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VOLUME 47 | NUMBER 34
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
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Seven acres of parkland to open under new Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint
The space underneath the new Kosciuszko Bridge in Greenpoint (right) will be transformed into seven acres of parkland. Left: Assemblymember Joe Lentol (right) pushed for new parkland under the new Kosciuszko Bridge. He stands next to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Top right: The second and final span of the new bridge opened to traffic last Thursday at 5 a.m. SEE PAGE 2. Greenpoint Gazette photos by Paul Frangipane
Rare and fascinating volumes abounded at the 2019 Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair By Alex Williamson Greenpoint Gazette
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LEFT: A.N. Devers is working to make iconic women's book jackets as well-known as those of men. RIGHT: A first edition copy of “Last Exit to Brooklyn” by Hubert Selby Jr. on sale at the fair.
How a revitalized Bushwick green space built a community SEE STORY ON PAGE 4
Gazette photos by Alex Williamson
The Brooklyn Antiquarian Book Fair took over the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint this past weekend, overflowing the 60,000-square-foot venue with curators, book dealers, pulpy paperbacks, rare editions and retro book fanatics. The fair showcased 110 dealers with over 50,000 collectible items for sale, ranging in price from under $50 to many thousands of dollars. Attendees perused stacks of vintage books, vernacular photography, counter-culture posters, rare prints and other literary ephemera, and listened to seminars on subjects ranging from collecting grimoires (books of magical spells) to 19th-century spirit photography, a 17th-century treatise on alchemy and a children’s book show-and-tell event.
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