The location I chose for my second project is called Dumbo.The name of this location comes from the acronym “District Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”. On September 25th, I decided to take a well needed walk around my campus. I started by walking out of Namm Hall and started walking up Jay Street. I walked bass Tillary St and continued walking. Along the way, I saw the entrance to the Midway Building and as I continued walked I arrived in front of the Voorhees Building. Around this general area is where the Manhattan Bridge starts. I walked under the beginning of the bridge then walked under an overpass. The next thing I know, I was standing in from of a guide map that explained the area in which I just entered. It was Dumbo and it looked very interesting. It was a modern area where modern building architecture clashed with Old Brooklyn architecture. I would go more in depth but I’ll save that for the essay!
“You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it”. – The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
Even though I’ve been building my private New York since I arrived here back in ’00, I’ve still to explore thousands of areas around it!
Dumbo proves my case because I’ve never been to such area before. Usually, I’m use to being around houses and apt buildings but living right next to a bridge and the ocean water is something entirely new to me. This quote will be reflected in my writing in the sense that I’ll be describing some of the features that make Dumbo entirely new to me and how small windows of past Brooklyn accent the modern parts.
“Yet, as I came to understand the place where mentoring, criticism , and producing overlapped, I moved into the sphere more gracefully than I’d ever imagined”.- Fort Greene Dreams by Nelson George.
Dumbo is a mixture of a residential and commercial area. It has bars, clothing stores, an art gallery, a bank, event areas and other small stores. You can do a lot of activities in this area so it would come to no surprise that a lot of age groups over lap in this area. In my essay, I’ll be writing how this location has changed from a manufacturing district to a habitable area.
