Thirteen crosses a river and finds the world
in A WALK AROUND BROOKLYN (PART 1) WITH DAVID
HARTMAN AND HISTORIAN BARRY LEWIS, premiering
Monday, August 7 at 8pm. (Click
here for additional broadcast dates and times.)
It's synonymous with cheesecake, the Dodgers,
hot dogs, and a bridge. It's been called "Manhattan's
bedroom," "a great city masquerading as a
county," and "the borough that speaks with
an accent." And with residents from more than
150 nations, it's the most diverse city in
America.
So it's no wonder that when David
Hartman and Barry
Lewis set out across the East River to
make the latest episode in their series of
video walking tours of New York communities
for Thirteen -- a follow-up to their acclaimed
specials on Harlem, 42nd Street, and Broadway
-- they found not one Brooklyn, but a vast
patchwork of neighborhoods steeped in 400
years of history. A WALK AROUND BROOKLYN (PART
1) WITH DAVID HARTMAN AND HISTORIAN BARRY
LEWIS explores that vibrant microcosm of the
world -- a city-within-a-city that's giant
in size and abuzz with the energy of some
2.3 million people who call it home. A production
of Thirteen/WNET New York in association with
The Brooklyn Historical Society, the two-hour
special premieres Monday, August 7 at 8pm
on Thirteen.
