1. Hear the stories of old Brooklyn Heights through the words of its most famous, infamous, and important writers. Whether these writers
attended or shunned the churches that dotted their community, they labored at individualized creative soul-searching that mirrored
spirituality. Quotes and visual aids will be used to build historical and cultural context around both churches and authors. Although the
tour is a kind of literary sampling of America's top writers and architecture, it is also exceedingly scenic. It winds through the city's first
historic district and includes a jaunt on the Promenade overlooking Manhattan. Cafes, theaters, parks, and shops (including a few
bookshops) offer many pre and post-tour options.
Gotham SideWalks.…Writers & Religion in Old Brooklyn Heights
Danish
John, Washington, Jacob Riis Dodgers beat Seaman's
1st penny Beecher auctions a and Emily Roebling's publishes Yankees in Church moves
press, The slave while preaching Brooklyn Bridge How the World Series; to Willow St.;
Slavery abolished in New York Henry Ward Other Half
at Plymouth Church opens after 13 years W.E.B. DuBois Norman Mailer Dodgers move
New York State Sun, begins Beecher opens Lives publishes The Souls
of building Robert Moses opens the launches The to L.A.
1827 1831
Plymouth Church 1861
of Black Folk
1883 1891 Promendade over the Village Voice 1957
1847
1903 Brooklyn Queens Expressway 1955
1950
1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950
Brooklyn
Public Library Auden,
Robert Fulton opens a Violence erupts against Walt Whitman Henry James W.E.B.
opens; H.P. Lovecraft McCullers,
steam ferry between the African Americans & anonymously self- publishes The IRT DuBois
Brooklyn writes The Horror etc. move into
Village of Brooklyn and abolishionists; Brooklyn publishes Leaves Washington subway line buys
consolidated at Red Hook "February
New York becomes a city of Grass Square stretches into Arthur
into NYC 1925 House" in
1814 1834 1855 1881 Brooklyn Miller's
1897; 1898 Brooklyn
Heights house on
Heights
1908 Grace Ct.
1940
1951
Old Dutch Reformed Church,1839 First Unitarian Church,1844 Church of the Pilgrims,1846 Grace Church,1847 Holy Trinity Church,1847 Plymouth Church,1849 St. Ann's Church,1869 Old Dutch Seaman's Church, 1878