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Photo by Timothy Caldwell [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shitebot/3316691870/] This is the second in a series of articles by Park Slope Stoop documenting the Bridging Gowanus open houses which are taking place in August and September 2016. Read our previous series article here [/blog/development/getting-gowanus-right-bridging-gowanus-kicks-off-series-of-public-conversations/] . On Friday,
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WWE’s Alicia Fox (l.) and The Big Show (r.) introduced the contest. (Courtesy Park Slope Stoop/Justin Fox)WWE rolled into town this weekend, holding its Summerslam [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SummerSlam_(2016)] and NXT: Takeover [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_Brooklyn_II] pay per views
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(Courtesy: Greenlight Bookstore / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GreenlightBklyn/photos/a.10150953081450962.489380.70922460961/10150953081485962/?type=1&theater] )Below you’ll find information on events through the week in (and around) Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Friday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event
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A rendering of Willoughby Square. (Courtesy: Economic Development Corporation [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/an-office-building-at-217-duffield-street-in-downtown-brooklyn-gets-demolished-for-park-and-parking-garage.html] )Downtown Brooklyn is about to experience more development changes. Willoughby Square [http://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-square]is one step closer to reality, as the City prepares to demolish 217 Duffield St., an
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Concrete Timbre will perform A/K/A Benjamin Franklin’s Women on Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm at the Old Stone House. (Photo via Concrete Timbre/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/concretetimbre/photos/a.10150650402329865.392751.356738114864/10154039219599865/?type=3&theater] )The dog days of summer are barking for
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Carmel Cato lit a candle in his son’s honor. (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)On the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Crown Heights riots Sunday, Brooklynites gathered to commemorate the events that transpired more than two decades ago — when the community witnessed the deaths of a black child
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> Major accident on #Flatbush [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flatbush?src=hash] Ave in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] #ParkSlope [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParkSlope?src=hash]. City bus hits motorcycle. Traffic bad. Avoid Flatbush. pic.twitter.com/Z1GgSzA8G1 [https://t.co/Z1GgSzA8G1] — BrooklynDad4Hillary (@mmpadellan) August 20,
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Clinton-Washington Avenue train station in Brooklyn. (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus/], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fortgreenefocus/], and sign up for our
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Photo via emilysamanthascheer [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJJbKMcgps0/?taken-at=1743231&hl=en]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips, story ideas,
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(Courtesy: mhlfrs / Instagram) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJVO8LChs22/?tagged=brooklynbridge]After a busy week, take the time to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Bomb threat in Sunset
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Photo via mayriss [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGkeiYekSMe/?tagged=brooklynwatertower&hl=en]The entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. Bomb threat in Sunset Park
Arts & Culture
Left to Right: High school students, Shane Smith, Wanda Cano, and Maria Hashmi present their Zika project at Pratt Institute. (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)Students in a youth development program gathered at Pratt Institute in Fort Greene on Friday to showcase their solutions on issues such as police