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day two of the brooklyn theater fire

Posted on October 23, 2011 by julie001

The second day going to the Brooklyn Historical Society each group switched tables. My group on day one looked at the documents so on day two we started with the computer. After the computer my group switched to the third … Continue reading →

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Class questions and answers

Posted on October 19, 2011 by zhik

Group members: Alex Z, Elvio, Wandrille (pierre) B, Darlin, Patrick, Sheily, Ervin 1. data base – only questions we could bring up where technical. For example what key words to use and so on. maps- house number change, structures surroundings, spacing between … Continue reading →

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BHS: Studying the Cases

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Sheily F.

The last visit to the BHS we continued to the research on how the Brooklyn Theater fire changed life in New York. As we have mention before the BHS archives is made up of primary, first-hand resources such as recordings, … Continue reading →

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They said, I say.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Freddy H

During my visit to the BHS my group got a chance to view the computer database using past perfect and we were also able to look at the geography of Brooklyn and its changes during different time periods. On the … Continue reading →

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Shocking and Forgotten?

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Sheily F.

What if the Holocaust or 911 were not recognized? These event had a hurtful impact on people’s lives and that is main reason why they are commemorate until the present. During the 1840’s there was significant immigration to the United … Continue reading →

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Results of the Brooklyn Fire

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Miguel

My second visitto the Brooklyn Historical Society was defiantly better than the first, I don’t infer the first was bad, but my classmates and I learn much more about the organization rather than what documents alone are. The second encounter … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn Theater Fire =0

Posted on October 9, 2011 by julie001

The visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society started outside this time. We finally learned about the structural importance of the building from the gigantic heads to the very detailed carvings. After our brief lesson outside it was time to head … Continue reading →

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The Brooklyn Theater Fire

Posted on October 9, 2011 by darlinhd

Tragedy can happen anywhere, and one destructive force that can cause this is fire. In a theater where the only thing a person is looking for is entertainment, a fire starts and the act is over. That’s what happened in … Continue reading →

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A Tragic Brooklyn Fire

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Freddy H

On December 5th, 1876 the Brooklyn Theater caught fire. It held its maximum capacity of one thousand people. The cheapest seats were the balcony seats located at the top with only one way up and one way down. Last Tuesday … Continue reading →

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The only thing we get are the bills !!!!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by ftejeda

Visiting The Brooklyn Historical Society for the second time,                           . First we leaned some information about the actual architecture style of BHS (Queen Anne Style architecture ) … Continue reading →

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