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Portal of the day

February 25th, 2012


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770

February 25th, 2012



Located at 770 Eastern Parkway, this building is the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It is of such significance to the organization that Lubavitchers around the world — from Italy to Australia to Israel — have built replicas of it.

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Obama Fried Chicken

February 25th, 2012



Continuing the proud tradition of presidential chicken, this establishment seems to have weathered the early criticism of its name change and was even featured in a Clipse music video (though its name was erased from the sign when the video aired on TV).

UPDATE: The only version of the video still available online is the one with the restaurant's name erased.

UPDATE: Obama Fried Chicken is a goner.

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Carter G. Woodson

February 25th, 2012



The father of black history

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Legendary Kingz Auto Club

February 25th, 2012


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PS 149

February 25th, 2012



Danny Kaye's alma mater




Honored by a 2010 legislative resolution in the State Senate, he has apparently been able to hold onto his church despite a parishioner fraudulently selling it to a developer.

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I prefer R, personally

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but the seal at the top of the building, with its three sheaves of wheat that look like mushrooms, reminded me of something I'd seen before. I was a little confused by its presence here in New York, but then I reached the end of the block and found myself standing at Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Princess Di

February 25th, 2012



She looks a little different than I remember...

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Conduit Avenue

February 25th, 2012



Built on the right-of-way of a former aqueduct (hence the name), this road has an exceedingly wide median. Here in Queens, just across the border from Brooklyn, there appears to be a park of some sort taking shape.

UPDATE: It's not a park; it's a bioretention facility with "the capacity to divert at least 200,000 gallons of stormwater that would otherwise flow into the combined sewer system–roughly 90% of the stormwater that accumulates within the drainage area during a moderate storm."

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Barberz #7

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Linden Boulevard

February 25th, 2012



Linden Boulevard, which is interrupted several times in its journey across Brooklyn and Queens, comprises a handful of discontinuous roadway segments that vary from this mighty thoroughfare to the isolated little stub of pavement you see above.

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So, just to be clear

February 25th, 2012



It's cool if I park here, right?

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Belmont Metals

February 25th, 2012



A pocket of industry in East New York

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A menorah for all seasons

February 25th, 2012


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A menorah tree for all seasons

February 25th, 2012


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Milk crate basketball

February 25th, 2012



The bottom of the crate has been removed, so it's actually a pretty decent stand-in for a hoop.

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Modern architecture

February 25th, 2012