The paper explains that the "Old Brooklyn Bridge" is positively aglow with color and light; the painting is alive and active,
its linear composition is stellar, and the palate reminiscent of the
industrial age in which it was born. The author points out that she sees the painting with increasing awareness and a deeper
understanding of the artist's intent, now understanding, in Berger's words, that art becomes "a record of how X had seen Y." The paper reveals that the clearest structure the author could discern in the background was a strategically placed depiction of the bridge's recognizable towers.