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Comments about prospect brooklynThere are 26 comments about "prospect brooklyn"
Liz: Dear Mr. Hammond,
I was born 1948, so I don't think we hung out together, but my Mom was a nurse at St. Mary's, probably at the time your siblings were born I have...... janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and...... Sandra (Savain)Fernandez: I lived on Eastern Parkway in the late60s-70s, 763 to be exact it was a beautiful building. I loved going to the Musuem , the Botanical Garden , the Brooklyn Library, Grand Army...... Bosley Latimore: It appears that young persons who are currently considering relocating to sections of Brooklyn such as Cobble Hill, Borum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Grand Army Plaza, or even Brooklyn Heights, would be well advised to consider...... Shimbo: Get this, I live in Brooklyn N.Y., I got a raccoon caught in the cage right now but, i tried calling the city to relocate it, but they say they dont do that. He's a...... Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new...... zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate)....... Paradox: It's interesting to hear what people think of Brooklyn but overall it's not as bad as it used to be. I'm not saying that crime is all gone but the city has changed a lot....... Alan D.: Thanks for the photo. Like Joan, I was born in Prospect Heights Hospital, but in 1945; unhappily moved to the Bronx in 1955. BUT, Brooklyn is still in my blood. Andrea Kaufman and Tibby Ludden,...... JoeAnn: I enjoyed reading all the comments on Eastern Parkway. I am helping my mother write her memoirs and we have been talking about this area. Her Aunt Fanny Lamy Clough lived in the...... kathryn: I grew up near Eastern Parkway....I have not been in Brooklyn in over 30 years but I do remember the area known as Prospect Heights...I remember Ebbets Field on Sullivasn Place and Bedford Ave......I remember...... K Bernstein: I lived in an apartment building at Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue in the 1950s. Eastern Parkway was a beautiful street, with its two pedestrian malls with benches and trees. The street was lined with...... colavitos ghost: peter, i've always meant to ask you if you've read "the fortress of solitude" by jonathan lethem. it's a really wonderful book, and is set in prospect heights (it takes the gentrification issue head-on).
anybody...... Laura: My mother lived in a large apartment building on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza in the early 1970s. What a place it must have been in its heyday. It still had touches of grandeur...... Peter: the [[4216:bajaj of brooklyn]], chained up to the [[3911:drinking water sampling station]] in {prospect heights}:
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... Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,...... Peter: a stella parked in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}:
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[[http://www.genuinescooters.com/stella.html]]... Peter: a classic 1971 p-1800 volvo coupe spotted in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}:
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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_P1800]]... Peter: franklin is a littel far north, sort of pushing {crown heights}, but id recommend {prospect heights}, for sure. its safe, of course. this isnt hte {brooklyn} of the 1970s anymore, you know ;)... Peter: I do that with the shuttle train where it surfaces up near the {brooklyn botanic garden}, and also where it crosses {park place} in {prospect heights} (like in [[1534:this entry]])... i love watching them go...... NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops
by Cathy Hong
SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals
LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He...... Peter: heres a good example of one that has a new-style pullbox on top of the antique base, as in the firwst one. I spotted it on {washington} avenue at {dean} street in {prospect heights}, {brooklyn}:
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... Dick Larregui: One of seven brothers & sisters all born and raised during and after the depression years on Main Street, downtown Brooklyn which at that time ran beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. It was bordered between Fulton,...... Peter: yeah, totally. there are *tons* of murals like that going up in {brooklyn} around {park slope} and {prospect heights} lately for some reason. i guess teh tail end of summer weather is conducive to painting...... Peter: in a bizarre confluence that could only happen in as dense a place as {prospect heights}, i passed the aforementioned car this morning, going to the train, and look what i found...
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{pet bird} ups on...... Peter: hey man, its good to see some fellow brooklynites up in this piece. glad to see your place in b'wick. i live in prospect heights. bk is the shit.
but yeah, feel free to post here......
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