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
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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.
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 [...]
Posted in architecture, brooklyn, event, new york Also tagged 2010, 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.
Posted in architecture, brooklyn, inspiration, new york, people Also tagged bed-stuy, brownstone, hero, preservation, stuyvesant heights Leave a comment
Redhook, Brooklyn in 8mm
An ongoing project documenting Red Hook, Brooklyn by my officemate Jessica Lysons of Worker Bee Designs.
What amazing footage of the grain terminal, revere sugar refinery (demolished), Gowanus viaduct and the f train, BQE, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Posted in brooklyn Also tagged 8mm, bqe, film, gowanus viaduct, grain terminal, jessica lysons, redhook, revere sugar refinery 3 Comments
Brooklyn in Prints: A Special Gathering
There is a great collection of historical Brooklyn photographs and prints to be shown at the Brooklyn Historical Society. The gallery is open this Friday February 26th ongoing until March 14th 2010. The gallery opening details are below.
To view more images from this gallery, go to the Old Print Shop website.
Brooklyn in Prints: A Special [...]
9th St. & 2nd Ave., Gowanus, Brooklyn | Accident
2:40pm on Thursday January 7, 2010 this scene took place outside our windows:
Either a pedestrian was hit, or someone collapsed in the middle of the street; the story is still unfolding. If anyone has any more information on this, please let us know by leaving a comment. The comments are not moderated and you don’t [...]
New Year’s Postcard to Bushwick Ave
We leave 2009 behind with a postcard from 100 years ago. It’s always fun to trace the history of old artifacts, and with the wealth of resources available in New York City, it’s often easier than one might think to piece the puzzle together. The postcard was sent to P. L. Ackerman at 1576 Bushwick [...]
The Old New Victorians
An ad for the Brooklyn Union Gas Company’s Brownstone Information Center.
A couple weeks ago we had breakfast with Everett Ortner, one of the first “brownstoners” to buy up a dilapidated house in Park Slope in 1963. This was during the time when most people were fleeing the city in favor of suburban life and it [...]
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