HISTORY plaques

An ongoing public project rethinking Monuments & Memory
Click a plaque, then click the caption to find historical source material
No link? It's part of my newer series of collaborative "Memory Memorials"

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1973 Kool Herc and the birth of Hip Hop 1520 Sedgwick Ave., Bronx

1918 Coal for a Merry Christmas, Gowanus Canal

2021, Swoon / Caledonia Curry partnering with PBS and storytellers, Prospect Park location commemora

1988 Negro National Anthem stamp, James Weldon Johnson

1886, Unadorned Swim Date in the Gowanus Canal. Arrested! [with community response graffiti]

Alyce's art label 2018 [PSWT Open Studios] for installation in 6/15 Green Community Garden.

1910 Asphalt Industry news along the Gowanus Canal

George Floyd / Tear Gas photo op, 2020; with SeeMeTellMe wings

Samantha Blackwell Covid-era Memory Memorial

Battle of Brooklyn, 1776 & 1951 postage stamp

Christina Kelly collab for the 1st few Street Art History Plaques. Draft plaque #1

1884 Moses "Fleet" Walker, the 1st black man in pro baseball

Dave & Dave pre Covid-era Memory Memorial

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