Unless you have school-age kids who had the day off, you might not have even realized that last week we celebrated Brooklyn-Queens Day last Thursday. Originally founded in 1829, the holiday historically hosted a huge parade, seen at right in the photograph which FTLOB contributor Peter Puleo dug up, which features the procession of revelers [...]
March 12, 2010
This week for Feature Fridays, we’re excited to present photographer Lyouba Assadourova (AKA LOVE44), a Brooklyn transplant via communist Bulgaria. I first discovered her work, and consequently her fascinating history, via her “Wasteland” collection, which is a bleak and beautiful look at the gritty side of Brooklyn and its environs. But be not fooled by [...]
December 8, 2009
I took this while riding my bike through my old neighborhood on the Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill border. Different maps define the neighborhoods differently. When we first rented the place, the Craigslist ad said it was Clinton Hill. However, the car service begged to differ: they always wanted to charge me $5.00 more because they considered it [...]
June 14, 2010