# My, My Brooklyn, U.S.A.

Produced by Bob Bailey Productions for Brooklyn Union Gas Company, this video recounts the revitalization of Brooklyn in the 1970s. Part of the Everett and Evelyn Ortner Papers and Photograph (ARC.306). Original VHS tape damaged ~1:52-5:45 min. Everett H. and Evelyn G. Ortner galvanized the historic preservation movement in Brooklyn. They enlisted Brooklyn Union Gas to sponsor the renovation of dilapidated brownstones, spearheading what became known as the “Cinderella Project,” an advertising campaign used to draw new residents. Brooklyn Union Gas subsequently supported urban renewal throughout Brooklyn, as documented in this video. A finding aid to the Ortner papers is available here: http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_306_ortner/

- Kind: Film
- Year: 2026
- By: Brooklyn Union Gas Company
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/arc.306_box78_mymybrooklyn)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/arc.306_box78_mymybrooklyn?play=1)