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!
Happy 4th of July Brooklyn!
July 4th, 2008
Photo courtesy of Bax pix.
Memorial Day 2008
May 26th, 2008
In memory of those who gave their lives for our nation
Img: Caged on York Street
March 20th, 2008
Img: Video Art Project on Manhattan Bridge
March 15th, 2008
{Video Art Project on Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, 07Mar2008}
Dumbo Then and Now: Jay and Front Street Corner
March 14th, 2008
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}
Img: Commandant’s House in Vinegar Hill
February 26th, 2008
{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
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
(135 Plymouth Street building; rear of building on corner of John and Adams Street) Is this part of an old patio?
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- Brooklyn Bridge Events for Friday
- Dumbo Links Week of 26Oct08
- Futuristic Dumbo Exhibit Review
- New Building Planned for 77 Bridge Street?
- Img: Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge From Above
- Img: Manhattan Bridge from Plymouth Street
- Weekend Events in Dumbo (Dec 13-14)
- Dumbo Summer Events Listing 2007
- Img: Video Art Project on Manhattan Bridge
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