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Argentina vs. Mexico (Prospect Heights)

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While dining at Amorina, we rooted for Mexico, but Argentina clearly kicked butt.
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Hopscotch (Park Slope)

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Girl on Moped (Prospect Heights)

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Crown Heights

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Bed Stuy

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ERFECT (Gowanus)

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Wizard of Oz Action Figures (Park Slope)

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Handball (Park Slope)

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Goldstein Is Bought Out

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Money wins. Daniel Goldstein, the founder of Develop Don’t Destroy, has agreed to settle with Forest City Ratner, the developer of Atlantic Yards, for $3 million. He lives a few blocks from my studio on Pacific Street and was the last man standing in the footprint who hadn’t been bought out. The $3M apparently buys Goldstein’s condo, bought for $590K in 2003, and his silence--Goldstein agrees to “not actively oppose the project,” which primarily means to abandon the only coalition actively opposed to the project, DDD. Read more about this sad news here. Good news: Freddy’s, the great bar (and Ratner hate HQ) around the corner from my home, closes on April 30th, but will reopen on 4th and Union.
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Prospect Park Cherry Trees

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The Kiss (Dean Street, Crown Heights)

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This amorous couple actually shouted at me to come take their picture. A rare event. Of course I complied.
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Hoop and Shadow (Crown Heights)

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Dog (Crown Heights)

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Graffiti Art (Crown Heights)

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Cars on the Street (Prospect Heights)

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A Tale of Two Braids (Brooklyn Bridge Park)

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Sisters on the waterfront enjoying the view from Brooklyn Bridge Parks’ Pier 1.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1

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In mid-March, Bloomberg et al commemorated the first part of the Brooklyn Heights new park known as Brooklyn Bridge Park. Formerly a bunch of abanoned docks and warehouses, this land that borders the last part of the East River is now verdant and hiply designed. The first part, Pier 1, is open to the public. Other adjacent piers are being converted and should be open by summer. Read more about the plans here.
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Magnolias (Prospect Heights)

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Used Car Dealership (Prospect Heights)

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Atlantic Yards Construction Begins (Prospect Heights)

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You’re looking at the future site of the Brooklyn Nets stadium. In 2011 with lots of traffic. Below is a closer view, with the building in the top right containing the home of Daniel Goldstein, the founder of Develop Don’t Destroy. Most likely all buildings around here will be razed first before the eminent domain showdown for Goldstein’s property and a few other holdouts who refused to be bought out by Ratner’s deep pockets.
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My Road Bike Has a New Life

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Above is Joe Nocella holding my early 90s vintage Bianchi Premio frame with a new set of wheels and drivetrain. Joe runs 718 Cyclery, a one-man shop on the edge of Park Slope which specializes in refurbishing old bikes and fixed-gear conversions. He’s unique in that he calls his upgrades collaborations, which they truly are. All aspects of the conversion were discussed, and though I wanted to go exclusively fixed gear, I knew that since I’d probably be riding with Max occasionally, it was better to opt for a flip-flop hub, with fixed gear on one side and a singlespeed freewheel on the other. I highly recommend Joe if you’re in the area and tired of the attitude and incompetence at local bike shops. Joe is honest and fair and he stands behind his work. If you’re into bike porn and want to see his blog posting on my conversion, go here. And of course the most important thing to report is that the bike rides great--smooth, silently, and with total harmony. I’m very happy.
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Funerary Relic Window (Windsor Terrace)

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Books on the Street (Park Slope)

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Shadows in the Studio (Prospect Heights)

It’s spring and the sun is once again pouring through the skylights!
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Construction Kids Shop (Prospect Lefferts Garden)

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A few shots from publicity shoot I’m doing for Construction Kids, a Brooklyn woodworking school for toddlers and young kids.
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Lent, St. Joseph's Church (Prospect Heights)

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Prospect Park Station Mural

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Atlantic Yards Begins in Earnest

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In two years, we will have this glorious building down the street from us. This afternoon, Bruce Ratner’s ratpack of politicians, Paterson, Bloomberg, Schumer, Markowitz, etc. pushed their ceremonial shovels into some ceremonial dirt.
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Thanks to taxpayer subsidies, Ratner’s pockets are very deep, deep enough to buy almost everyone out. Most likely there will be a few eminent domain fights before Forest City Ratner can claim the last few pockets of privately owned land, but the Supreme Court has already spoken about that. Like the Republican Convention held in NYC in 2004, protestors were forced a block away from the ceremony. The Times reported this, but the story was mostly buried, strange given the scale of the Atlantic Yards project. (Could it have something to do with the NYT’s cozy relationship with Forest City Ratner?).
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While I’m all for jobs and the expansion of affordable housing, this plan will do little good for the borough except help the construction industry and possibly build some borough pride with the Nets. Aside from real estate speculators, I do not know a single person who is in favor of this enormous project. It is totally out of character with the neighborhood, in scale and design. The traffic will be a nightmare. There aren’t enough schools, the subway and LIRR will be overburdened. And then there will be the loss of neighborhood businesses as anonymous mall life invades the borough. We live in Brooklyn because we like the brownstone scale of life. We like trees and parks and peace and quiet. We like owner-occupied small structures. There’s a reason we didn’t want to live in Manhattan. This is a very sad day for Brooklyn.
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Dean Street Playground (Prospect Heights)

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Gowanus Canal Designated Superfund Site

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The EPA did the right thing, naming the polluted Gowanus a SuperFund site. According to this NYT article, the cleanup could take 10-12 years and cost $300-500 million. Bloomberg and company were very disappointed, no doubt upset about the prospects for crony real estate development. Next up should be the Superfund labeling of the terrible oil spill under Greenpoint, one of the worst domestic oil spills (even bigger than the Exxon Valdez).
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Snow Covers the City

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The Snow's Falling

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Snow Again Again (Prospect Heights)

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This time it’s not faintly falling. Big, heavy flakes accumulating into slush and wet snow perfect for snowballs. A few inches today and more all the way through the weekend.
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Snow Again (Prospect Heights)

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Snow Melting on the Skylight


A stop action test I made the morning after the snowstorm.
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No Shoes (Prospect Heights)


A little movie I made at the Dean Street playground during the snowstorm. Music by John Lee Hooker.
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Snowstorm (Prospect Heights)

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Sheep Seat (Prospect Heights)

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Valentine's Day Cometh (Prospect Heights)

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Capitalist Pig (Prospect Heights)

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Apparently St. Joseph’s Church down the block from my studio has hired a contractor who’s not using union members to refurbish its exterior.
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Snowy Birds (Prospect Heights)

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Brothers Moving & Storage (Prospect Heights)

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By the afternoon, the rain was gone and the sun returned.
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Torrential Rains (Borough Hall)

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Monday morning was full of nasty rain and wind.
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Murals (Prospect Lefferts Garden)

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Max on New Year's Day (Prospect Heights)

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We tried a restraining order, but he refused.
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Fence (Prospect Heights)

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Leaves After a Rain (Prospect Heights)

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Bicyclist Memorial (Fort Greene)

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Last of the Leaves (Prospect Heights)

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Shopping Cart (Prospect Heights)

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The Reader (Cobble Hill)

Scott Adkins of The Brooklyn Writers Space hosted a book launch party at Book Court to celebrate the limited edition run of The Reader, and anthology from the 2008 reading series. I have a couple of absurd short-shorts in it, a copy of which Max is proudly being forced to hold.
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Wig Shop (Prospect Heights)

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Wedding Photography (Fulton Ferry)

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Michael Jackson Birthday Party (Prospect Park)

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Construction Site (Prospect Heights)

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Homage to Hemingway

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Animals—Dead and Lost

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After a Rain (Gowanus Canal)

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Interior of St. Joseph's Church (Prospect Heights)

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Youth League Basketball (Prospect Heights)

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Lawn Ornaments (Prospect Heights)

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Motorcycle Teddybear (Prospect Heights)

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Hood Rich! (Prospect Heights)

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July 4th at Brighton Beach

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Cloud and Contrails (Brighton Beach)

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Graffiti Art (Prospect Heights)

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Truck and Clouds (Prospect Heights)

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Self-Portrait (Prospect Heights)

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Mural with Father and Sons (Prospect Heights)

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St. Joseph's Church (Prospect Heights)

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Bike on Vanderbilt (Prospect Heights)

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Hydrangea (Prospect Heights)

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Playground (Prospect Heights)

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Vanderbilt Ave. Block Party (Prospect Heights)

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Boy on Fulton (Crown Heights)

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Storm Clouds (Prospect Heights)

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Dogs (Prospect Heights)

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Atlantic Yards Site (Prospect Heights)

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7th Avenue Fair (Park Slope)

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Soapbox Gallery (Prospect Heights)

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Traffic Cone (Prospect Heights)

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Gull and Clouds

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New Studio

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Tobacco Warehouse (Empire Fulton Ferry State Park)

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Steam (Dumbo)

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F Train at Night (Gowanus)

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Gowanus Canal at Night

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Dogwoods at Night (Park Slope)

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Dogwood (Brooklyn Heights)

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Playground Sunset (Park Slope

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Gowanus Canal

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Around the Gowanus Canal

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Graffiti near the Gowanus Canal

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All-American Guard Dog, NYC style (Fort Greene)

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Fort Greene

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Magnolia (Prospect Park)

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Cherry Tree (Park Slope)

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Magnolia (Park Slope)

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Cherry (Park Slope)

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Pear Tree Blooming (Park Slope)

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Handkerchief by the Curb (Park Slope)

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April Showers... (Park Slope)

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Prospect Heights

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Shoes in the Trees (Gowanus)

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Dumbo

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Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Spring Has Sprung (Park Slope)

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POTUS Sculpture (Borem Hill)

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Spring Bird (Park Slope)

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Flags at Night (Borem Hill)

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Car (Park Slope)

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Bike and Graffiti (Park Slope)

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Trash (Park Slope)

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KFC Parking Lot (Park Slope)

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Obama at the Tailor's

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If Not Now, When?

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First Big Snow

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Flats Fixed

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Hands—Cement & Snow

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Hanks Saloon, Borem Hill

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Obama Inauguration at BAM

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Another of Snow on the Trees

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Snowy Night

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The Pintchik Oracle

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Obama Inauguration Count Down

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Painting in the Window

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Snowy Night

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First Snow (from Bergen Stn. Stairs)

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Feels Like the Seventies

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Empire Fulton Ferry Park Panorama

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Vinegar Hill Seagulls

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Dumbo

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Christmas Tree at Con Ed

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ISO Urban Landscaper (Jay Street, Downtown Brooklyn)

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Fulton Mall at 7:30 AM

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Trash Day

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Winter Cometh

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New Asphalt on Carroll Street

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Halloween

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Brooklyn Borough Hall, Dusk

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Foggy Night in Prospect Heights

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Crown Heights

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A Special Night of Music

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Summer Storm

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Sunset on Flatbush Ave.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Chalk Project

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Gowanus Parking Lot

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1st Big Snow!

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Park Slope Geometries

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Fall in Park Slope

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Ginkos! Ginkos! Ginkos!
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Dumbo Arts Festival

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Brooklyn College Library

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