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Tag Archives: Boerum Hill
Still Here
FOR THE RECORD, I’m still here. Bouncing back and forth between East Hampton and Brooklyn, and heading for a record low number of casaCARA posts this month. Reasons why: Work. I’m starting a second weekly column on Brownstoner.com, the behemoth … Continue reading
Posted in MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged Boerum Hill, Brownstoner, East Hampton, Prospect Heights, Springs, The Insider, The Outsider
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New Year’s Skies, Brooklyn Pies
I KEEP TRYING to capture the light. The ephemeral, late afternoon, early January light. As I went about my mundane errands, on the most ordinary stretches of Brooklyn street, I was taken again and again by the beauty of the … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN
Tagged Boerum Hill, Grand Army Plaza, Maimonides of Brooklyn, neon, Park Slope
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My Very Fine Ash
I’M JUST AS PROUD as can be. I’m all puffed up with pride right now. It’s not that one of my kids has done something extraordinary, or even myself. No, it’s the ash tree in the backyard of my building … Continue reading
Brooklyn Snapshots
Prospect Heights looking lush Cherry blossoms and brickwork, Prospect Heights High style on Columbia Heights, Brooklyn Heights Rope wrapped tree, Fourth Avenue, Boerum Hill A cornice too pretty for a boiler company, Fourth Avenue, Gowanus Window box show, Columbia Heights, … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, brownstones, Columbia Heights, Fourth Avenue, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, window boxes
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