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Dec
01

Non-Profit Announces Paid Masonry Restoration Internship at Green-Wood Cemetery

Headstones at Greenwood CemeterySUNSET PARK – Job training non-profit Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow [http://obtjobs.org/home/] (OBT) is taking
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Apr
14
Where To Take Your Date This Weekend: April 14–16

Where To Take Your Date This Weekend: April 14–16

(Photo via prospect_park/instagram)It’s springtime, and romance is sprouting up with the cherry blossoms at the Botanic
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Apr
04
It’s Migration Season — These Beautiful Birds Are In Our Area

It’s Migration Season — These Beautiful Birds Are In Our Area

Scarlet Tanager (Photo: Steve Nanz)This is a wonderful time for bird watching, but it won’t last forever. Birds
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Oct
12
Supporters Turn Out For Lady Moody’s And Coney Island Pumping Station At LPC Hearing

Supporters Turn Out For Lady Moody’s And Coney Island Pumping Station At LPC Hearing

The Lady Moody House. (Photo: Brooklyn Historical Society)Two local historical buildings — the Coney Island Pumping Station [http://www.sheepsheadbites.
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Jul
10
Landmarks Preservation Commission Releases Plan To Address Historic Site Backlog

Landmarks Preservation Commission Releases Plan To Address Historic Site Backlog

Lady Moody’s House in Gravesend (Source: Flickr/lisanne001)The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/
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Jan
06
What To Do With That Dead Christmas Tree

What To Do With That Dead Christmas Tree

Source: Flickr/astrozombieNow that we’re back to the daily grind following the holidays, it’s also time to consider
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Dec
06
Christmas In Greenwood Heights: Holiday Spirits

Christmas In Greenwood Heights: Holiday Spirits

Get it? Photo by bridgidbibbens [http://instagram.com/p/hg6JmuqQUd/]. Have you snapped any neighborhood holiday photos? Share them with
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Oct
10
Photo Of The Day: Charlotte

Photo Of The Day: Charlotte

Forget fake spiders [/blog/photos/halloween-in-the-slope-creepy-crawlies], we’ve got the real deal. Photo by madcat1 [http://instagram.com/p/fDhRc8DFgR/
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Aug
26

Today: Battle Of Brooklyn Reenactment In Green-Wood Cemetery

Source: British Royal Engineers under Major James Moncrief via Wikimedia Commons Okay, it’s not exactly local, but it’s
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Mar
20

Friends Of Historic New Utrecht Present Talk On Green-Wood Cemetery’s Civil War Project

Photo Credit: Katie McNishGreen-Wood Cemetery’s historian, Jeff Richman, will tell the tale of the venerable cemetery’s ambitious project
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