Telling Brooklyn Stories

My walk to Bhs was Jampacked with intresting things ive never noticed . THings such as the statue by the park ive never once glanzed at it or paid it  any attentoin but after the lady that worked at bhs explained that the man depicted on the statue helped fight against slavery and fought for rights for African americans i understood that i am blind like others in my generatoin to the things around us that shaped where we live now.

Bang Bang

When we went to Bhs i learned alot of things  the main thing i learned was to pay attetoin to the details. I dont know if anybody noticed but each door hinge had a special design on them  another special thing is that every doorknob had special markings and some even initials . Bhs served as a great place to learn about the impact of time on landscape . Land once used for farming became a transit line and eventually what we stand on today . So many things changed in time and thats the main point i took from my groups pictures.

On monday,we went to Brooklyn Historical Society and we learned about three different types of maps. one of the map is a Railroad map and the other 2 is cadastral map . One of the cadastral map is also consider as a manufacture map. These 3 map depicts in different ways, When was the map made and why did it still survive today. Looking at the map on monday, some of the place still exist now. Back in the 1942, the subway cost 25 cent a ride , now it costed $2.25. Back then, the subways wasn’t called MTA, it was called Hamstroms. We had 2 property maps and with my group, we saw some interesting details and it also shows the owner’s name one the building that is on the map. One of the map was drawn by hand.

my destination is the Plymouth church which is located at hicks street. to get there you have to walk from city tech to Tillary street then turn  right on Cadman  plaza.then turn left on pineapple  walk then keep walking and then turn on hicks street and it is on the right. there is a plyground a couple of walks away from the church.

my walk to the BHS was amazing. I didn’t know what to expect. i love the place. the historical society has stacks of books on the shelf. and i learned that as time went pass the types of maps changed.  maps were drown during the early nineteen were not as much information as there were on the late nineteen century. the late nineteen century had more detailed maps with colors and was printed. I learned that where the atrium building of city tech is was once a street.

After visiting the Brooklyn Historical Societ, it made me think of what kind of map I would use to help people visit my site that I talk about in my essay. Since we learned about the differen types , and had to present them in front of the class I have an idea on what kind I would use. The kind of map I would use would be a more modern road map that use the Internet to find you street views and pictures of the area. The reason I would pick this kind of map is simple. First off you can physically see the streets and what is around them. Also you can see businesses and local stores that can help you find your way around this area. It would include land marks such as the BHS and other ones like statues, buildings along with famous street names. Even if you manage to get lost there is a locate me now feature that finds you and directs you to your area and when you start to stray off or go the wrong way it vibrates and tells you to re dirext your self. So since we live in a technologically advanced nation I believe there are no need for paper maps , but instead we need fast virtual ones that cans locate us, guide is better and potentiay take us there as fast as possible. Finally this is how I would make my map , a easy to use virtual one that can help you and guide you at the same time.

On Monday October 1, for our Effective speaking and English class we went on a trip to Brooklyn Historical Society. Brooklyn Historical society contains content from all throughout Brooklyn`s history as well as from the other 5 borough’s in New York.  As we entered BHS we made our way up to the 2^nd floor with two guides that came to NYCCT to give us an introduction as to what BHS is all about. The first thing we did was review some of the rules that pertain to viewing documents at Brooklyn Historical Society. During our trip we had a hands on experience in viewing Brooklyn Historical society’s vast map collection that spans from 1562-2011. Some of the different maps that we viewed are cadastral, historical, nautical, pictorial, political, road, topographical, and manuscript maps. Along with all these maps we examined we were given an activity sheet that eoprtiasn to the maps and we fill them out by analyzing the different features on the map. This was what we learned on our trip as a class to the Brooklyn Historical Society.

fort greene park, juxtapose to the projects

  this is a picture of fort greene park my detestation of choice for essay two. appox. 15  min from the school. it is located in the area fort Greene. which might some familiar to us in ms. rosen English class having read “fort Greene dreams.” the route starts on tillary street you wlak straight down on tillary street.then you will take a right on flatbush ave extension . you continue walking down straight until you reach DeKalb ave were you will take a left . then you walk down and you will see fort Greene park.

On Monday the first the class took a field trip to the Brooklyn historical society. there for the first time we were able to see the library and archives in person. and it was defiantly a sight to be seen. while there we were put into five groups. while in those five groups we were given three maps to evaluate. while  doing so i was able to learn a lot about the Brooklyn of the past and how it differed from current Brooklyn.  behind each building , resident , block and even neighborhood there was some type of story  to be told and some time of important and precious history behind them.  for one instance our group had one map. this map was a property map detailing property owned by the wealthy  pierpont family. in the map it shows a road that once lead to the pierpont family mansion and the blocks that were owned by them and what there were gonna selling off. that street that lead to the pierpont family’s mansion is now called Montague street and now no longer leads to a mansion but now to a board walk further down. through this experience as was able to see some historical architecture just by observing inside the “bhs” building and was able to learn a little about Brooklyn history.