Twitter: newvictorians- @brooklyncybele ya I agree I didn't sound like fireworks to me either. 7th ave & 11th here, where u?
- Did I just hear 3-4 gunshots in Park slope? 10-20 minutes ago? 7th ave and 11th? #parkslope #Brooklyn
Category Archives: architecture
Retrofitting suburbia
Video via Ted.com – Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia
Also posted in inspiration Leave a comment
Brooklyn House Tour Listing for Spring 2010
The 2010 Spring Brooklyn House Tour Listing is almost complete. We are excited to attend a few of these great events around Brooklyn this year. Will you be joining us?
30th Annual Fort Greene House Tour
Sunday May 2, 2010 from 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Tickets: $20 or $25 day of event
Website and purchase tickets
26th Annual Brooklyn Heights Association [...]
Also posted in brooklyn, event, new york Tagged 2010, brooklyn, brooklyn heights, brownstone brooklyn garden district walk, fort greene, house, house tour, new york, park slope, prespect lefferts gardens, tour, victorian flatbush 3 Comments
Robert Providence – Preservationist Extraordinaire
Robert Providence you are our hero!
After Fight, a Brooklyn Brownstone’s Costly Rescue – NYT.
Also posted in brooklyn, inspiration, new york, people Tagged bed-stuy, brooklyn, brownstone, hero, preservation, stuyvesant heights Leave a comment
I LEGO NY BOOK
Remember these LEGO photographs from February 2009 in the NYT City Blog? Well the Illustrator Christoph Niemann has made a book about his creative LEGO pieces.
Also posted in brooklyn, inspiration, new york Tagged book, Christoph Niemann, i lego n.y., lego, new york 1 Comment
Edible Brooklyn
Amelia Coulter’s architecture cookies are featured in the latest issue of Edible Brooklyn. Wow, they look yummy.
A Beautiful Reveal
These are some of the most smile-inducing before-and-after renovation photos we’ve seen in a while. It’s always scary to think what could happen when vinyl or other artificial siding is removed (in this case it was Permastone); you never know what you could find. This beautiful project in Clinton Hill puts our fears to rest, [...]
Also posted in brooklyn, inspiration 1 Comment
Save These NYC Gems
Am NY has posted it’s fourth annual feature on “crumbling NYC gems that deserve a second chance.”
Two buildings of note (which are surprisingly both designated NYC landmarks):
The Coignet Stone Building, which sits in solitude on the corner of 3rd Street & 3rd Avenue, and was made a landmark in 2006. The building was once [...]
Also posted in inspiration Leave a comment
Architectural Park Slope (Snow Edition)
December 19th & 20th – New York got dumped with 10 inches of snow this weekend. We always love how the snow seems to cover up all signs of modernity in historic neighborhoods (cars, telephone polls, etc.), leaving just the historic architecture on display. Feeling this was too great a photo-op to miss, we layered [...]
Also posted in brooklyn Tagged architectural, brick, brownstone, limestone, park slope, snow, townhouse Leave a comment
Brooklyn in the Snow
The first significant snowfall is heading up the Eastern Seaboard as we speak. We can’t wait to be snowed in!
image by the Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection on flickr
Weather.com has issued a winter storm warning -
“SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST [...]
Centennial Soiree at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden