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Page 12 May 17, 1973, PHOENIXHPHOENIX PHOTO by Francois DumaineV ie w fro m th e St. G e o r g e H otelSaturday, May 19th11 a.m. to 6 p m : Promenade Art Show, 11th semiannual outdoor art exhibit on the Brooklyn HeightsEsplanade between Cranberry and Remsen Sts.Sunday, May 20thfaylight hours: Simulating the old Fulton Ferry,an old fireboat will run between South St. Seaport inManhattan and the Fulton Ferry site in Brooklyn.Miminal fee will be charged.11 a.m. to 6 pm : Promenade Art Show, outdoor artexhibit continues on the Esplanade between Cranberryand Remsen Sts.11 a.m.: New York City Diamond Jubilee Celebrationbegins in City Hall Park, Manhattan, with a street fair.12:30 p.m.: The South St. Seaport celebrates threeanniversaries simultaneously on Pier 16%u2014the 90thanniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge opening, the 100thyear of the United States Lines, and the 125th birthdayof the East River Savings Bank. Three tremendous birthday cakes will be lighted. Free cake to the people!2 p.m.: Mayor Lindsay will lead a parade%u2014including four marching bands%u2014through City Hall Park and across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn where he will meet Borough President Sebastian Leone. The dignitaries will then lead the parade down to the old Fulton Ferry site.2 4 p.m.: All lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge closed to automotive traffic.2-11 p.m.. Street fair at Fulton Ferry, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge at the foot of Cadman Plaza West. Rides, clowns, exhibits, tours, food, music, dance and a flea market.Birthday Calendar5 p.m.: Berglass Factory, recently designated CityLandmark now being converted into artists' lofts, will beopen for tour. Located adjacent to Fulton Ferry site.6 p.m.: Jazz at the Bankside Boondock, Front St. andCadman Plaza West.6 p.m.: Salute to the Brooklyn Bridge co-sponsored bythe Long Island Historical Society, the South St. SeaportMuseum, the Academy of American Poets and the PRCA,Begins with an exhibit of old photos, lithos and paintingsof the Bridge on display in the Print Gallery of the SouthSt. Seaport, 207 Water St. At 6 p.m. poets MurielRukeyser, Stanley Kunitz and James Wright will readWhitman and Crane on the deck of the Wavertree,moored in the South St. Seaport harbor. AlanTrachtenberg will lead a guided walk across the BrooklynBridge to the Long Island Historical Society, 128Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn Heights, where a privateexhibit of never before exhibited prints will be on display.The salute will end on the promenade with poets GalwayKinnell, Harvey Shapiro and Paul Zweig reading.6:30 p.m. Brooklyn College Symphonic Band Concert,Cadman Plaza Park.8:30 p.m.: Mannes College of Music Wind Ensemble willperform Handel%u2019s Royal Fireworks and Water Music atthe Fulton Ferry site.9 p.m. East River fireworks display.Thursday, May 24thBridge OfficiallyOpened 90 YearsAgo Today12 noon. The Society of Old Brooklynites will unveil amemorial to Col. Washington A. Roebling, builder of theBrooilyn Bridge, at ceremonies on the lawn near theS im r o m o P m i.-+ D , , ; u : ___, , %u201e' r' v uu\%u2019 \dlfc! ine Dirinaay of the bridge and day rehabilitation of Downtown Brooklyn.