Links from Eric McClure

Gowanus Canal sewage

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Facebook page

Atlantic Yards "affordable" housing

Atlantic Yards "affordable housing 2

Some good Coney Island info

More Coney Island Links

http://nymag.com/nymetro/realestate/features/14498/

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP

http://www.nycfuture.org/content/articles/article_view.cfm?article_id=1228

http://kineticcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/07/coney-islands-futureprognosis-negative.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-05-25/news/coney-island-s-grand-past-and-grim-future/

Links to Atlantic Yards Research Sites

Pro AYP:
Barclays Center
City Room Blog
Crains NY
ACORN Article
BUILD Brooklyn

Anit AYP:
Atlantic Yards Report
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
No Land Grab
NY1 Interviews Daniel Goldstein
Brownstoner Blog
ACORN Ratner Conspiracy

Coney Island Research Links

Check out these links to research Coney Island:

http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/

http://www.coneyisland.com/

http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/

http://www.saveconeyisland.net/

http://www.thecidc.org

Gowanus Independent Research Links

Here is a link to the NY Times blog that posted Gowanus photos. Choose your favorites!

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-gowanus-in-all-its-gunky-glory/?scp=2&sq=Gowanus&st=cse

Here are a few other sites to check out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/nyregion/07muse.html?_r=1&scp=77&sq=Park+Slope&st=nyt

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/essay-3/?ref=nyregion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5mRDOwMyxw

Independent Internet Research Sites

Below are a number of internet sites showing gentrification in Brooklyn and its effects. View the sites one at a time. Look at all photographs and read all captions. After you have viewed a site, summarize what the photographer was trying to show about gentrification in Brooklyn.

Williamsburg Today
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/realestate/21livi.html

Greenpoint in the 1980's
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/03/15/nyregion/thecity/15-thecity-arti_12.html

Greenpoint Today
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/13/nyregion/13-LOCALSTOPS_12.html

Bed-Stuy moves ahead
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/25/nyregion/20090926STORES_11.html

Brooklyn storefronts
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/brooklyn-storefronts-as-metaphor-for-a-changing-borough/

HW # 1- The Stories of One Block

The block of South Elliot in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene is just one of many that tell the story of the borough’s changes. Each student has the same introduction but a different character’s personal story. As you read annotate, and answer the following questions in your binder:

1. After reading this article, what do you think is the state of Brooklyn today?

2. Is there a Point of View (POV)? If so, do you agree or disagree with the POV?

3. Were there places in the reading that you became confused? How come? What strategies did you apply to try to clear up your confusion?

4. Where did the text leave you hanging (wanting more information)?


Write one discussion question to bring into class tomorrow.