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- Our photos from last nights Brooklyn Botanical Garden Centennial Party are up: http://bit.ly/9it6th @bklynbotanic @BrooklynBased
- Just bought our tickets for the @bklynbotanic Centennial Soiree http://www.bbg.org/linnaean hosted by the Linnaean Libation League!
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Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island
We spent the day on Governor’s Island with Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra at the 5th Bi-Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party, complete with vintage clothing vendors, a hopping dance floor, fashion shows, a tug-of-war contest, old-fashioned cocktails, and a showcase of vintage cars.
The party will be repeated later this summer on August 28th & [...]
Park Slope YMCA Roof Top
Last night we were invited to a Park Slope Civic Council event on the roof of the YMCA on 9th St. The view was perfect while the sun was setting and I couldn’t resist taking a panorama shot. Click on the image to see more detail.
Antique Shopping and Lodging Upstate
Next week we will be going antique shopping in upstate NY. Our first stop will be the newly revived town of Hudson, NY. This place is a Mecca for antiques and all things old. Our next stop is a estate auction house where we can bid on a range of items. The prices are much [...]
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 [...]
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Robert Providence – Preservationist Extraordinaire
Robert Providence you are our hero!
After Fight, a Brooklyn Brownstone’s Costly Rescue – NYT.
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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.
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The Jazz Loft Project
The Jazz Loft was documented from 1957 to 1965 by the great photographer W. Eugene Smith. This documentation spanned 40,000 photographs and thousands of hours of audio tapes. Smith captured over 300 jazz artists like Thelonious Monk, Zoot Sims, Bill Evans and Roy Haynes.
Through preservation of his documentation, we are able to hear and view [...]
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Urban Center Books Temporarily Closing | NYC Museum of Complaint
Credit: Paul Soulellis
The Municipal Arts Society is moving to a new location later this month, and its bookstore Urban Center Books is having a large sale until Jan. 23, 2010. The good news is that much of their stock is down 40% from the cover price. The bad news for New York is that one [...]
NYC BigApps | Addendum
As an addendum to our earlier post about the NYC BigApps contest, we’re shedding some additional light on another contestant, as well as one we already covered. Though the opportunity to vote has ended, we should all still be supporting these projects, each of which contribute to making our city a better place to live.
Roadify [...]
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Centennial Soiree at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden