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Walking Brooklyn: This and that
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Thursday, December 8, 2011. Back at the start of April, the owners of the Williamsburg Bank at Broadway and Driggs Ave. began some work on the building. At that time it appeared that all they were doing was removing most of an addition that was added on to the bank years after it was first built. That 3-story addition was swathed in white sheeting and was supposed to be reduced to one story (if it was not part of George B. Post's original design of 1870, why keep any. And down by the river on lower Broad...
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Walking Brooklyn: Dec 27, 2010
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Monday, December 27, 2010. Scenes from a blizzard. Bedford Ave. and Grand St. Pretty snowy out there today. A lot of streets in our part of Williamsburg (the Northside) had not been touched by midday. Bedford Ave. Grand St. to Metropolitan Ave. Not just the side streets but Driggs Avenue, a major thoroughfare and the route of the B62 bus from Queens Plaza to downtown Brooklyn, had not seen a plow at all. Driggs Ave. near North 5th St. Driggs Ave. near North 8th St. Bedford Av. at North 3rd St. It didn't ...
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Walking Brooklyn: Dec 8, 2011
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Thursday, December 8, 2011. Back at the start of April, the owners of the Williamsburg Bank at Broadway and Driggs Ave. began some work on the building. At that time it appeared that all they were doing was removing most of an addition that was added on to the bank years after it was first built. That 3-story addition was swathed in white sheeting and was supposed to be reduced to one story (if it was not part of George B. Post's original design of 1870, why keep any. And down by the river on lower Broad...
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Walking Brooklyn: 4th of July
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Monday, January 13, 2014. It has been so long since I published a post that I forgot my user name and password. Well, unemployment can have that effect on a person. Between trolling for job possibilities in publishing and taking care of the dog, there ain't an awful lot of time for blogs. The Lorimer Street sidewalk in front of the pool entrance. The pedestrian path directly in front of the pool. The entrance to the pool. Lifeguards attacked at McCarren Pool. A day after violence, crowds jam McCarren Pool.
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Walking Brooklyn: Jan 22, 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012. Doing More Right Things. Down the block at Metropolitan Ave. there is a large storage (? Showroom building owned by Puccio, one of our long-time local businesses (. Puccio Marble and Onyx. A big white concrete box with plywood covered window openings scattered around the two sides facing the street. It wasn't the prettiest building around but was at least suitable to its purpose and had no pretensions to anything else. Not the worst building in our neighborhood, either. It's sti...
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Walking Brooklyn: Finally, Something To Be Proud Of
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Monday, January 13, 2014. Finally, Something To Be Proud Of. After years of having all manner of charmless, graceless structures foisted on our neighborhood, finally, Williamsburg has something to be proud of. Back in April, 2011, the owners of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building at the corner of Driggs Avenue and Broadway began renovating the building. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Original Williamsburg Bank building, Broadway, Williamsburg. Brooklyn Community Boards info and links. View my co...
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Walking Brooklyn: Mar 22, 2011
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011. New Building in Brooklyn. A couple of articles concerned with the new buildings going up in so many areas of the borough. I'll add them without comment since anyone who has read any of my posts shouldn't have a difficult time guessing what my comments might be. These are from The. The Supersizer of Brooklyn. Click on this link. How a Building Dispute Can Sink a Sale. Click on this link. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brooklyn Community Boards info and links.
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Walking Brooklyn: May 31, 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011. We have a new dog at home . . . a puppy . . . and she's taking up most of my free time. The opportunities for me to wander Brooklyn have all but disappeared for the foreseeable future. So unless something extraordinary happens—like all the trendy bar hoppers deciding Williamsburg is passé and leaving us once again in peace—I won't be doing anything here for a while. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Original Williamsburg Bank building, Broadway, Williamsburg.
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Walking Brooklyn: Jun 27, 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011. Going . . . going . . . I won't pretend that the empty lot at the corner of Driggs Ave. and Grand St. was ever anything like a lush, refreshing summer meadow. We're not talking. The Sound of Music. We were sure we'd shortly be seeing another monument in the New York Developer Mod. From time to time people tried to grow things in there but since it was completely fenced in, that was a difficult feat. We had a few straggling plants near the fence. But even without any cultivated plan...
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Walking Brooklyn: Feb 8, 2011
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011. On a rainy Saturday waiting for the B41 down Flatbush Avenue. The weather has been getting marginally better for walking lately but it’s still so damn dreary with the remnants of dirty snow hanging around and bare trees and gray skies that I’ve still been keeping close to home, aside from a couple of quick forays to the library. A couple of minor things . . . You can see the map here if you're interested, under Proposed Districts: Proposed Wallabout Historic District. That empt...
