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New York, City of Restaurants, Bent but not Broken
When I think back on this sad time (assuming I survive it), the above image will always evoke the Covid era in New York City for me. The art, by Jorge Colombo, appeared in The New Yorker magazine last summer … Continue reading
All About Wallabout
THERE’S A BLOCK in west Clinton Hill, or maybe it’s north Fort Greene, though most people would have just called it “near the Navy Yard.” Now the neighborhood’s got a proper name, or rather, gone back to its original cool … Continue reading
Covetable Carriage Houses
MY POST THE OTHER DAY about a mews alley in Cobble Hill re-opened my eyes to the 19th century carriage houses that still exist in Brooklyn — not in great abundance, which makes those that remain all the more special. … Continue reading
Posted in ARCHITECTURE, BROOKLYN
Tagged 19th century, Atlantic Avenue, Boerum Hill, Bond, brickfront, Brooklyn Heights, brownstones, carriage, carriage house, carriage houses, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, horse-drawn, Nevins, omnibus, pre-Civil War, Prospect Heights, row houses, Sidney Place, Vanderbilt Avenue
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Prospect Heights: It’s Not All Brownstones
I’M STILL HAPPILY DISCOVERING my new neighborhood of Prospect Heights, and haven’t even scratched the surface. It’s been too cold to walk around just for fun. I’ve seen only the blocks immediately adjacent to mine, and the main avenues, where … Continue reading
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Tagged apartment buildings, Art Deco, Beaux Arts, Brooklyn Public Library, brownstones, carriage house, cornice, Eastern Parkway, Flatbush Avenue, fountain, Fulton Ferry, Grand Army Plaza, horsecars, late Victorian, main branch, Mexican restaurant, Neptune, omnibuses, Pequena, Plaza Street, postwar, pre-war, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Prospect View, Richard Meier, triumphal arch, turret, Vanderbilt Avenue
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