Here Was New York : Twin Towers in Memorial Images at the Brooklyn Historical Society

September 7 through 30
Exhibit Opening Thursday September 7, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

To mark the fifth anniversary of September 11th , BHS joins Brooklyn Arts Council to present the photography exhibition Here Was New York: Twin Towers in Memorial Images to be held simultaneously in galleries across Brooklyn from September 7- September 30, including 5+5 Gallery, Safe-t-Gallery, and Gloria Kennedy Gallery, all in DUMBO, Brooklyn Historical Society in Brooklyn Heights, and City Reliquary in Williamsburg. Here Was New York will show photos that document the Twin Towers as they appeared throughout the New York Metropolitan region in exterior and interior vernacular expressions such as wall murals, homemade shrines, fridge or mantle displays, custom painting on trucks, logos, graffiti, tattoos, merchandise display, window stickers, T-shirts, and so on. The exhibition will include the photographs of Martha Cooper. Curated by BAC folklorist Kay Turner, the impetus for the exhibit stems from a wish to acknowledge local forms of remembrance that keep the Twin Towers visible to us as we go about our daily post- 9/11 lives.