art under the bridge

September 27th, 2009 | Posted by Jill
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As the Friday light faded this weekend, I started getting excited for the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge festival, in its 13th year in Brooklyn. I work in the neighborhood and the tension in the air always gets noticeably more excited in the ‘hood when it’s time for the annual festival.

One of our photographers (and my co-worker, too) was showing in an studio there, and I couldn’t wait to check it out. But before we headed out, we threw open one of the warehouse windows at our office, got a strong breeze of the cool September air, and snapped some shots of the fading light.

It turned out the galleries were lovely and we met some very cool people, all photographing Brooklyn. Can’t wait to rope them in…

some light reading

September 24th, 2009 | Posted by Jill
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This past weekend, I cracked open a new book I got called Walking Brooklyn which is a compilation of 30 neighborhood tours throughout the far reaches of Brooklyn. The talented (and engaging) Adrienne Onofri really does a bang-up job taking you through 3 to 5-mile walks and dishing some great historical facts and super-local sites.

I rode my bike down to Bay Ridge, a neighborhood I loved living in and one which I thought I’d explored quite thoroughly, to try out my first tour from the book. It was fantastic. I learned so much.

The tour started at the 69th Street pier, where I found this quintessential Bay Ridge gentleman attacking his Saturday afternoon newspaper by the bay. His yachting cap was amazing.

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we do it for the LOVE!

September 24th, 2009 | Posted by Jill
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Welcome to For the Love of Brooklyn! If you’ve stumbled on us from one of our other favorite Brooklyn blogs, we’re so glad to have you. As we get the site up and running, we invite you to take a look around and give us plenty of feedback. [We love comments!]

For the Love of Brooklyn is a blog organized by a growing collective of Kings County photographers, all committed to celebrating the streets we live in and the love we have for our borough. In the next few days, we’ll be busy as bees publishing samples from our photography portfolios so you can get a taste of what’s to come.

Stay tuned and have a great week!

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down by the tracks

September 19th, 2009 | Posted by Jill
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down by the tracks

These vintage chrome relics were haphazardly parked on old train tracks near the Brooklyn Army Terminal waterfront, looking ready to jump into action at a moment’s notice. I waited around to catch a glimpse of the drivers, but they were nowhere to be seen.

Ahh, this is the stuff that old Brooklyn movies are made of… all I needed was a cannoli and an egg cream.