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Notes from the DUMBO, Brooklyn NY neighborhood

Img: Sunset from 50 Bridge

August 5th, 2008

One of our readers from 50 Bridge sent in this photo which shows some of the “industrial character of the neighborhood, together with some of it’s more easily recognizable landmarks (the Manhattan Bridge Overpass and the top of the Clocktower Building)”. Thank you Brian for the photo!


Photo courtesy of Bax pix.

Memorial Day 2008

May 26th, 2008

Brooklyn Bridge Flag

In memory of those who gave their lives for our nation

Img: Caged on York Street

March 20th, 2008

caged

caged

Google Maps

Video Art Project on Manhattan Bridge Anchorage

{Video Art Project on Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, 07Mar2008}


 1938 [+ enlarge]


 March, 2008 [+ enlarge]

In this series of “Dumbo Streetscapes Then and Now”, a 1938 photograph by Percy Loomis Sperr of the corner of Front and Jay Street looks southwest from the west side of Jay Street. A previous Then and Now post is also on the corner but facing northeast.

Both the old and new photos have some common elements: the Manhattan Bridge approach and the 110 York Street building on the left and the small sliver of the existing building at 126 Front Street (the building where Superfine and Spring are located) on the right. 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. In both photos, the fire hydrant stays where it is. The 110 York building is the Scarano Architect headquarters, which added the Jetsons-like structure on top.

On the back of the NY Public Library photo:
“Jay Street, west side, south from Front Street, showing in the background the approach to the Manhattan Bridge”, April 4, 1938

{New York Public Library photo of Front and Jay Street, 1938}
{Google Street View, corner of Jay and Front St.}
{Dumbo Then and Now, series, DumboNYC}

Commandant's House at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

{Admiral’s Mansion, Vinegar Hill, 19Feb2008, McBrooklyn}
{A Federal-Style Gem That Outshines Gracie Mansion, 25Jun2006, NY Times}

Img: Snow in Dumbo Brooklyn

February 22nd, 2008

Snow in Brooklyn

Snow in Brooklyn

Img: Lunar Eclipse From Dumbo

February 21st, 2008

Lunar eclipse, 20Feb2008. Taken from the roof of 42 Main Street, Brooklyn. (Thank you Jason for the photo!)

Img: Red Door to Nowhere

January 16th, 2008

Red door to nowhere

 (135 Plymouth Street building; rear of building on corner of John and Adams Street) Is this part of an old patio?

135 Plymouth Street building

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