Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York City's most popular boroughs.The Accidental Playground explores the remarkable landscape created by individuals and small groups who occupied and rebuilt an abandoned Brooklyn waterfront. While local residents, activists, garbage haulers, real estate developers, speculators, and two city administrations fought over the fate of the former Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal (BEDT), others simply took to this decaying edge, transforming it into a unique...
Highly illustrated and artfully researched, the book will draw readers into a unique space in one of New York City's most popular boroughs.
