Author: Mark D Phillips

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers

Jenn Shapland, will be reading from her debut memoir, My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, at the Center for Fiction on February 20, 2020, in the BAM district. While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Jenn Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson and a […]

The Green Gallery at Movers, Not Shakers presents Lost and Found in Brooklyn. ©Mark D Phillips

The Gowanus Canal in the Green Gallery

Movers, Not Shakers! pop up location, The Green Gallery at MNS, presented “Lost and Found in Brooklyn” by Mark D Phillips on October 19 to 20, 2019, during the Gowanus Open Studios weekend. The exhibit featured Phillips’ photographic collection of images in and around Brooklyn, of scenes that no longer exist, […]

Boerum Hill

Bette Stoltz, president of the South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation, began a campaign in 1984 that culminated with a 12-year rebuilding campaign and brought Smith Street and Boerum Hill back to life.

Cobble Hill Park and the Verandah Place mews in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. ©Mark D Phillips

Cobble Hill

Originally named Ponkiesbergh by the Dutch farmers who settled the cobblestoned area in the 1600’s, the neighborhood gained its present name, Cobble Hill, from a variation of the English translation, Cobles Hill.

DUMBO

Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass – DUMBO for short – is the new art mecca of New York City. Brooklyn Bridge Park begins its Waterfront run and has turned DUMBO into a Brooklyn playground.