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Page 12, PHOFNIX. June 20, 1974 Eisenberg Northside Photos On Exhibit at Pratt CenterBY MARTHA GERSHUNLast year the Brooklyn community of Northside near Williamsburg was involved in an agonizing struggle between local residents who wanted to preserve their homes and a local factory that wanted to expand. The battle took place in kitchens and living rooms, on picket lines and in city hearing rooms, and was headline news for several months.A local photographer, Janie Eisenberg, recorded the community's efforts from the beginning, and her photos are now the subject of a special exhibition called %u201c Northside: Photographs of a Neighborhood%u201d that will be at the Pratt Institute Manhattan Center until July 5.What Northside went through is similar to what countless neighborhoods face: the conflict betweenindustrial or comercial expansion and residential continuity. On the Columbia Street waterfront, around the Gowanus Canal, along Court Street, the lessons of Northside can come in very handy.The people in Eisenberg%u2019s photographs are sitting on their stoops, playing ball in the streets, picketing the S&S Corrugated Paper Machinery Co. with signs saying, %u201c We Can Have Jobs And Homes%u201d and \This America?,%u201d and grimly watching as bulldozers break through their kitchens.Today in Northside there is new housing under construction, the first since the 1930's, and more is planned, for young families as well as older people. The senior citizen center is being renovated. And the Northside Community Development Council, which grew out of the local %u201c Save Our Homes%u201d organization, is still going strong on this!!ChinaChiliNEW YORK MAGAZINERECOMMENDED CHETUncle CheungIs HereOPEN 7 daysSun-Thuis-.llam- Upm / Fri-Sat:llam-12pmOrders to take outTil* 858 3335 6110 MONTAGUE STREETBROOKLYN, N.Y.and other local issues.There were several Brooklyn groups assisting Northside in negotiations with the city, including the Conselyea Street Education Action Center in Williamsburgh and the Pratt Center for Community and Environmental Development. This local support was particularly necessary and valuable. Subsequent to the negotiations, the city%u2019s representative went to work for the S&S Co., although after investigation no illegal conflict of interest was found.The photographic show is part of an exhibition and series of workshops marking the 10th anniversary of the Pratt Center, which offers technical assistance, leadership training and advocacy planning advice to local groups. In addition to the Northside photos, a slide show and video tapes describe Pratt%u2019s work with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the Columbia Street containerport project and in other Brooklyn neighborhoods.Three workshops are also planned in order to develop handbooks for community organizations: the community and foundations was held on June 17; on June 25 they will discuss the community and the press, and on June 27 the community and technical assistance. These are free of charge and are open to anyone with experience in these areas.The exhibits are being shown through July 5 at the Pratt Manhattan Center, 46 Park Avenue (near 37th Street), Monday-Friday 10-6 and Saturday 1-5. For more information about the Center, the show or the workshops, call 636-3527. Final note to Pratt: why is this being held in Manhattan?Martha Gershun, a Park Sloperesident, is a free lance writerwhose articles have appeared in%u201cThe Village Voice%u201d and %u201c Ms.%u201dEvan Thomas plays Beowulf in %u201c The Sword of the Dragon%u2019presented by The Popcorn and Popside Theater.Beow ulf Playing at PackerBY ROZ FRADKINThe Popcorn and Popsicle Theatre opened its second season with a special presentation of %u201cThe Sword of the Giants,%u201d a new play funded by the New York State Council on the Arts. The play is a swashbuckling drama of the legendary hero, Beowulf, and his pursuit of the monster, Grendel. It is written by Greer Woodward, a member of the Playwrights for Children group, and directed by Jane Stanton, managing director of the Popcorn and Popsicle.The audience%u2014both young and old%u2014at Packer Institute Theater followed the perilous adventures of Beowulf and his friend, Breca, with obvious zest, and cheered mightily at the monster%u2019s downfall. There was a high credibility level in the performances of the young company at this children%u2019s theatre. Evan Thomas plays Beowulf with force and promise, but it is his friend, Breca, a role enacted byThevery famous restaurantin Brooklyn.In 1879 Brooklyn was a separate city and we began aNew York dining tradition. The distinction of the food, theunhurried service and the elegant atmosphere attracted patronsfrom far and wide. Now we are a Landmark, a nostalgicexample of a golden era in New York%u2019s history. Today, asin the past, our patrons arrive with anticipation andleave warm and happy. 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