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Image via Brownstone Detectives via Brooklyn Historical Society [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec/status/671791435021176832/photo/1].The Fort Greene Houses — now known as the Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses — were completed in 1944 and considered a pioneering development for urban renewal and addressing the housing crisis. Nowadays, of course, the
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=park+slope/37%2C306%2C306%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&
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Over the past few weeks we’ve honored the season by creating thankful trees [/kids/craft-corner-thankful-tree-grows-brooklyn], asking Brooklyn kids to share some of the things that they’re thankful for [/kids/city-kid-connect-thankful], and even offering advice on ways you can give back [/education/jumpstart-givingtuesday-by-donating-to-brooklyn-schools] to the community. Now that Thanksgiving
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New recruits from all parts of the country shown arriving at the United States Maritime Service training station in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Photogrammer [http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=owi2001045878/PP]) Sheepshead Bay was once home to the world’s largest WWII era maritime training station, according to
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One of Brooklyn’s first trolley cars. (Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library Collection [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/views-brooklyn-long-island-staten-island-brooklyn-scenes-buildings-view-016-one-brooklyns-first-trol] )A glimpse into the past: The first trolley car in Brooklyn was run in 1891. The Bath, Bay Ridge, and Bensonhurst line was operated by the Brooklyn City Railroad Company. Take
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Photo via Brownstone Detectives [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec/status/658765358980055042/photo/1]We love this great postcard of Albemarle Road taken around 1900 that Brownstone Detectives [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec] recently posted. Do you have any old photos of the neighborhood? We’d love to see them. Share photos with
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Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Museum Collection [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/image/20601].Did you know that there used to be a major produce market in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, called the Wallabout Market, back in the turn of the century? It makes sense, since the Navy Yard was
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The DOT knocks down a stanchion at Foster and Westminster.At a meeting last week, the New York City Department of Transportation vowed to work with community members on a resolution after the agency demolished two historic brick stanchions [/blog/news/after-neighbors-are-outraged-over-city-dot-knocking-down-stanchions-agency-vows-to-address-concerns] without any notice to residents. “It definitely was
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The recent dreary weather has us daydreaming about spring in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] — the picnics, the lazing about, the dogs and children and frisbee tossing! To remind us all what’s just around the corner (we hope), we’ve gathered some great old photos from Brooklyn Visual
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Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln portrayed by Robert Costello and Cheryl Mustachio. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln will visit Bensonhurst next week! That’s right, played by Robert Costello and Cheryl Mustachio, the couple will appear together in a conversation on Tuesday evening, February 10, 2015,
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AndrewDiceClayOfficial.comOn the eve of the release of his new memoir [http://www.amazon.com/Filthy-Truth-Andrew-Dice-Clay/dp/1476734712/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414602620&sr=1-1&keywords=andrew+dice+clay] , Sheepshead Bay native Andrew Dice Clay sat down with the Village Voice
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Spotted in the window of Accurate Photo Shop [http://accuratephotoshop.com/] on 5th Avenue. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to editor@bklyner.com, and