Brooklyn Bridge celebration starts tonight Thursday May 22
May 22nd, 2008 by Brad
The 125th year birthday celebration for Brooklyn Bridge starts today, Thursday, May 22.
DUMBO is the place to be for fireworks, new lighting, a Navy flyover, and a free concert. Various events will continue through the weekend.
Bring your picnic and enjoy.
Tonight’s timeline:
6:00pm: Doors open
7:45pm: Concert starts
9:00pm: Fireworks
Brooklyn Philharmonic will play with guest performance by Marvin Hamlisch. The fireworks are being produced by Grucci Fireworks. The fireworks will be done in conjunction with a new lighting of the Brooklyn Bridge. The new lighting will continue 9p-11p through Memorial Day. Events at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, enter at Main Street, Brooklyn.
For information on the Brooklyn Bridge birthday bash, go to www.nycvisit.com/bb125
The image above is one of my photographs “Brooklyn Bridge” from my series “Passage Perceptions” which is work that explores the experiences we have during journeys. All work is done in-film on-camera with no digital manipulation.
Ughhhhh Bridges are so boring!
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Fireworks too.