Photographer Percy Loomis Sperr (1890-1964) took this photo of 353 Park Place at Underhill Ave. (N.E. corner) on August 29, 1930.
Image from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery.
[RNWAR] Oriental Pavilion, Prospect Park
Oriental Pavilion, Prospect Park. Brooklyn, New York. Frank says, “I laid on my back to get this shot, almost in the snow.”
Here We Go Again
Snow about an hour ago on Underhill Ave. It’s still coming down.
Another potentially illegal subway photo…
…from the charmingly self-deprecating Really not worth archiving… Really. Park Place, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
(So what’s the status of the subway photo ban? Inside information says a February vote was dropped due to publicity, but I haven’t seen any "official" reporting on this.)
LOVE IS A GIFT FOR ALL SEASONS
ProHo resident Rian fondly remembers Christmas 1979.
BREAKING: Development Gone Mad on Vanderbilt
All the new development around here is getting overwhelming… Staceyjoy has pumped her insider real estate contacts for the following information:
"we’re getting a bakery
on St. Marks and Vanderbilt, in the building on the corner, the big
one that recently underwent a gut reno … I
know it’s not Blue Sky (from 5th Ave.), unfortunately. Also found out the Sweetpea Lounge, on the
corner of Dean and Vanderbilt, is due to open very soon … Very exciting, eh? Especially the bakery … BTW, Saturday marked the opening of Cato Photography right across the
street from me. The guy who owns it, John, is quite nice, and their
sign is lovely at night."
My Brooklyn: Autumn of 9-11
The Brooklyn Public Library "My Brooklyn" is on again. Deadline for entries: April 1. First prize is a $500 Savings Bond, Series EE.
Here’s last year’s winner, submitted by Catherine Brown. Excerpt: "I took the camera from Dave and put in a fresh roll of film. Through the
lens, a baby seemed to be falling from the clouds, a gift, a ray of hope. A
pair of strong hands reached out to catch him. And for the first time after
9/11, my husband laughed."
Click the photo for a larger image.
Bergen St. Station – Illegal Photo?
Photos like this one may soon be illegal.
Laundromat SUPER
Mark Warren >> Brooklyn Neighborhood Tours >>
Prospect Heights / Prospect Park / Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Thank set speed for finding the gallery.
Happy Mardi Gras, Brooklyn
Andrew G. Wood wrote in the
Brooklyn Rail that Mardi Gras “signals a change of season as winter
gradually gives way to spring … the festival can be appreciated as a fertility
rite with participants dancing, chanting, feasting and celebrating in hope of
aiding the coming year’s growing season. In certain cultures celebrants imagine
themselves cavorting with the dead …"
PICTURED: The original
Jacques-Imos, New Orleans, 2004.