Nick and I attended a reading of the novel "His Illegal Self" by Australian author Peter Carey at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). This was my first visit to BAM, as well as to Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood. I snapped these pics of an out-of-place new condo tower and BAM's flashy, spinning sign. Behind the sign is the 1929 art deco Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, which is being converted into 34 floors of condos. Carey was a real hoot. I will probably buy the book. The event was sponsored by Bloomberg (hence our free tickets, dinner and drinks) and the New York Times.
