Larry Racioppo was born and raised in South Brooklyn and has photographed New York City since 1971. A Guggenheim Fellow and former staff photographer for NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, his work is held by the Museum of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Recent books include Here Down on Dark Earth: Loss and Remembrance in New York City (Fordham) and Brooklyn Before: Photographs, 1971–1983.

"Larry Racioppo is the Robert Frank of Brooklyn: a witness-with-camera to the city that once was, and the one that would be. We should all give thanks that he has taken the trouble to record it over so many years." - The late Tom Robbins, NYC Journalist "Simply put, to do history is to tell the story of change over time. Larry Racioppo's photographs allow us all to be historians; though we all may notice different changes, and recall different times, everyone who picks up this book will be left marveling at the infinite stories that Brooklyn has to tell." - Dominique M. Jean-Louis Chief Historian, Center for Brooklyn History Brooklyn Public Library

• vii Foreword by Kevin Bakerix Special Thanks1 Memorial ’7643 Afterword

Larry Racioppo was born and raised in South Brooklyn and has photographed New York City since 1971. A Guggenheim Fellow and former staff photographer for NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, his work is held by the Museum of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Recent books include Here Down on Dark Earth: Loss and Remembrance in New York City (Fordham) and Brooklyn Before: Photographs, 1971–1983.

"Larry Racioppo is the Robert Frank of Brooklyn: a witness-with-camera to the city that once was, and the one that would be. We should all give thanks that he has taken the trouble to record it over so many years." - The late Tom Robbins, NYC Journalist "Simply put, to do history is to tell the story of change over time. Larry Racioppo's photographs allow us all to be historians; though we all may notice different changes, and recall different times, everyone who picks up this book will be left marveling at the infinite stories that Brooklyn has to tell." - Dominique M. Jean-Louis Chief Historian, Center for Brooklyn History Brooklyn Public Library

• vii Foreword by Kevin Bakerix Special Thanks1 Memorial ’7643 Afterword

Larry Racioppo was born and raised in South Brooklyn and has photographed New York City since 1971. A Guggenheim Fellow and former staff photographer for NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, his work is held by the Museum of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Recent books include Here Down on Dark Earth: Loss and Remembrance in New York City (Fordham) and Brooklyn Before: Photographs, 1971–1983.

"Larry Racioppo is the Robert Frank of Brooklyn: a witness-with-camera to the city that once was, and the one that would be. We should all give thanks that he has taken the trouble to record it over so many years." - The late Tom Robbins, NYC Journalist "Simply put, to do history is to tell the story of change over time. Larry Racioppo's photographs allow us all to be historians; though we all may notice different changes, and recall different times, everyone who picks up this book will be left marveling at the infinite stories that Brooklyn has to tell." - Dominique M. Jean-Louis Chief Historian, Center for Brooklyn History Brooklyn Public Library

• vii Foreword by Kevin Bakerix Special Thanks1 Memorial ’7643 Afterword