I'm Just Walkin' http://imjustwalkin.com Matt Green and his feet Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:57:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 One family only! http://imjustwalkin.com/2012/02/22/one-family-only/ http://imjustwalkin.com/2012/02/22/one-family-only/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:57:20 +0000 Matt Green http://imjustwalkin.com/2012/02/22/one-family-only/

Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Historic District

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More Victorian Flatbush

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They just popped up today, and they were everywhere!

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If I had lived here as a child, I might have had a chance at refuting my mother’s seemingly unassailable mealtime scolding:

Mabel, Mabel, strong and able
Get your elbows off the table
This is not a horses’ stable
But a well-bred dining table

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Located here on Waldorf Court and a block south on Wellington Court, these unusual traffic calming medians are rather unobtrusive.

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The Bay Ridge Branch has lost its companion.

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Unlike the extensive Manhattan eruv, this one just encloses a few neighboring houses.

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About time!

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Another Victorian Flatbush neighborhood

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That’s the colloquial name for this chunk of central Brooklyn, which was "in many respects… the first suburbs." This particular house is located in the neighborhood of Beverley Square East.

Funny note about the linked NY Times article: it mentions the hideous abbreviation "NoProPaSo" (North of Prospect Park South), which for years I had cited as the most heinous of the recent rash of shortened neighborhood nicknames. Turns out it was just created as a joke, but the Times reporter failed to record that detail!

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It’s a pretty good imitation of the original (especially the original original).

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I’m feeling pretty good about my previous guess.

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