Truman Capote in Brooklyn Heights: powerHouse Hosts Lost Photos Book Launch

Though he was born in New Orleans and died in Los Angeles, In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany’s author Truman Capote lived on Brooklyn Heights’ Willow Street for a time during the late 1950s.

This period of his life was documented in a 1958 essay that has now been rejoined with David Attie’s lost photographs of the author in a book titled Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir.

A half-century after the photos were taken, the late David Attie’s son discovered his father’s unpublished photographs of Capote, and they have now been reunited with the text they were originally commissioned to accompany.

Perhaps it’s worth noting that the tea porch Capote is leaning on in the photo above no longer exists. The new owners of 70 Willow claimed it had been replaced by a replica and got permission from Landmarks to remove the porch in a controversial decision in January.

Dumbo’s powerHouse Arena will be hosting the book launch at their space on 37 Main Street. The launch will take place from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11.

David Attie’s Emmy Award–winning son Eli Attie will make remarks, and actor Mary Louise Parker will read from Capote’s essay of his life on Willow Street.

To attend, RSVP to RSVP@powerhousearena.com.

[Photo: powerHouse Books]

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