Defiant in the face of history, or how history is lost and maybe found again    History is a hard business in Red Hook.  Every local fight to save a historic building (plus, the Todd graving dock) since 2002 was lost. I know; I was...

At the farthest southwest point of Red Hook sits Valentino Park, a beautiful public space that looks out directly into the New York harbor, and is one of the best vantage points of the Statue of Liberty in Brooklyn. But before the Statue of Liberty,...

July 7 - We breakfasted with General Putnam, who we found to be rough in his manner and speaking, but cheerful. He offered us his barge and D Morgan accompanied us to Governor’s Island, Red Hook and a Neck that joined Long Island. The works at...