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The Weekly Nabe
an experiment in urban exploration

          Keith Williams
          OpenBag lunch
         January 30, 2013
What it is
• Blog focused on individual neighborhoods in
  Brooklyn
• I plan to research and visit each
• The next neighborhood is chosen randomly
How it started
• Ignorance of Brooklyn history / geography
• Newfound free time
• Interest in writing
Defining a “neighborhood”
• List taken from DCP’s website (80 total)
• Includes several “ghost neighborhoods”
  – Mapleton, West Brighton, Plumb Beach
  – CUNY’s Center for the Study of Brooklyn has 63
  – More neighborhoods = more time
• Sought consensus on boundaries
  – Neighborhood guides, books, Google maps
  – Obviously, some people complained
Where I am right now
Typical schedule
•   Neighborhood selected
•   Research at BPL’s Brooklyn Collection
•   Write post on some historical aspect
•   Visit neighborhood
•   Write post on the visit
•   Post more pictures
Neighborhood selection
• It makes a great gift
The Brooklyn Collection
Choosing a historical topic
• Is the neighborhood’s general history available
  online?
• If not, do it
  – Most of the eastern neighborhoods
• If so, find something more specific
Visiting the neighborhood
• Plan route in advance
  – Coverage depends on size of neighborhood
• Try to go on a nice day
• Modes: bus, subway, bike, walking
• Sometimes set up meetings with residents
Writing up the visit
• Usually in narrative form
• Illustrate with photos from the trip
Photos
Time considerations
• Researching
  – Collecting and sifting through material
  – Structuring and writing the post
• Visiting and photos
  – Going
  – Writing
• Upkeep on the site
  – Tagging and captioning photos
  – Making the site look nice
OK … so why might this be interesting
          to OpenPlans?
The Jamaica Bay Project
1960s NIMBYism
I love old maps
Interesting anecdotes
• Brownsville was known as “Little Jerusalem”
• Weeksville was the second-largest free black
  community in the U.S. in the 1850s
• Plumb Beach was invaded by the U.S. Army
• The original caretaker of Washington
  Cemetery invented a “flying machine”
• Flatbush water was so bad there was a
  celebration when it was shut off
Sobering realities
• White flight
  – Study of Canarsie
• NIMBYism
• Murder, Inc. and the Mob
• Bias toward richer communities
  – Politicians
  – Media
Perk: old-timey journalism
PPW – same as it ever was

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The Weekly Nabe - OpenBag presentation

  • 1. The Weekly Nabe an experiment in urban exploration Keith Williams OpenBag lunch January 30, 2013
  • 2. What it is • Blog focused on individual neighborhoods in Brooklyn • I plan to research and visit each • The next neighborhood is chosen randomly
  • 3. How it started • Ignorance of Brooklyn history / geography • Newfound free time • Interest in writing
  • 4.
  • 5. Defining a “neighborhood” • List taken from DCP’s website (80 total) • Includes several “ghost neighborhoods” – Mapleton, West Brighton, Plumb Beach – CUNY’s Center for the Study of Brooklyn has 63 – More neighborhoods = more time • Sought consensus on boundaries – Neighborhood guides, books, Google maps – Obviously, some people complained
  • 6. Where I am right now
  • 7. Typical schedule • Neighborhood selected • Research at BPL’s Brooklyn Collection • Write post on some historical aspect • Visit neighborhood • Write post on the visit • Post more pictures
  • 8. Neighborhood selection • It makes a great gift
  • 10. Choosing a historical topic • Is the neighborhood’s general history available online? • If not, do it – Most of the eastern neighborhoods • If so, find something more specific
  • 11. Visiting the neighborhood • Plan route in advance – Coverage depends on size of neighborhood • Try to go on a nice day • Modes: bus, subway, bike, walking • Sometimes set up meetings with residents
  • 12. Writing up the visit • Usually in narrative form • Illustrate with photos from the trip
  • 14. Time considerations • Researching – Collecting and sifting through material – Structuring and writing the post • Visiting and photos – Going – Writing • Upkeep on the site – Tagging and captioning photos – Making the site look nice
  • 15. OK … so why might this be interesting to OpenPlans?
  • 16. The Jamaica Bay Project
  • 18. I love old maps
  • 19. Interesting anecdotes • Brownsville was known as “Little Jerusalem” • Weeksville was the second-largest free black community in the U.S. in the 1850s • Plumb Beach was invaded by the U.S. Army • The original caretaker of Washington Cemetery invented a “flying machine” • Flatbush water was so bad there was a celebration when it was shut off
  • 20. Sobering realities • White flight – Study of Canarsie • NIMBYism • Murder, Inc. and the Mob • Bias toward richer communities – Politicians – Media
  • 22. PPW – same as it ever was