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One Book, One New York: A Book Club for the City

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Photo by nicole_bump via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPiKRe9DTHP/?tagged=atreegrowsinbrooklyn])“One Book, One New York” is a citywide initiative [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/initiatives/1book1ny.page] that will bring book-loving New Yorkers together to read the

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Then & Now: Photographer Documents How Flatbush & New York City Have Changed Over The Past 140 Years

What was Flatbush Avenue like nearly a century and a half ago? What about Prospect Park? Church Avenue? Our neighborhood, and the city, have changed dramatically since the 19th century, and you can see how specific spots in our area have evolved since the 1870s and 1880s — when Brooklyn was

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Carolyn Quinn On Photography, Life In Bensonhurst & The Truth Behind “Gypsy” Villain Rose Thompson Hovick

Photo via Carolyn Quinn on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/carolynquinnauthor/photos/pb.376813919113718.-2207520000.1426005273./474628769332232/?type=3&theater] Carolyn Quinn [http://www.carolynquinn.net] has her hands in a lot of artistic pursuits. Not content just to create literature, the longtime local is also a photographer — and

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City Seizes McKinley Park Library Building For “Public’s Good”

Source: BPLCity officials officially seized the McKinley Park public library branch (6802 Fort Hamilton Parkway) Monday – using the power of eminent domain – after failing to strike a deal with the library’s owner to purchase the property, reports the Commercial Observer [http://commercialobserver.com/2014/12/city-seizes-brooklyn-library-building/]. As we reported

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Newly-Released NYPL Maps Show Beautiful Old Renderings Of Our Area, With A Few Changes

The New York Public Library [http://www.nypl.org] recently added about 20,000 maps to their online collection, all which can be downloaded and used for free. We found a few maps of our area, lovingly-rendered with a few fun discrepancies to explore. The map above (intended to be

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Photo Flashback: 5th Avenue And 12th Street

The New York Public Library has a fantastic shot [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-a118-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99] of 5th Avenue and 12th Street, which they say was taken in 1941. A dairy and grocery operated out of the spot where Commonwealth [http://commonwealthbar.com/] now sits, and the mid-block building that is

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Brooklyn Public Library Offering Amnesty To Children, Teens

(from wikipedia.org)Bay Ridge Journal is reporting that the Brooklyn Public Library, along with Queens Public Library and New York Public Library – NYC’s other two library systems, will be offering amnesty to underage cardholders who owe fines on overdue books. The program, which is being funded by publisher