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Centennial Soiree at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden

ethan — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:28:39 +0000

This past Thursday evening August 12 was the Linnaean Libation League’s Centennial Soiree. The celebration was held for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s 100th birthday. We did not have a speaking role, but our fashions were included in this video clip on the Long Island Channel 12 news. Here are some vintage styled photographs from the event that we took:

Retrofitting suburbia

ethan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:10:46 +0000

Video via Ted.com – Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

Redhook, Brooklyn in 8mm

Brooklyn House Tour Listing for Spring 2010

ethan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:30:00 +0000

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 House and Garden Tour
Saturday May 8, 2010 from 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Tickets: $40
Website and purchase tickets

51st Annual Park Slope House Tour
Sunday May 16, 2010 from 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Tickets $20
Website and purchase tickets

Victorian Flatbush House Tour
Sunday June 13th, 2010 from 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Tickets $20 or $25 day of event
Website and purchase tickets

13th Annual Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District Walk
Website
(Has not been listed yet)

40th Annual Prospect Lefferts Gardens House and Garden Tour
Website
(Has not been listed yet)

Robert Providence – Preservationist Extraordinaire

ethan — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:27:45 +0000

Robert Providence you are our hero!
After Fight, a Brooklyn Brownstone’s Costly Rescue – NYT.

I LEGO NY BOOK

ethan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:08:39 +0000

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.