My stepmother told me that Thursday May 22 is the 125th birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge; there are going to be fireworks!

I got quite excited. The Bridge’s 100th birthday in 1983 was quite a celebration. And the fireworks were amazing.

In ’83, we watched from my father’s 27th floor apartment in the Heights. He has windows on New York Harbour and a great view of the bridge and lower Manhattan. We still talk about the waterfall- like effect of the fireworks streaming off the bridge; I’ve never seen anything quite like it.

This birthday bash will begin on May 22 with a performance by the Brooklyn Philharmonic at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, and a Grucci fireworks display.

An added bonus: the bridge will be lit up in an array of colored lights from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. from May 22 through Memorial Day.

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