Walking Tour: Eminent Domain, Brooklyn

As part of her ongoing eminent domain, nyc project and in conjunction with an exhibition of her eminent domain, nyc project at The Law Office of Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, Bettina Johae will lead a walking tour of selected sites of eminent domain in Brooklyn.

The walking tour will take place on Saturday, December 8th, 2 pm-4:30pm. Participants will meet at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade @ Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights.

The tour starts at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and will end at the Atlantic Yards in Prospect Heights. During the tour, the use of eminent domain for the creation of certain Brooklyn sites will be discussed. Among the sites are: the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the Brooklyn Civic Center /  Cadman Plaza Urban Renewal Project, NYCHA housing projects such as the Farragut Houses, the Fort Greene Slum Clearance Title 1 Project, the planned Willoughby Square Park, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the just opened Barclay Center and the planned Atlantic Yards project.

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The tour will last approximately 2.5 hours and will be limited to 25 participants.

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