Photos: Crowds gather downtown to honor Brooklyn daughter Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The vigil was held in front of the Brooklyn Municipal Building on Sunday. Photos: John McCarten/Brooklyn Eagle
Crowds gathered at the Brooklyn Municipal Building at 210 Joralemon St. on Sunday afternoon to honor the life and legacy of Brooklyn-born Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at her home in Washington, D.C. at the age of 87.
Local officials and members of the legal community spoke at the gathering, which was a chance for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to revive his long-held belief that the Municipal Building should be named after Ginsburg. Adams first introduced the idea in 2018, when he started a petition on Change.org.
Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn in 1933, grew up in Midwood and graduated from James Madison High School in 1950.
