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Photo Of The Day: Street Cleaning The Hard Way

By Chuck Taylor on March 1, 2012 1:51 pm in Fun, Photos, Streets

It’s going to take a good long time to tidy up Brooklyn Heights’ Montague Terrace with this street-cleaning mechanism, observed curbside early Wednesday morning on trash day. Then again, given Brooklyn council members futzing with a city-funded street-cleaning program last summer, it may one day come to this. Continue Reading →

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Disney Fantasy Arrives on Maiden Voyage

By Claude Scales on February 28, 2012 8:47 am in Maritime, News, Photos

Disney’s new cruise ship, the 130,000 ton Disney Fantasy, could be seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade this morning, arriving after a trans-Atlantic voyage from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, where she was built. She was heading toward the Hudson River and the cruise terminal on the West Side of Manhattan.

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Red Tugboat

By Claude Scales on February 27, 2012 10:11 am in brooklyn bridge park, Maritime, Photos

Barbara E. Bouchard passes under the Manhattan Bridge, as seen from Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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Flowers on the Promenade

By Claude Scales on February 21, 2012 8:42 am in Brooklyn Heights, Gardening, Photos

Early bloomers in the garden between the Clark and Pineapple Street entrances. Addendum: According to reader “Baron von Montague St” these are “lenten roses, Helleborus × hybridus.”

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Here’s Looking At You, Brooklyn

By Chuck Taylor on February 10, 2012 5:17 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Photos

With a low of 22 degrees and the chance of precip 90% Saturday, prepare for potential snow showers this weekend. It appears February has at last found its mojo. (Photo: Chuck Taylor/Joralemon Street across from Borough Hall subway station)

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Why We Love Brooklyn Heights…

By Chuck Taylor on January 29, 2012 8:14 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Photos

Good evening… A panoramic view from the Montague Street entrance to the almighty Promenade, Sunday 7 p.m., during this clear, crisp 40-dgree eve. We who call the Heights home are pretty fortunate, yes?
(taken with Nikon D5000 by Chuck Taylor)

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The New Reflects the Old

By Claude Scales on January 8, 2012 6:36 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Development, Photos

Glass on the addition, under construction, to 20 Henry Street, reflects the facade of the building at the northwest corner of Henry and Poplar streets, as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge on January 7.

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Joyous Holidays to All!

By Claude Scales on December 24, 2011 7:00 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Photos

The Brooklyn Heights Christmas tree and menorah as seen from your correspondent’s window this evening at dusk.

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Rosa Rugosa Still in Bloom on Pier 1

By Claude Scales on November 20, 2011 10:08 am in brooklyn bridge park, Nature, Photos

A year ago last June the intrepid Karl Junkersfeld toook a stroll around Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and made the acquaintance of Rosa rugosa. Yesterday morning your correspondent took a similar stroll and found some of the flowers still in bloom, along with the rose hips that look like small tomatoes.

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Sunday Sunset: A Gift From The Heavens

By Chuck Taylor on November 15, 2011 6:30 am in Brooklyn Heights, Nature, Photos, Weather

The view Sunday at dusk’s peak from a Montague Street rooftop (nope, photo is not edited, colored or digitally manipulated one iota).

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Hallowed Brooklyn Heights

By Chuck Taylor on November 7, 2011 1:26 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Fun, Photos

Clever memories of Halloween just passed, on Grace Court Alley.
See what this bad boy looks like lit up, courtesy of king of all Grace Court Alley Halloween, Peter Steinberg…. after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Fall Foliage in Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Claude Scales on November 7, 2011 8:59 am in brooklyn bridge park, Nature, Photos

Your correspondent went leaf-peeping yesterday. Above is the view from the crest of the mound on Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park. More photos after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Snow, in October?!

By Claude Scales on October 29, 2011 12:23 pm in Photos, Weather

Snow falling shortly after noon in front of Two Montague Terrace.

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Scenes From a Saturday Stroll

By Claude Scales on October 16, 2011 11:57 pm in charity, Environment, Events, Gardening, Health, Photos

On Saturday morning, Jonathan Landsman and his crew were busy planting by the Clark Street entrance to the Promenade. More photos and text after the jump. Continue Reading →