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Daffodil. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Lovely photos from reader Tracey Hohman– that she took today in her garden. Thank you Tracey, and Happy Spring! Euphorbia Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Paper bush. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)
Central Brooklyn
The Farm on Adderley via The Farm on AdderleyThe architect who has created the interiors of several well known businesses on Cortelyou Road was written up in an interesting article in Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/interiors-renovation/ditmas-park-brooklyn-house-renovation-ole-sondresen/] last week. Ole Sondresen, who has designed the interiors of Sycamore, the
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ForsythiaForsythia Forsythia, close upForsythia became the official flower (though it’s a shrub, not a flower) of Brooklyn through the efforts of Florence Abraham Blum in 1940. Borough residents were “urged to plant the shrub in their front yards from the Heights to Coney Island to inspire brotherhood, unity and
Central Brooklyn
Site at Avenue C and McDonald Avenue where a plaza is to be built. (Photo: Neighborhood Plaza Partnership)Our area — Kensington, Ditmas Park, Greater Flatbush — has a dearth of high-quality public space. We need more green places to relax outside with friends and family. To address this issue, some of
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Prospect Park Lake. (Photo by Steve McGill) “The primary object of the park [is] as a rural resort, where the people of all classes, escaping from the glare, and glitter, and turmoil of the city, might find relief for the mind, and physical recreation … nature in its beauty and variety
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Prospect Park Lake. (Photo by Steve McGill)“The primary object of the park [is] as a rural resort, where the people of all classes, escaping from the glare, and glitter, and turmoil of the city, might find relief for the mind, and physical recreation … nature in its beauty and variety
Bensonhurst
(Photo: NYC Parks [http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/accessibility])The parks department will be adding additional beach mats in Coney Island this summer in order to provide greater accessibility for seniors and the disabled, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced. “One of our community’s greatest natural features is our
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Image courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.Parks-lovers have until this coming Monday, February 29 to vote for their favorite park to get $5 million in funding through the city Parks Department’s $50 million Parks Without Borders initiative [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning- and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] — and Fort Greene
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New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)It’s a windy, chilly day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their arrival in spite
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New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)BY SARAH CREAN It’s a bleak, raw day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their
Central Brooklyn
New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)It’s a bleak, raw day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their arrival in spite
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Fort Greene Park, Photo by Mitchell J. Silver.Fort Greene Park is one of the most photographed places in the neighborhood and borough, by both amateur and professional photographers. Among those shutterbugs is NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, a Fort Greene resident and Brooklyn native who is also an avid