By Steven KurutzA car is moving down Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
A passenger captures the scene on video — abandoned factory buildings, vacant lots and a crumbling warehouse beneath a wintry light.
Twenty-five years later, that same stretch is lined with glassy apartment towers, boutique hotels and a Trader Joe’s.
Then Chanel — Chanel!
This timeline charts that remarkable evolution in words and images, year by year.
Persons:
Steven Kurutz, Chris Cassidy, Hermès, Chanel — Chanel, —, Betty Smith’s
Organizations:
Sixth
Locations:
Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Kent, Brooklyn ”, Europe, Puerto Rican, Dominican