Comments on: Dumbo Then and Now: Jay and Front Street Corner http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/ Notes from the DUMBO, Brooklyn NY neighborhood Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: loose stool http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-44241 loose stool Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:57:36 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-44241 I wish they would scrape off the J Condo so we could smell the horse shit again. I wish they would scrape off the J Condo so we could smell the horse shit again.

]]> By: Andrew Porter http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-38044 Andrew Porter Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:49:17 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-38044 There are hundreds of photos of this area in the New York Public Library's "Digital Library", from about 1870 through the 1930s. Go there and browse to your heart's delight. There are hundreds of photos of this area in the New York Public Library’s “Digital Library”, from about 1870 through the 1930s. Go there and browse to your heart’s delight.

]]> By: rascal http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37983 rascal Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:27:02 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37983 On the empty lot seen in the 1938 photograph once stood one of Brooklyn's earliest Roman Catholic churches, which served (circa 1850) the area's predominantly Irish population. At that time a road bisected the block (along where the stretch of widows can be seen in the low brick structure), called Franklin Place. The brick buildings seen here on the South end of the block are later additions--perhaps 1880s. On the empty lot seen in the 1938 photograph once stood one of Brooklyn’s earliest Roman Catholic churches, which served (circa 1850) the area’s predominantly Irish population. At that time a road bisected the block (along where the stretch of widows can be seen in the low brick structure), called Franklin Place. The brick buildings seen here on the South end of the block are later additions–perhaps 1880s.

]]> By: 110 Livingston News & Blog » Bklyn Links http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37980 110 Livingston News & Blog » Bklyn Links Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:58:22 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37980 [...] Dumbo Then & Now: Jay & Front Sts. (DumboNYC) [...] [...] Dumbo Then & Now: Jay & Front Sts. (DumboNYC) [...]

]]> By: BrooklynLove http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37968 BrooklynLove Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:30:06 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37968 pretty cool. pretty cool.

]]> By: loose stool http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37963 loose stool Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:59:22 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37963 I wish they would scrape off the J Condo so we could smell the horse shit again. I wish they would scrape off the J Condo so we could smell the horse shit again.

]]> By: sg http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37962 sg Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:55:57 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37962 I wish they would scrape off the asphalt to bring out the cobblestone again I wish they would scrape off the asphalt to bring out the cobblestone again

]]> By: anon http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/comment-page-1/#comment-37949 anon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:38:51 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2008/03/14/dumbo-then-and-now-jay-and-front-street-corner/#comment-37949 "The 70 year old photo shows three 2-3 story structures replaced by a 33 story residential building, J Condo (100 Jay Street), built in 2006." to be (picky picky) fair, i think the J condo didn't really replace these buildings as they were already gone. which in and of itself is a little disappointing, the old character of dumbo is quite nice. “The 70 year old photo shows three 2-3 story structures replaced by a 33 story residential building, J Condo (100 Jay Street), built in 2006.”

to be (picky picky) fair, i think the J condo didn’t really replace these buildings as they were already gone. which in and of itself is a little disappointing, the old character of dumbo is quite nice.

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