Inspired by real-life events, The Death of Dahlgren Place depicts both the trauma and triumph inspired by the building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge — symbolic of the rise of modern-day New York and the unsettling close to Brooklyn’s fabled postwar “Golden Era.” It similarly chronicles how an unwelcome end to childhood sparks an exciting journey of self-discovery, as the death of his street unexpectedly gives birth to a young boy’s dream

The Death of Dahlgren Place mixes fond, nostalgic recollections of postwar Brooklyn with a hard-hitting account of changes reshaping New York as the 1950s wound to a close.