In the summer of 1978, when Ed Koch was the mayor of New York and John Travolta was dancing through Brooklyn in Saturday Night Fever, 27 people spoke at a public hearing in favor of designating two quiet blocks in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn a historical district. Check out a vintage photoset including pictures [...]

Though unbearable in this frigid winter weather, one of my favorite things to do is grab a camera and take myself on a walk to admire all the architectural styles we live with in Brooklyn each and every day. My appreciation has been elevated thanks to buying an old home, as I can’t help but [...]

One evening on a midsummer’s walk home from the subway, the golden light began to illuminate one of the houses that has long captured my imagination — the big blue house on 9th Street which is home to Slope Music. Recently, I stumbled across its history on the web and remembered the photo, which had [...]

Until its closure two weeks ago, The Baseball Card Dugout was an institution in Brooklyn, gracing the borough in two locations since the late Eighties. From 1988 until 2001, the store was on Sackett and Smith, and from 2001 until 2010, the store had its proud home on Court and 4th Place. The store was [...]