On Monday the class went on a walk from City Tech to the Federal building and post office which was across the street. It was at a time the Brooklyn Theater until it burned down in December 5, 1876. 287 to 300 people lost there lives that evening, following the phrase the show must go now. Other then ignoring an major threat to their welling being many on the 4th and 3rd tiers of the Theater were unable to get out due to the lack of exits and cramped stairwells. This led to a reform in the fire code of the city and remapping of potential fire starting building.

Then in Columbus we look at the statue of preacher Henry Ward Beecher, who was for the abolishment of slavery. However from his statue it would not be clear that he was so,due to his position above those who he was trying to free. A similar statue can be found at Plymouth Church several blocks away. From there we moved to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade that has an amazing view of Manhattan and the river. from there we could see Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges along with the new parks under construction below.

The last stop was the Brooklyn Historical Society which was made out of terracotta which is a red material somewhere between stone and brick. The outside had five faces, sculpted into it: and they are of Michelangelo, Beethoven, Gutenberg, Shakespeare, Columbus, and Benjamin Franklin. The entrance itself has a Norseman and Native American.  And inside on the staircase there was sculpt of Pinky, who was a slave that Henry Ward Beecher helped set free. We then went to the library, which had a very high ceiling and also has a gallery which is used as an archive. As soon as I saw wooden pillars, the tall book shelves, the contemporary look like oil base lighting, I immediately thought of the library of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.

At the end of the day I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of walking in a part of Brooklyn  that  I never been in directly or passing by.