when I was 15.

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Yes, those are fish tails

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Here's where the heads went.

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First Place!

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Honoring the longshoremen

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with a flagpole transplant (R.I.P., Bob)

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Canal Species

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Mounted to a plywood wall on a dead-end street about half a block from the notorious Gowanus Canal, this painting has seen better days.

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Despite its reputation, the Gowanus Canal hosts a fair number of recreational boaters, most notably the Gowanus Dredgers, who refer to the waterway as "Brooklyn's coolest SuperFUNd site".

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A verdant swirl

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Carroll Street Bridge!

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This is the so-called "wondrous blue bridge" we saw a few days ago. What's so wondrous about it, you ask? It's the city's other retractile bridge (link includes a diagram explaining how retractiles work), and the oldest such bridge still in existence in the US, having been opened in 1889. In addition, there are a couple other adorable features: the roadway surface (made of wooden planks), and the delightful sign posted above the bridge (playfully installed during a late-1980s rehabilitation): "Any Person Driving over this Bridge Faster than a Walk will be Subject to a Penalty of Five Dollars For Each Offence".

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This system allows the Carroll Street Bridge (which operates just like the Borden Avenue Bridge) to slide open.

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Portal of the day

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Period.

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233 Garfield Place

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The eye-catching hue of Park Slope's famous not-so-brownstone may not be long for this world.

UPDATE (Dec. 3, 2012): The pink is gone!

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The Garfield Temple

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Congregation Beth Elohim, where Sukkot is celebrated in high style

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Park It in Park Slope

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