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Photo of St. George Tower. Photo by Pericle Gheorghias/CTA Architects. Courtesy of Wilk Marketing Communications.The St. George Tower in Brooklyn Heights, once a prime specimen of Jazz-Age opulence and Art Deco artisanship, was recently restored to its former grandeur. The 315-foot tower was designed by famous Hungarian architect,
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren will host her largest Brooklyn campaign event yet tonight at Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] in Flatbush. Warren will be joined by Julián Castro, who publicly announced [https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1214188178686525440] his endorsement of the candidate yesterday after dropping his own bid
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A contestant walk a category. Tim Tobias/OTA.BUSHWICK — Get ready to vogue and strike your best pose at Open to All [https://www.instagram.com/ota.weekly/], a new mini ball series in Bushwick that sets ballroom politics aside in order to foster inclusivity in the true spirit of
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FLATBUSH – Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-the-gutsy-women-tour/?spMailingID=4035598&spUserID=MTQ0NzEwNTQyNzQwS0&spJobID=860451991&spReportId=ODYwNDUxOTkxS0] announced on Tuesday that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will visit the historic venue next month to promote their upcoming book. Via Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Media mogul Oprah Winfrey announced on Wednesday that her wellness tour, Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus, will visit nine arenas across the U.S., including Barclays Center, starting in January 2020. Via weightwatchers.com [https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/Oprah]“As I travel the country,
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The West Indian Day Parade was a soggy affair as rain poured on revelers, but didn’t dampen spirits. Todd Maisel/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – The Labor Day streets of Crown Heights were jammed with people attired in elaborate and colorful costumes at the West Indian American Day Parade. Revelers at the
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FORT GREENE – With two growing sons, celebrity chef and television star Tom Colicchio [https://www.craftedhospitality.com/tom-colicchio/] and his wife, filmmaker Lori Silverbush [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091262/], moved from their West Village rental in 2016 to a 19th-century brownstone in Fort Greene. Tom Colicchio and Lori Silverbush,
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PARK SLOPE – Two YMCA branches in the neighborhood were evacuated Wednesday morning after one received a bomb threat aimed at Mayor Bill de Blasio who regularly exercises there. On Wednesday, July 24 at around 7:30 p.m., the YMCA Armory branch, which is located at 361 15th Street, got
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CLINTON HILL – Despite the pouring rain, fans of rapper/lyricist Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” jammed St. James Place at busy Fulton Street where his mother, Voletta Wallace, her family, musicians, and elected officials announced that the intersection— where the rapper once lived—was officially renamed Christopher “Notorious B.I.
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CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS/PLG – It’s restaurant season and here’s what’s opening in Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and PLG. Gruit Garden & Eatery. Replacing the old Toomey’s Diner on the corner of Empire Blvd as Rogers Avenue. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)GRUIT GARDEN & BEER After
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For the past nine years, the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (AoBFF) [https://www.theartofbrooklyn.org/] has been showcasing independent films as former The L Magazine once put it, “For Brooklyn, by Brooklyn and about Brooklyn”. The festival opens on June 1st and runs through June 9 at locations as
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EAST NEW YORK — Just as a songstress belted out a high note on the ground floor of the East New York Seventh Day Adventist Church, New York City’s first lady was also testifying on a much more secular topic, “How was Iowa?” First lady Chirlane McCray addresses a congregation