Downtown Brooklyn

“The tempo of the metropolis is not of eternity, or even time, but of the vanishing instant.” Berenice Abbott

How do you find the life in a stretch of blocks and buildings? Is it best seen in the architecture, the advertisements, the people hawking wares or passing through? Is it best understood through urban history or business plans or popular songs? It must lie in some combination of all of these elements in collision and collaboration, in the bones, skin and spirit of the city.