Monday, June 24, 2019 – Thursday, October 31, 2019
Illustrated by contemporary photographs, the highlights capture recent changes in this diverse, dynamically changing neighborhood. There is focus on different aspects of living, such as housing, shopping, children upbringing, and commuting, as well as art. There are buildings and institutions that have endured unchanged and some that have transformed, like the Romanesque Revival style church on the corner of Nassau and North 15th street, which was built at the beginning of 20th century by Slovak immigrants, and became the Roman Catholic San Damiano Mission in 2015.
There is a spotlight on the modern developments in Greenpoint like Belvedere Bridge Enterprises, which first offered brand-new condominiums at the beginning of 2000s, and which was built by a company that was funded and run by Polish immigrants, who came to Greenpoint from Poland around 1990.
There are places which offer ongoing contemporary art programming like the neighborhood’s new independent art space, Greenpoint Projects. It features under-the-radar modern and contemporary shows. Presented last year exhibition by Magdalena Abakanowicz and Eugeniusz Markowski was considered one of the best curations in all of Brooklyn last year by the fine arts publication Hyperallergic.
Photos thanks to generosity of Agnieszka Wilczynski and Marzena Giza.
