Kenneth Nelson

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B'klyn Changes

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Fulton Street near Gallatin Place, looking East, May 2007

Fulton Street Mall b us stop s...rs being dismantled, July 2009

Fulton Street Mall bus stop shelters being dismantled, July 2009

Construction of Atlantic Terminal, June 2003

Rooftop view Fulton and Bridge...king East Northeast, June 2007

Rooftop view Fulton and Bridge Streets, looking East Northeast, June 2007

Fulton Street Mall $15 million street repaving, August 2010

Stagnant construction site, 388 Bridge Street, March 2011

Winter morning, Fulton Street ...d Bridge Street, February 2014

Winter morning, Fulton Street Mall and Bridge Street, February 2014

Oversized logo on Fulton Street Mall, June 2014

Municipal parking lot slated for demolition, April 2014

Borough President Marty Markow...ton Street Mall, December 2011

Borough President Marty Markowitz signs autograph during grand opening of Shake Shack on Fulton Street Mall, December 2011

Rooftop view of recently compl...ring the early 2000s, May 2015

Rooftop view of recently completed 388 Bridge Street and other tall apartment buildings that have be constructed during the early 2000s, May 2015

City Point occupying the land ... in the background, April 2015

City Point occupying the land where the famed Albee Square Mall once stood. City Point (phase 2) nearing completion on the right, Avalon Downtown Brooklyn nearing top-off in the background, April 2015

Domed building at center/right...ing now stands. September 2014

Domed building at center/right is the famed Dime Saving Bank Building. To be the lobby and Base of the planned Brooklyn Tower building. City Point (phase 2) under construction with construction hoisting cranes at work, Immediate foreground is where the completed 11 Hoyt Street apartment building now stands. September 2014

The Fulton Street Mall at Elm ... lot space,  May 2015

The Fulton Street Mall at Elm Place. Parking Garage on the right has been replaced by 11 Hoyt apartments. Hyper Active Store made way for Aeropostale (which closed within a few years after opening), Livingston Street lies in the distance where the FDNY Headquarters used to be. The Addison Apartments now occupies the vacant lot space, May 2015

The Fulton Street Mall at Jay ... the background. February 2013

The Fulton Street Mall at Jay & Smith Streets. In the foreground, Mom & Pop shops have historically occupied the majority of storefronts. 388 Bridge Street (apartments) under construction in the background. February 2013

Iron latticework at the entran...station.  August 2011

Iron latticework at the entrance to the Barclays Center under construction. In the foreground Plaza, a newly constructed subway entrance for the newly renamed Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station. August 2011

In the background, constructio...ys Center now sits. March 2003

In the background, construction cranes in construction of Atlantic Terminal. In the foreground, the Long Island Railroad Atlantic Avenue Train Yard. it is on this spot that the Barclays Center now sits. March 2003

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Thumbnail of Fulton Street near Gallatin Place, looking East, May 2007

Thumbnail of Fulton Street Mall b us stop sh_ers being dismantled, July 2009

Thumbnail of Construction of Atlantic Terminal, June 2003

Thumbnail of Rooftop view Fulton and Bridge _oking East Northeast, June 2007

Thumbnail of Fulton Street Mall $15 million street repaving, August 2010

Thumbnail of Stagnant construction site, 388 Bridge Street, March 2011

Thumbnail of Winter morning, Fulton Street M_nd Bridge Street, February 2014

Thumbnail of Municipal parking lot slated for demolition, April 2014

Thumbnail of Borough President Marty Markowi_lton Street Mall, December 2011

Thumbnail of Rooftop view of recently comple_uring the early 2000s, May 2015

Thumbnail of City Point occupying the land w_f in the background, April 2015

Thumbnail of Domed building at center/right _ding now stands. September 2014

Thumbnail of The Fulton Street Mall at Elm P_t lot space,  May 2015

Thumbnail of The Fulton Street Mall at Jay &_n the background. February 2013

Thumbnail of Iron latticework at the entranc_ station.  August 2011

Thumbnail of In the background, construction_ays Center now sits. March 2003

Public Project

B'klyn Changes

Copyright Kenneth Nelson 2024

Updated Dec 2021

Topics Black and White, Community, Culture, Documentary, Editorial, Essays, Fine Art, Migration, Photography, Policy Change, Street, Street Photography

B'klyn Changes is an on-going documentation of the changing landscape of the Downtown Brooklyn Shopping District.

There had been one photographic art exhibit exploring the neighborhood of the 1950s-1980s that was sponsored by the

Fulton Mall Improvement District (BID). I'd not seen any other in-depth documentation of the downtown area.

So, I began photographing the changing landscape of the area knowing that

major changes were about to shift the look and feel of the old Mom & Pop Downtown Brooklyn.

Streets, Businesses, Shops, new buildings going up, old buildings being demolished.

Kenneth Nelson / New York City

Dec 5, 2015

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