Central Brooklyn
Photo by Lou HowortIt looks like one of the stanchions on Rugby Road is leaning! Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog.
Foster Avenue and Westminster Road
Photo by Donald LogginsAfter the city Department of Transportation knocked down two historic stanchions [/blog/news/after-neighbors-are-outraged-over-city-dot-knocking-down-stanchions-agency-vows-to-address-concerns] — the brick columns that were built not long after the turn of the 20th century — at Foster Avenue and Westminster Road in June, the agency admitted they’d made a mistake [/blog/news/
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A postcard shows the stanchions that were just torn down as they appeared in 1909. Image courtesy Donald LogginsMore than a century has passed, but our neighbors living in the area in 1910 appeared to be just as angry at the city as community members are now, following the DOT’