The New Victorians Tag Archives: new york

Tag Archives: new york

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.
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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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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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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 [...]
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Central Park Sleigh Ride 1898

Two great articles from Gothamist and Ephemeral New York bring the history of the classic New York sleigh ride to life.
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New York City Apps & Digital Programs

The NYC Big Apps competition is well under way, and there are some amazing pieces of technology in the pool of contestants. Some of our favorite applications are listed below: General NYC Apps: NYC Way: 30+ NYC iPhone Apps in One – This is our favorite all- encompassing app in this competition. It is currently available for [...]
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Blizzard of 1888

Gothamist writes about the Blizzard of 1888 in their daily archives, which include some captivating pictures from Life Magazine. The NY Times says the 1888 storm was the worst blizzard New York had ever known. Read the full excerpt of the 1888 NY Times & NY Sun articles here. We tracked down some additional vintage photos, [...]
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Ride the Nostalgia Train

image by i mei on flickr Every year, the MTA makes us smile with its Holiday Nostalgia train which rides the tracks every Sunday from November 30 through December 28 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Gothamist reported on this year’s 2nd annual Tea Party in the Nostalgia Train. Here is the official message about the Nostalgia Train [...]
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Brooklyn’s Famous Egg Cream

Photo from VictoriaJarvis on flickr 1904 was likely the first year the Egg Cream was served. Wikipedia states that the inventor was candy store owner Louis Auster. The Brooklyn Paper states that “The Encyclopedia of New York City” claims Yiddish actor Boris Thomashevsky invented it after a tour of Paris. The real inventor of this iconic [...]
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New York Baseball

Source: Library of Congress via Flickr Gothamist has a great post about the The Library of Congress and the photographs on their flickr page. Gothamist compiled a quick gallery of their favorite baseball photos from the New York area.
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