The 1976 Montague Street Revitalization project offered grand plans for the ailing Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, and included numerous photographs of everyday life. Of course, some 36 years later, these casual B&W shots offer a cool triptych to a time gone by: the fashion, hairstyles and simply the way folks gathered back in the day. We’re […]
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Wowsah! Enterprise Shuttle Pics From The Brooklyn Heights Promenade
The Park Slope Patch features a series of dramatic photos taken by members of the Prospect Park Track Club, who organized a run to the Promenade Friday from Grand Army Plaza to witness the retired NASA space shuttle Enterprise zip around New York City. The group joined hundreds of Brooklynites on the Promenade to watch […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions
Senator Squadron’s Community Convention is Sunday afternoon. MTA head Joseph Lhota will discuss transit issues, you can learn more about new plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park and there will be discussion groups on many other topics of community interest. More details & RSVP here. Learn about local bird life Sunday morning at Pier 1, Brooklyn […]
BBP Solicits Entries For ‘Bluebell Photo Contest’
Brooklyn Bridge Park is inviting all local photographers to submit images of the Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) starting to bloom by the thousands for its “Bluebell Photo Contest.” In December 2011, BBP planted 8,000+ Spanish Bluebell bulbs in the Pier 1, Pier 6 & Main Street sections of the park. The thin leaves of the […]
Heights History: The Brooklyn Waterfront 30 Years Ago
While this photograph from the U.S. Library of Congress’ digitized collection may not be in color, who doesn’t recall the powder blue warehouses that lined the Brooklyn Heights waterfront below the Promenade? Progress on Brooklyn Bridge Park may seem sluggish, but things have certainly changed, haven’t they? (Photo: Jet Lowe, 1982)
Phenomenal Photography Of Heights Resident Rick Elkins
Brooklyn Heights’ resident Rick Elkins, who works as an art director and editorial/advertising photographer, shared with BHB a series of eight stunning photographs from his portfolio. To see his Flickr photostream, click here, and here for a set of 131 NYC-centric pics. (See large images below the jump.) Elkins tells us, “Six of these were […]
Image Of The Day: Brooklyn Heights Shoe Master, 100 Henry Street
The Brooklyn Heights Shoe Master at 100 Henry Street, inside the St. George Hotel 2/3 subway entrance, sure looks like it’s been in place for decades. One factoid: A phone number in a lighted box above the store is no longer relevant: 852-2016. Has the joint been there long enough to have had a 212 […]
Brooklyn Heights Resident Chronicles Street Life in the Bronx
The Times has a story about a Heights resident and Wall Street trader who spends his free time photographing and recording the stories of the down-and-out: New York Times “City Room”: As a foreign exchange trader for Citigroup, Chris Arnade, 46, makes a good income, and lives with his wife and three children in a […]
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