Autumn daisies are keeping the Promenade colorful in mid-October, just inside the far entrance at Remsen Street. Here, early morning Tuesday, they soak in last night’s shower. (Photo: Chuck Taylor)
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Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
The Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street (corner of Orange) will be showing Arbitrage, starring Richard Gere as a hedge fund magnate who gets into serious trouble, as well as Killer Joe and Ruby Sparks. Showtimes are here. Opening on Sunday is “Moonlights in the Windshield”, an exhibit of photographs by Inigo de Amescua. Looking […]
Montague Terrace: Christmas In August
It was Christmas in August at 5 Montague Terrace on Monday, as the beautiful brownstone was utilized for a print shoot—complete with fresh pine ornamentation, poinsettias, a wreath on the door and (faux) snow in the windows—for a fourth-quarter T.J. Maxx print campaign. Sadly, the comely models standing on the street to the side of […]
Ephemeral New York Deems St. George Liquor Sign ‘One Of Coolest’ Vintage
The always intriguing Ephemeral New York, which “chronicles an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts,” has deemed the neon sign outside the St. George Hotel one of “New York’s coolest vintage liquor store signs.” It joins age-old comrades in the West Village, 14th Street & Eighth Avenue and the Lower East Side. Of course, […]
Photoville Improves Access
Last weekend I happened upon the Photoville exhibit that has been on display in the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Coincidently, as I was arriving, a fellow neighbor in a wheelchair was leaving and she informed me that the exhibit isn’t really “accessible.” After rolling around for 10 minutes, I had to agree with my friend and […]
‘Photoville’ Village Exhibit Turns BBP Waterpark Into Rustic Repository
The Photoville exhibit located along the uplands of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 3 from June 22 to July 1, has added a rustic touch to the Brooklyn Heights waterfront. In fact, it makes the former powder blue warehouses that lined the locale look downright charming. Brooklyn-based art cooperative United Photo Industries’ “photographic village” comprises 30 […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Photoville will be open at the uplands of Pier 3, Brooklyn Bridge Park (see map here) today (Friday, June 22), Saturday, and Sunday all day. This event has drawn notice from The New Yorker for its “Underage” exhibit, which features the work of young photographers. For the kids, the Park is hosting Puppet Mobile presenting […]
Image Of The Day: A Haunting Nighttime View From Fulton’s Landing
What a world: A nighttime view of the Manhattan Bridge, Empire State Building and City skyline from Fulton’s Landing, next to Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo: QuietStorm)
Image Of The Day: Hiccup, Belch… Mother’s Day 2012 Post-Mortem
Montague Wine & Spirits, 78 Montague Street (Photo: Chuck Taylor)
Temporary ‘Photoville’ Village Coming To BBP Pier 3 This Summer
Brooklyn-based art cooperative United Photo Industries is creating a temporary “photographic village” out of 30 shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 3 Uplands for nine days this summer, with the promise that “central to the Village will be a communal beer & food garden serving chilled brews and artisanal snacks.” Gothamist reports that “Photoville” […]
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