My personal focus on the topic of cultural tourism was literature.  The Brooklyn Bridge Park is famous for having famous literary artists.  The most prominent being Walt Whitman.  Upon discovering the lines of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” I was able to notice the influence this poem had on the waterfront.  Whitman’s poem shows a story of how people can easily travel from Brooklyn to Manhattan.  Whitman’s main idea and purpose in writing this was to show how the people of New York City can all be united even with something as simple as taking the ferry.  Unification is very important when it comes to culture because without unification culture can not carry out traditions keeping a custom alive.  Whitman’s poem on the waterfront shows to everyone from and outside of Brooklyn that cultures can be shared and spread together.