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SOUTH SLOPE — Every year for the past ten years kids have been racing their homemade contraptions down 17th Street in Brooklyn as part of the Soap Box Derby organized by Koko Open Source [http://open-source-gallery.org/koko/], the education branch of Open Source Gallery. [http://open-source-gallery.org/] Soapbox designs are
Arts & Culture
Alex Watkins works on her soap box derby entry. (Photo by Donny Levit) 11-year-old Alex Watkins is explaining the trials of tribulations of constructing her vehicle. “The brakes didn’t work at first, but I finally fixed them,” she said while painting her three-wheeler. Walt started out with a three-wheeler
Arts & Culture
Alex Watkins works on her soap box derby entry. (Photo by Donny Levit) Eight-year-old Alex Watkins is explaining the trials of tribulations of constructing her vehicle. “The brakes didn’t work at first, but I finally fixed them,” she said while painting her three-wheeler. Walt started out with a three-wheeler
soap box derby
The 2014 Open Source Soapbox Derby (Photo by South Slope News)On your mark, get set…and grab your tools! Open Source Gallery’s [http://open-source-gallery.org/] Soap Box Derby and Workshop culminates in a race down 17th Street at 12pm on Saturday, August 29. And although the kids may
soap box derby
Neighbors big and small took to 17th Street in DIY motorless cars on Saturday at one of our favorite annual events — the Open Source Soap Box Derby [http://open-source-gallery.org/soap-box-derby-2014/]. Though there had been threats of rain, it was a gorgeous morning as kids raced between obstacles starting at
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Here’s a fun bit of neighborhood trivia to start off your rainy Thursday. Did you know that the 2011 Open Source Gallery [http://open-source-gallery.org/] soap box workshop is visible on Google Maps [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=306+17th+Street,+Brooklyn&hl=en&ll=40.