reading →

Posted in Brooklyn Industrial Waterfront, Docks and Shipping, Red Hook | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment