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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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  • Brooklynites View the Eclipse (Photos) August 21, 2017
    Brooklynites poured outside to view the partial solar eclipse as it hit the city Tuesday afternoon. Although the boro wasn't in the path of the total eclipse, Brooklynites were still treated to a partial eclipse -- about 70 percent of the sun’s visible disk was covered. Some viewers took the warnings to… Read More > […]
  • From the Forum: Replacing Garage Doors in a Historic District August 21, 2017
    A homeowner is doing some homework before replacing their garage doors and is wondering what style of doors other homeowners have installed within a historic district. In addition to reviewing the Landmarks Preservation Commission's guidelines, what other sources might be of help in determining the correct style of doors for… Read More > The post […]
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  • Sheepshead Bay Queen Anne With Details, Sun Porch, Garage Asks $1.65 Million August 21, 2017
    Here's a three-family standalone in Sheepshead Bay that needs work, but ought to polish up nicely. It's a turreted Queen Anne with a fetching exterior at 2117 Voorhies Avenue, within short strolling distance of the neighborhood's eponymous body of water. There's no floorplan, so it's anyone's guess how the house is… Read More > The […]
  • The Curious Tale of Williamsburg’s Historic Abate Grotto August 21, 2017
    At the intersection of Woodpoint Road and Conseylea Street in Williamsburg sits a 20th century curiosity built on a tiny plot of ground with a centuries-old significance in the history of Brooklyn. The Vito Abate grotto at 219 Woodpoint Road was built in the late 1930s as a religious shrine… Read More > The post […]



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