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Thank you for your patience. Were delighted to be gathered here today. I dont want to slow is down, but i do want to make sure that all of you know a little bit about where you are today. Can i just get a sense of how many of you are at Brooklyn Historical society for the first time . Wow. Fantastic. Welcome. Welcome to all of our oldtimers as well. A few of our Board Members are in the audience, so were delighted be that as well. Those who have never been here before i want to give you a sense of this institution which has been around for a very long time, 154 years, and we are Historical Soc...

I dont want to slow us down, but i do want make sure that all of you know a little bit about where you are today. Can i just get a sense of how many of you are at Brooklyn Historical society for the first time . Wow. Fantastic. Welcome. Welcome to all of our full timers as well. A few of our Board Members are in the audience so we are delighted by that as well. For those of you who have never been here before, i want to give you a sense of this institution which has been around for very long time am a 154 years and we are a Historical Society that prides ourselves on being very assessable to p...

Get your [ bleep ], or you join a gang to protect you. The police say the smoegs ke condition was caused by a smoke grenade. The suspect fired at least four shots from inside that apartment, and then more than five officers returned fire as he apparently emerged from the building, shooting at officers. As for the fire lieutenant, hes expected to be released from the hospital sometime tomorrow. Back to you. Listening to that video, it sounded like a war. Thanks so much. Tonight, mayor de blasio under fire for what he was doing during that standoff. Apparently, getting a workout in at the gym, a...

Series. So id like to thank quay and devon who currently run the program here and remind you there are several more coming up in july and august. The next is powerhouse arena with sarah girard and hannah tente speaking. A little bit about this book and about erica wagner. As you can tell from the backdrop here, this is a great topic for this setting in Brooklyn Bridge park. You know, not most great monuments dont have, dont inspire great writing, but i would say the Brooklyn Bridge is an exception to all of that. You know, from hart crane, you know, to many other poets and writers and notably ...

When i want to give up, he helps me go on. I know that nothing can be done perfectly at the first trial, he once wrote. I also know each day brings its middle quota of experiences, which, with honest intentions, will lead to perfection after a while. So thats just a little bit about how this remarkable structure came to be built all those years ago. A structure that has endured with some but notmuch alteration from that day to this. I thought id read you also a little bit from the book. As i mentioned in my talk, Emily Roebling washingtons wife was a truly remarkable woman. When he became very...