Day 17

On the Pulaski Bridge

January 16th, 2012



Crossing Newtown Creek. Pollution!

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OCCUPY EVERYWHERE!!

January 16th, 2012


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The largest ethnic credit union in the US

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Father Popieluszko Square

January 16th, 2012



The Blessed Father Jerzy, murdered by Polish secret police in 1984

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Bird attack!

January 16th, 2012


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Portal of the day

January 16th, 2012


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A Jewish Chinese auction?

January 16th, 2012



A stop on the road to happiness, perhaps

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This keeps each balcony open to the sky, which is important during Sukkot.

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Bedford-Atlantic Armory

January 16th, 2012



Currently a homeless shelter

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Ulysses S. Grant monument

January 16th, 2012



Erected in 1896, when Brooklyn was still an independent city. More info (and a more comprehensible view of the memorial) here.

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Washington Temple

January 16th, 2012


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Sidewalk shed support stacks

January 16th, 2012



Seems a bit precarious.

Day 17

Ebbets Field Apartments

January 16th, 2012



This high-rise housing complex stands on the former site of the storied Ebbets Field, the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, where Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.

UPDATE: This is not the only place in the area whose name serves as a reminder that the Dodgers once played here. McKeever Place, the street that ran along the western side of Ebbets Field, is named for the brothers Steve and Ed McKeever, who helped finance the construction of the stadium by purchasing half of the team from Charles Ebbets. Across McKeever Place from the Ebbets Field Apartments are the Jackie Robinson School, Ebbets Field Middle School, and Jackie Robinson Playground. And a few blocks east of here is Dodger Playground.

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Erasmus Hall High School

January 16th, 2012



Erasmus was founded in 1786! Some better-known alumni include Bobby Fischer, Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Bernard Malamud, and Mickey Spillane.

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Midwood High School

January 16th, 2012



My father's alma mater

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Brooklyn College

January 16th, 2012



My father's alma mater

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Nottingham Block Watchers

January 16th, 2012


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Beard vs. Beard

January 16th, 2012



The guy in the middle has no chance.

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A well-loved sidewalk tree

January 16th, 2012


Day 17

9/11 memorial #4

January 16th, 2012



It takes up an entire side of a handball wall.

UPDATE: This!

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9/11 memorial #4 credits

January 16th, 2012



UPDATE: This!

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Kurbmaster

January 16th, 2012


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Hear that, ladies?

January 16th, 2012



Hear that, ladies?

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Sheepshead Bay

January 16th, 2012


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David and Goliaths

January 16th, 2012