Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Dec
03
Name the Eagle: 5 Finalists Selected In Brooklyn Public Library Contest

Name the Eagle: 5 Finalists Selected In Brooklyn Public Library Contest

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Back in October, the Brooklyn Public Library launched a contest [/name-the-brooklyn-public-library-eagle/] to name the grandiose cast-copper eagle sculpture
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Oct
11
Name The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle

Name The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The eagle has landed—permanently, one hopes—at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.
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Feb
14
Indicted Assemblywoman Harris Gets Paid Despite Not Showing Up In Albany

Indicted Assemblywoman Harris Gets Paid Despite Not Showing Up In Albany

Harris speaking at a campaign event in 2015. (Photo: BKLYNER)Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris representing the 46th Assembly District has
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Jan
26
Local Politicians Respond to Senator Golden’s “Ghetto Drug” Comment [UPDATE]

Local Politicians Respond to Senator Golden’s “Ghetto Drug” Comment [UPDATE]

Photo: NYS SenateUPDATE- 5:55 pm: Senator Marty Golden just released this statement: “To anyone who was offended by my
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May
11
Brooklyn Teen Republican Club Hosts Debate For GOP City Council Candidates

Brooklyn Teen Republican Club Hosts Debate For GOP City Council Candidates

Bob Capano, John Quaglione, Liam McCabe, Batya Goldberg, with debate moderators and organizers. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)The 2017
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Apr
14
Fresh Air + High Society: Easter Week In Brooklyn 100 Years Ago

Fresh Air + High Society: Easter Week In Brooklyn 100 Years Ago

(Via Harpers Young People archives, Aug 22, 1882)It’s fair to say generosity is not a trait lacking in
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Feb
26
Flashback Friday: Pricy Construction In Park Slope (Back In 1904)

Flashback Friday: Pricy Construction In Park Slope (Back In 1904)

Drive or walk down 4th Avenue nowadays and you’ll see more earth movers and construction vehicles than cracks on
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Feb
19
History At Home: Kids In The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

History At Home: Kids In The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

As we wander about our modern neighborhood, caught in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s easy to
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Nov
09
Childhood Memories Of P.S. 10 & Park Slope Circa 1900

Childhood Memories Of P.S. 10 & Park Slope Circa 1900

Being a grownup is pretty cool. I can eat what I want, stay up as late as I want, dress
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Oct
23
Flashback Friday: The Bucolic Gowanus Canal

Flashback Friday: The Bucolic Gowanus Canal

Gowanus Canal, 1905. (Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/slideshows/gowanus_canal/index60ab.html?topicid=2]) It’
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