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September 16, 2009
Kingsborough Conference To Focus on Development
Planners, Academics Head for ‘Dreamland’
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Kingsborough Community College plans to host a conference titled “Dreamland Pavilion: Brooklyn and Development” on Oct. 2-3.
The multidisciplinary conference will explore the past, present and future of development in Brooklyn. Kevin Powell, a Brooklyn-based activist and author who ran for Congress unsuccessfully against Rep. Ed Towns, will deliver the keynote address. Powell has written for publications such as Esquire, Newsweek, the Washington Post, Essence and Rolling Stone.
The conference brings together more than 50 city planners, academics, journalists, activists and creative artists. Topics will include Atlantic Yards, Coney Island, the politics of gentrification, and the representation of Brooklyn in the media.
...Dreamland was the name of one of Coney Island’s original grand amusement parks, which burned in a spectacular fire in 1911.
For more information on the conference, please log onto www.kingsborough.edu/dreamland-pavilion.
Posted by eric at September 16, 2009 1:42 PM