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Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNERDisappointed by last week’s election results, Brooklyn writer Fiona Maazel [http://www.fionamaazel.com/] reacted by organizing a rally. Posting the event on her Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/events/1602788343357488/], she wrote, “I am going to Grand Army Plaza with my two-year-old daughter
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By and courtesy of Nancy LunsfordWe all need art. Especially now. The experience of viewing creativity can soothe, challenge…and remind us of our culture’s generosity. Enter the annual Park Slope Windsor Terrace Open Studios [https://parkslopewindsorterraceopenstudio2016.wordpress.com/] which begins Saturday, November 12 and runs through Sunday, November
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Reyes Tacos on one corner. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)You may have passed by Reyes Deli & Grocery [https://www.yelp.com/biz/reyes-deli-and-grocery-brooklyn] countless times. From the outside, it’s a nondescript bodega at 532 4th Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets. Perhaps the snarl of construction surrounding
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Photo via tammysecho / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMmOXzogwkr/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]Neighbors in Park Slope often spoke about their nausea this morning. Two passersby on 5th Avenue near Berkeley place — one right after the other — told us they were “sick to their stomachs” about the reality
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Members in the studio. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)Bklyn Clay [http://www.bklynclay.com/] (673 5th Avenue at 20th Street) is a new community art space and ceramics studio for potters, artists, hobbyists, and production clayworkers, offering classes for all ages and levels, 24/7 access for members, workshops
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Lucky Rubber Ducky is the newly expanded section of Tarzian West at 194 7th Avenue. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)Neighborhood-favorite Tarzian West [http://www.tarzianwest.com/] (194 7th Avenue at 2nd Street) has expanded, offering shoppers even more covetable, well-designed houseware products and gift items. The new shop, called
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Photo via erin / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chocolatemaltedshakes/6320658792/in/photolist-aCx2DJ-6tGxHT-dYU1nN-71YWnf-nC5k7T-dyqFdu-9gLnbh-9iVfVn-7hHgvw-bM8ynk-8UfQiD-9ikLs4-o1qutR-8EAmHs-6M9j2f-93LQgv-6M9iKU-bwFCpZ-73dG5h-9Sp4Pt-eRDT7P-BPKfo-8LFFsz-ad7efP-ahkS3o-dXkbQs-cmhdYG-jf7gsD-3bvYrL-8bcZf7-hcG185-ad6Zj8-6SDnt1-cWFMYL-cdeZyd-dSHN3F-o4n4m9-8kTZkK-6M9ano-9rS5LR-77M2eC-5MLfvw-chNKoE-78PTxe-BPKhe-8yd9qL-4gJJQP-r13vZE-v5tX1V-dXRB82r] Well, Park Slope caffeinated community, it looks
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Michelle de la Uz, Executive Director of Fifth Avenue Committee [L] and Council Member Brad Lander detail the revised proposal of the development. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)The night was about community consensus and square footage. And both increased significantly in the same room that had an extremely different
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Screenshot of video showing the pier off Owl’s Head Park during Hurricane Sandy. (Video by John Huntingtonvia Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/52418093])In recognition of the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we’re taking a deeper look this week at the status of recovery efforts along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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From behind the Pavilion’s facade, the marquee is visibleFor years, the Pavilion Theater on Prospect Park West was the cinema we loved to hate [/sticky-shoes-so-long-neighbors-invited-to-give-pavilion-a-sendoff-on-november-1/] . Since the theater re-opened in 1996, neighbors watched its steady decline — sticky, gum-spackled floors, broken heaters in the winter, rats roaming the screening rooms
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Politicians and advocates at 7th Avenue and 9th Street. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)Advocates, elected officials, and senior neighbors gathered on the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and 9th Street Wednesday morning to announce the launch of a campaign to install a much-needed and long-awaited elevator for the 7th
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Lucio Schiavone. (Photo Credit: Virginia Freire)Prospect Park will lose a popular, long-time fixture when Lucio Schiavone retires as Carousel Manager in December after 26 years of service. On Saturday, November 5 at 11:45am the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] will commemorate Schiavone with a ceremony and