Tag: history
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Zach Galifianakis’ First Video
Via Huffington Post, here is Zach Galifianakis’ acting debut, in a student short shot on the Northside in the early 1990s. Worth a look to see old shots the L Cafe (and the apartment listings there) and Teddy’s in an earlier (but not too different) incarnation. Oh yeah, and goatees – I forgot about those.…
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The Inferiority Complex of the Williamsburg Bridge
http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/the-inferiority-complex-of-the-williamsburg-bridge/
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C. P. H. Gilbert – The Permastone Years
705 and 707 Willoughby Avenue Architect: C. P. H. Gilbert?, 1885 Photo: via PropertyShark Chris Gray and his Streetscapes column were back in Brooklyn this week, profiling one of the great architects of the Gilded Age. Much of Gilbert’s early work was done in the Park Slope area, but his first Brooklyn commission may have…
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Brooklyn History Photo of the Week
Clinton Avenue at Fulton Street March, 1888 Photo: A. A. Martense via BHS. This photo, taken on Clinton Avenue at Fulton Street in March 1888 comes via the Brooklyn Historical Society’s blog. BHS has the full details, but what I like about the photo is the signage on the side of the building: trusses, crutches,…
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Most Holy Trinity Church Holiday Tours
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/holy-trinity-st-mary-catholic-church-williamsburg-brooklyn-long-history-home-immigrants-article-1.987840
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Brooklyn Trolley Cars From the BRT to the B&QT
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=27&id=47577
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Brooklyn Brewery’s Home Fetches $16M
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20111123/REAL_ESTATE/111129951
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Lecture: The Past and Future of Bushwick Avenue
Tonight at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch, students from the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Preservation Planning will present a talk about their preservation studio project on the rich architectural history of Bushwick Avenue, and the preservation plan to conserve the legacy of the historic thoroughfare.
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Construction of the Williamsburg Bridge, 1896-1903
via retronaut.com A Retronaut.com tour of the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge. Worth a few minutes of your time.
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Church of the Annunciation
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/n-williamsburg-a-history/245262/#slide2