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Linda Soo

In Memory Of Linda Soo Friend, Neighbor, Gardener <~~~> "For I Do Believe That Flowers Have Feelings, And That Those Feelings Extend To The Human Being Who Tends Them" Submitted by @lampbane

In Memory Of Linda Soo Friend, Neighbor, Gardener <~~~> "For I Do Believe That Flowers Have Feelings, And That Those Feelings Extend To The Human Being Who Tends Them" Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • cortelyou road
  • bench
  • gardening
  • linda soo

The Canterbury Victorian Clock / Cortelyou Streetscape Project

A Sincere Thank You From P.S. 139 Proud Recipient Of The Canterbury Victorian Clock   Capital Improvement Funds Were Secured By Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) For The Cortelyou Streetscape...

A Sincere Thank You From P.S. 139 Proud Recipient Of The Canterbury Victorian Clock   Capital Improvement Funds Were Secured By Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) For The Cortelyou Streetscape...

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • victorian flatbush
  • cortelyou road
  • flatbush dev...
  • clock
  • school
  • 2008

The Argyle Road School Yard

PS 139 proudly recognizes the many people who made The Argyle Road School Yard restoration possible. A special thank you to the owners of Brooklyn Hearth Realty, Out 2 Play, Brooklyn Borough...

PS 139 proudly recognizes the many people who made The Argyle Road School Yard restoration possible. A special thank you to the owners of Brooklyn Hearth Realty, Out 2 Play, Brooklyn...

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • cortelyou road
  • argyle road
  • marty markowitz
  • mathieu eugene
  • playground
  • ps 139
  • school

Lieutenant Federico Narvaez Tot Lot

LIEUTENANT FEDERICO NARVAEZ TOT LOT What was here before? This site was once occupied by a one-story commercial building, but by the 1980s the lot was vacant. The site is three blocks west of the...

LIEUTENANT FEDERICO NARVAEZ TOT LOT What was here before? This site was once occupied by a one-story commercial building, but by the 1980s the lot was vacant. The site is three blocks west of...

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • cortelyou road
  • argyle road
  • ditmas park ...
  • 1902
  • colonial revival
  • tudor revival
  • craftsman
  • 1983
  • 1986
  • 1993
  • 1996
  • 2021
  • federico narvaez

Cortelyou Road Bridge Barrier

Built by Milliken Bros.Incorporated11 Broadway, N.Y. City, U.S.A.1907. Submitted by @lampbane

Built by Milliken Bros.Incorporated11 Broadway, N.Y. City, U.S.A.1907. Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • ditmas park
  • cortelyou road
  • subway
  • milliken bros.
  • 1907

THE AUBURN GUARDS REVIEWED BY JEFFERSON DAVIS

THE AUBURN GUARDS REVIEWED BY JEFFERSON DAVIS At the Auburn train depot on February 16. 1861, Jefferson Davis reviewed the Auburn Guards, the first Confederate military company thus honored. Davis...

THE AUBURN GUARDS REVIEWED BY JEFFERSON DAVIS At the Auburn train depot on February 16. 1861, Jefferson Davis reviewed the Auburn Guards, the first Confederate military company thus honored. Davis...

    Park Slope Historic District

    PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT This District, adjoining Prospect Park, is one of the most beautiful residential neighborhoods in the city. with its wide avenues and tree-lined streets, punctuated by...

    PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT This District, adjoining Prospect Park, is one of the most beautiful residential neighborhoods in the city. with its wide avenues and tree-lined streets, punctuated by...

    • brooklyn
    • park slope
    • park slope h...
    • historic district
    • romanesque revival

    Montauk Club

    THIS BUILDING, COMPLETED IN 1891 FOR THE MONTAUK CLUB, WAS MODELED BY FRANCIS H. KIMBALL AFTER THE CA' D'ORO IN VENICE. THE FRIEZE ABOVE THE THIRD STORY WINDOWS REPRESENTS EXPLOITS OF THE MONTAUK...

    THIS BUILDING, COMPLETED IN 1891 FOR THE MONTAUK CLUB, WAS MODELED BY FRANCIS H. KIMBALL AFTER THE CA' D'ORO IN VENICE. THE FRIEZE ABOVE THE THIRD STORY WINDOWS REPRESENTS EXPLOITS OF THE...

    • brooklyn
    • park slope
    • montauk club
    • park slope h...
    • landmark
    • francis kimball
    • frieze

    Park Slope Historic District

    NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT   PROSPECT PARK, LARGELY COMPLETED BY 1873 AS THE MASTERPIECE OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND CALVERT VAUX'S LANDSCAPE DESIGNS,...

    NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT   PROSPECT PARK, LARGELY COMPLETED BY 1873 AS THE MASTERPIECE OF FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED AND CALVERT VAUX'S LANDSCAPE...

    • brooklyn
    • park slope
    • park slope h...
    • historic district
    • romanesque revival
    • frederick la...
    • calvert vaux
    • montauk club
    • venetian gothic
    • cass gilbert
    • victorian gothic
    • queen anne

    Brooklyn Ethical Culture School

    THIS STRUCTURE OF RENAISSANCE STYLE, DESIGNED BY MONTROSE W. MORRIS, WAS BUILT IN 1881-83 FOR HENRY C. HULBERT, PAPER MERCHANT, AND ACQUIRED IN 1927 BY THE BROOKLYN ETHICAL CULTURE SCHOOL. IT WAS...

    THIS STRUCTURE OF RENAISSANCE STYLE, DESIGNED BY MONTROSE W. MORRIS, WAS BUILT IN 1881-83 FOR HENRY C. HULBERT, PAPER MERCHANT, AND ACQUIRED IN 1927 BY THE BROOKLYN ETHICAL CULTURE SCHOOL. IT...

    • brooklyn
    • park slope
    • prospect park west
    • renaissance style
    • montrose morris
    • 1883
    • henry hulbert
    • 1927
    • 1957
    • 1958
    • new york com...
    • ethical culture

    Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society

    Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society Dedicates this building as a Peace Site.... April 17, 1983   OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK BUILDING WITHIN THE PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT THIS MANSION IS NOW...

    Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society Dedicates this building as a Peace Site.... April 17, 1983   OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY LANDMARK BUILDING WITHIN THE PARK SLOPE HISTORIC DISTRICT THIS MANSION IS NOW...

    • brooklyn
    • park slope
    • brooklyn eth...
    • ethical culture
    • park slope h...
    • neo-jacobean
    • william tubby
    • 1900
    • william childs
    • 1983

    Marquis de Lafayette, Prospect Park

    MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE PROSPECT PARK This bronze sculptural tableau depicts the French born Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) with an African American groomsman, and...

    MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE PROSPECT PARK This bronze sculptural tableau depicts the French born Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) with an African American groomsman, and...

    • brooklyn
    • prospect park
    • marquis de lafayette
    • daniel chest...
    • henry harteau
    • 1917
    • revolutionary war
    • jean-baptist...
    • james armistead
    • james armist...
    • henry bacon

    An 18th Century Well

    AN 18th CENTURY WELL that was about 35-feet deep and still contained water was discovered adjacent to this site in 2017 during construction. The well is believed to be associated with Fort Box,...

    AN 18th CENTURY WELL that was about 35-feet deep and still contained water was discovered adjacent to this site in 2017 during construction. The well is believed to be associated with Fort Box,...

      Ditmas Park Historic District

      NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION DITMAS PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT THE CREATION OF THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD IN THE 1880'S (TODAY THE BRIGHTON LINE OF THE BMT/IND)...

      NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION DITMAS PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT THE CREATION OF THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD IN THE 1880'S (TODAY THE BRIGHTON LINE OF THE BMT/IND)...

      • brooklyn
      • ditmas park
      • flatbush
      • colonial revival
      • tudor
      • neo-georgian

      Edvard Grieg

      GRIEG PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BY THE NORWEGIAN SOCIETIES   Submitted by @lampbane

      GRIEG PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN BY THE NORWEGIAN SOCIETIES   Submitted by @lampbane

      • brooklyn
      • prospect park
      • edvard grieg
      • norwegian
      • composer