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Brooklyn Book Festival

Published by arZan September 13th, 2006 in Art, Education and Neighborhood. Closed

The Brooklyn Book Festival, held on September 16, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., will celebrate Brooklyn’s thriving and diverse literary community and its rich history as a home and inspiration for authors. From Williamsburg to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope and Brighton Beach, Brooklyn is home to authors, literary magazines and publishers. Brooklyn Book Festival: […]



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New residents

Published by arZan August 25th, 2006 in Education and Neighborhood. Closed

This past week has seen a huge influx of new residents in the neighborhood. They come from all over the world and all part of the country. In case you are wondering who they are….well they are the students at Pratt Institute. My alma mater had its orientation week today at the start of the […]



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Pratt Higgins Hall Wins Architectural Awards

Published by arZan August 6th, 2006 in Architecture, Buildings and Education. Closed

My alma mater, Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture has won an architectural award. Higgins Hall, for long the home of the School of Architecture, had a recent addition in the centre court area. This was done by the famous NY architect Steven Holl. As reported in a communique on Pratt’s



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  • Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Co-op in Flatbush, an Italianate in Gowanus April 18, 2021
    The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a rental in Brooklyn Heights, a bungalow in Ditmas Park West and a detached house in Marine Park. Park Slope and Flatbush are popular this week with other listings dotted around the borough. The least expensive is a Park Slope rental at… Read More > The […]
  • Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Excavating a Cellar, Brooklyn Houses on the Market April 17, 2021
    Would You Rent This Park Slope Two-Bedroom With Mantels, Built-ins for $2,600 a Month? While this Park Slope rental has a few quirks, it also has enough on the plus side of the column to perhaps outweigh them, including mantels, closet space and a location near Prospect Park. -- Flatbush Co-op With Arched… Read More […]
  • A Prospect Park South Standalone With a Driveway and Three More to See, Starting at $975K April 16, 2021
    Our picks for open houses this weekend are all move-in-ready and two include off-street parking. Found in Cobble Hill, Prospect Park South, Bed Stuy and Dyker Heights, they range in price from $975,000 to $3.995 million. First up, in Cobble Hill, this four-story townhouse on Butler Street might look familiar to… Read More > The […]
  • Fort Greene Park Redesign Will Include Tree Removal and Replanting April 16, 2021
    Parks Department lumberjacks will be chopping down trees in Fort Greene Park as part of a recently-relaunched $24 million makeover of the lawn’s Myrtle Avenue side -- but they promise they’ll plant at least 200 new ones when it’s finished, according to an agency spokesperson. “The project will more than double… Read More > The […]
  • Historic Hotel With Artsy Interiors and a Perch Along Catskill Creek Can Be Yours for $569K April 16, 2021
    Restored back to its original use as a guest house, this circa 1860s Greene County property offers up a more design-focused aesthetic than the modest woodframe may have originally sported thanks to the duo behind its transformation. The eclectically-styled property now on the market at 7803 State Route 81 in Durham,… Read More > The […]



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