March 9, 2010 - May 30, 2010
Central Library, Foyer Gallery Cases (branch info)

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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Public Library -
Brooklyn Collection



Victory Garden : Mrs. Louis Sternberg
of 17^thAvenue, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Public Library -
Brooklyn Collection



Grain Terminal
Gowanus section of Brooklyn
Culver Pictures

'Over Here' New York City During World War II
We Couldn't Have Done It Without Brooklyn
by Lorraine B. Diehl

This exhibition is a physical extension of my book. It is meant to summon a deep sense of nostalgia for the way we were during the war years.

I grew up in Hell's Kitchen when it was a pretty tough neighborhood. As a child I found great drama and romance in the area. All of my work evolves from my love of New York City. The city is always at the center of my books.

"Meet the Author" - Lorraine Diehl
Central Library - Dweck Center
Sunday, April 25, 2010 1:30 p.m.

Film Series: War and the City - Curated & Hosted by Lorraine B. Diehl
Central Library - Dweck Center
Tuesday evenings at 6:30 p.m.
April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11 & 18, 2010

Lorraine B. Diehl has also written The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station, The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece and Subways: The Tracks That Built New York City. Her work was featured in an exhibition based on on The Automat at the Museum of the City of New York. She is currently working on a book about growing up in the city of the 1940s and 50s.

To contact the author:
lorry@lbdiehl.com | www.powwmedia.com/lbdiehl/

This exhibition was supported in part by a generous grant from the BIL Charitable Trust.