Tag: history
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Wooden House Project
The Wooden House Project is a new blog by Elizabeth Finkelstein that deals with Brooklyn’s wood-frame row houses. The site is well-designed and content-rich, and it’s a subject that is very near to my heart, so I am looking forward to some good things. If this post is any indication, this site has a lot…
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A Phantom Ride on the Evergreen Branch
http://bushwickbk.com/2011/07/18/a-phantom-ride-on-the-evergreen-branch/
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Bushwick Creek, The Movie
Filmmaker Brian Walsh has made a movie about Bushwick Creek and what lies beneath. The movie was based in part (or maybe inspired by is a better phrase) a blog post I wrote over four years ago, and which was, in turn, inspired by Bob Guskind’s reporting on the “Roebling Oil Field”. Brian’s film is…
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Urban Oyster Launches Immigrant Foodway Tours
Urban Oyster kicks off its Immigrant Foodways tours of the Moore Street Market this weekend. The tours will start at Williamsburg Walks on Bedford Avenue.
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East Williamsburg Foodways Tour
http://www.columbiajournalist.org/www/158-slideshow-exploring-brooklyns-multicultural-community-through-food/story
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Building of the Day: Domino Refinery
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2011/04/building_of_the_270.php
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Every Building Has a Story
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2011/04/03/2011-04-03_a_walk_back_through_bklyn_family_history.html