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- Whitman’s Brooklyn
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Whitman’s Brooklyn
October 27th, 2009 by oatakan
First of all, I was amazed by the great part of Brooklyn when we took the Whitman tour. I always heard that is beautiful and expensive when it comes to real estate, however never been in the Heights. If I were asked to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn Heights, I guess I would pick Brooklyn after seeing those beautiful spots with great views. In addition to that, second time in my life I have visited a church which was Plymouth Church, nicely renovated and built on 1849. The presentation of the church was excellent. (thanks to the lady who gave us a tour) It just took me to middle of 19th century, especially when the lady was telling us about a girl who was a slave and which we have seen the picture of her and nowadays a postcard by hallmark. Inside the church I could feel the piece and art work ,each of them was telling a story on painted windows. The Manhattan view was enchanting that it is inevitable not to stop take a look at it hence I can tell Whitman was inspired by divine beauty of the peninsula. Around the corners and the on the walls we have seen Whitman’s information which tells us he is great icon and still being remembered after all these years. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get to edge of the water where Whitman sat and wrote his poems, however I made my promise to myself that I will go again and take a longer tour around the area. I have taken great pictures and probably will be posting all in the class tomorrow. By the way thanks to Jessie and Prof. Gold for this kind of activity. It was really a different experience. I simply feel that we are really into Whitman’s New York by visiting the places that he has been. It is just like learning in class and supporting the knowledge on practical field by being in there. In other words, just like doing a internship at the job location.
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on October 27th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I bet your walking tour was a lot of fun and interesting as well. I think it probably did not do quite enough justice to actually experiencing Whitman. One can only get a glimpse into the depth of Whitman. Too bad we could have never met the man in the flesh, huh?