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MoCADA was founded in 1999 by Laurie Cumbo in a building owned by the historical Bridge Street AWME Church in the heart of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.. In 2006, MoCADA moved to its current home, an expanded space at 80 Hanson Place, at South Portland Avenue, in Fort Greene, a historically black middle-class neighborhood in Brooklyn which is home to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) arts ...
The Brooklyn Museum was founded in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library and merged with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1843. The museum was conceived as an institution focused on a broad public. [3] The Brooklyn Museum's current building dates to 1897 and has been expanded several times since then.
Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building, 8 Cadman Plaza West February 20, 1973 [95] Brooklyn Clay Retort and Fire Brick Works Storehouse , 76 Van Dyke St, Red Hook 40°40′30″N 74°0′48″W / 40.67500°N 74.01333°W / 40.67500; -74
Atiba Edwards will serve as the first Black CEO of the 125-year-old museum. The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, a staple of […] The post Brooklyn Children’s Museum names first Black CEO appeared ...
[5] [2] [6] [7] BAM South, also known as 300 Ashland, developed by Two Trees provides affordable housing and an additional cultural component with homes for the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, a Brooklyn Public Library branch and an expansion of BAM Cinemas to be known as BAM Karen. [8] [9] [10]
Long before it became the go-to borough for hipsters and commuters, Brooklyn was once America’s third largest city, independent and separate from Manhattan and the City of New York, explains ...
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opened on March 23, 2007, at the Brooklyn Museum as the first public space of its kind in the country. [ citation needed ] The 8,300-square-foot (770 m 2 ) center, located on the museum's fourth floor, aims to create a compelling and interactive environment to raise awareness and educate about ...
75 Livingston Street, also known as the Court Chambers Building, or the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building, is a 30-story 343 ft (105 m) residential cooperative tower in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. [2] The building was designed by architect Abraham J. Simberg, and built in 1926. [3] The building was initially ...