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Charge! Now with a link to a film from the Brooklyn Public Library that shows the Remington Rand photocharger in action.
Charge!
In search of lost library technology: the Remington Rand Photocharger.
The return of Century 21
Century 21 Stores went out of business last year. And now they plan to return.
Brooklyn, represent
The Brooklyn lives loudly within me.
An EXchange name sighting hearing
GEdney!
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There was much more to my third-grade teacher’s life than met my third-grade eye.
History in P.S. 131
“It began with the discovery of a trove of historic documents long forgotten in the back recesses of an art cupboard.”
Zippy Brooklyn
Only the zippy know Brooklyn.
Involuntary Brooklyn
Olive oil and meat and herbs and garlic.
#Brooklynite
The Clinton campaign keeps thinking of new ways to lose this Brooklynite’s vote in a general election.
Defending Brooklyn
The Society to Prevent Disparaging Remarks about Brooklyn.
Battle for Brooklyn
Can the doctrine of eminent domain be made to serve private enterprise? If you’re name is Bruce Ratner, the answer is yes.
Anthony Catalano, friend of Boro Park
For Boro Park ex-pats of a certain age, Anthony Catalano’s photographs are powerful madeleines, even more powerful than a Coke and a slice.
Brooklyn Castle
Funny, happy, poignant, and inspiring.
The Shoemaker
A short film by Dustin Cohen about ninety-year-old Frank Catalfumo and F & C Shoe Rebuilding, Brooklyn, New York.
Kentile Floors
Brooklyn wouldn’t be Brooklyn without Kentile Floors.
Charlotte russe
Charlotte russe is a delightful food of the dowdy world, or at least the New York City version of the dowdy world.
The news from Boro Park
Sorrowful news from my old neighborhood.
P. S. 131 for the win
A P.S. 131 student wins an essay contest.
A Brooklyn grows in Brooklyn
Jonathan Lopes has built a Brooklyn of Legos.
Van Dyke Parks in Brooklyn
Quotable, as always
Collecting P.S. 202
Martin Raskin collects P.S. 202, East New York, Brooklyn
A P.S. 131 class picture, 1963–1964
Second grade!
A P.S. 131 class picture, 1966–1967
Fifth grade!
A P.S. 131 class picture, 1965–1966
Fourth grade!
A P.S. 131 class picture, 1964–1965
Third grade!
A P.S. 131 class picture, 1962–1963
First grade!
November 27, 1958
Photograph of the blogger as a young man
The Brooklyn National Anthem
"Spring has sprung, the grass has riz. I wonder where the birdies is."
BRODAWAY
A misspelled subway sign