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Fort Greene Historic District

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT   FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...

  • brooklyn
  • fort greene
  • fort greene park
  • 1855
  • 1875
  • 1848
  • walt whitman
  • 1867
  • frederick la...
  • calvert vaux

Pratt Willoughby Avenue Gate

THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO.   Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO. Pratt   Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • pratt institute
  • willoughby avenue
  • hiroko nakamoto

Pratt Family House

The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn at...

The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • pratt institute
  • willoughby avenue
  • hobart a. walker
  • colonial revival
  • elizabethan
  • 1907
  • 2017

Pratt Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate

Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998   Submitted by @lampbane

  • brooklyn
  • pratt institute
  • clinton hill
  • samuel paul ...
  • 1998

Clinton Hill Historic District

CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • clinton avenue
  • pratt
  • charles pratt
  • italianate
  • french second empire
  • historic district

Dr. George Ryerson Fowler

Clinton Hill Historic District Dr. George Ryerson Fowler Carriage House1889Architect: Rudolph L. Daus1854-1916Dominick Salvati & Co. 1955FounderBrooklyn Anatomical & Surgical...

Clinton Hill Historic District Dr. George Ryerson Fowler Carriage House1889Architect: Rudolph L. Daus1854-1916Dominick Salvati & Co. 1955FounderBrooklyn Anatomical &...

  • brooklyn
  • clinton hill
  • george ryers...
  • carriage house
  • clinton hill...
  • 1889
  • 1955
  • 1878
  • 1883

Greedy Williams

Greedy Williams earned first team All-America honors in 2018, helping LSU to a 10-3 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. As a freshman in 2017, Williams led the SEC in interceptions with six and...

Greedy Williams earned first team All-America honors in 2018, helping LSU to a 10-3 record and a win in the Fiesta Bowl. As a freshman in 2017, Williams led the SEC in interceptions with six...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Devin Whte

Devin White became LSU's first Butkus Award winner, which is given annually to the top linebacker in college football, in 2018 as he led the Tigers to a 10-3 mark and win in the Fiesta Bowl....

Devin White became LSU's first Butkus Award winner, which is given annually to the top linebacker in college football, in 2018 as he led the Tigers to a 10-3 mark and win in the Fiesta Bowl....

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Grant Delpit

A first team All-American in 2018 and 2019, he claimed the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football following his junior season in 2019. A three-year starter in the secondary for...

A first team All-American in 2018 and 2019, he claimed the Thorpe Award as the top defensive back in college football following his junior season in 2019. A three-year starter in the secondary...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Joe Burrow

The most decorated player in school history, Joe Burrow became the first LSU quarterback to earn unanimous All-America honors in 2019. He became only the second player in LSU history to win the...

The most decorated player in school history, Joe Burrow became the first LSU quarterback to earn unanimous All-America honors in 2019. He became only the second player in LSU history to win...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • heisman trophy
  • college

Ja'Marr Chase

Ja'Marr Chase cemented his name as one of the top players in SEC history in 2019, winning the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver and becoming the first wide receiver in LSU history to...

Ja'Marr Chase cemented his name as one of the top players in SEC history in 2019, winning the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's top receiver and becoming the first wide receiver in LSU history...

  • louisiana
  • lsu
  • football
  • college

Harry James' Childhood Home

 Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916 in...

 Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916...

  • texas
  • entertainment
  • big band era

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