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Metropolis Shaped by Waterfront

Metropolis Shaped by Waterfront

January 25 | 6:30pm | Hybrid | 12 Fulton Street, Zoom | Free

Start 2023 with author and historian Kara Murphy Schlichting when she joins the Seaport Museum for a free hybrid program that investigates how the waterfront shaped the history of New York. This lively presentation will examine how New York City came of age as a modern metropolis and how the waterfront shaped the history of our city. An in-depth moderated discussion will follow the presentation.

Advanced registration is encouraged but not required.

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About the Author

Kara Murphy Schlichting is Associate Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York. Her work in late-19th and 20th-century American history sits at the intersection of urban and environmental history. She is the author of New York Recentered: Building the Metropolis from the Shore (University of Chicago Press, 2019).


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