of the old Savoy Theatre
This is the home base of the coordinator of Shomrim, a local Jewish civilian patrol group. We recently learned about a rift within the Lubavitch community of Crown Heights; Shomrim itself is engaged in a feud (an often petty-sounding rivalry with some overtones of that same messianic dispute) with a similar neighborhood patrol group known as Shmira.
This inclusive annual community get-together was first held in the aftermath of the 1991 riots.
They may look like they're just lazing about, but these hard-working chefs apparently managed to crank out several thousand (kosher) hot dogs and hamburgers for the hungry picnickers of Crown Heights.
Shadowing us once again is the Bay Ridge Branch, running across the top of the embankment in the background.
trying to get a shot of the Franklin Avenue Shuttle passing beneath me.
The 1893 master plan for the Brooklyn Museum, then known as the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, called for a far larger structure than was ever built. Intended to be more than a museum, it was designed to house academic and research facilities for a broad array of disciplines. But when Brooklyn joined New York City in 1898, the Institute suddenly had to compete for city funds with established museums in Manhattan; the money promised by the erstwhile City of Brooklyn was no longer available, and construction was scaled back considerably. It wasn't until the 1930s that the Institute began narrowing its focus to the arts, starting its transition to the Brooklyn Museum that we know today.
