• The Last Line: nabokov

    Updated: 2010-12-31 23:49:28
    “I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.” From Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

  • No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

    Updated: 2010-12-31 23:49:28
    “I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.” From Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

  • OTBKB’s Weekend List: It’s New Year’s Eve…

    Updated: 2010-12-31 23:49:28
    New Year’s Eve Day and the question arises: what are we doing for New Year’s Eve. Here are some suggestions in the music and fireworks department. If you want a quiet night stay home and at midnight wander out to the park to see fireworks. Or make a reservation at a local restaurant for an [...]

  • OTBKB Music: My Pet Dragon Played The Rockwood

    Updated: 2010-12-31 15:48:35
    My Pet Dragon, a band to keep your eye on in 2011, played to an enthusiastic and good-sized audience at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 Wednesday night.  The five person Brooklyn-based band played for for about 45 minutes. MPD’s music has influences which range from U2 to mid-80s electro pop and includes Indian dance from [...]

  • The Last Line: kidd

    Updated: 2010-12-31 07:47:45
    “And there they were. All these mothers. I have more mothers than any eight girls off the street. They are the moons shining over me.” From The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

  • Mr. Bloomberg Goes to Brooklyn

    Updated: 2010-12-31 07:47:44
    Mayor Bloomberg was in Brooklyn today. Mayor Bloomberg walked through the deep snow in Brooklyn today. Mayor Bloomberg walked through the deep snow in Marine Park, Brooklyn with Marty Markowitz by his side and delivered a Junior’s cheesecake to a retired teacher name Mary Lyons. The mayor also thanked local hero Ryan Merola, who shoveled [...]

  • Unplowed Poetry: A Question to Bloomie

    Updated: 2010-12-31 07:47:43
    Sheepshead Bites wants to hear your poetry about the Blizzard of 2010 and the trouble it brought. This is the winter of Southern Brooklyn’s discontent! Residents are still enraged about unplowed streets all over Southern Brooklyn, with reports hitting Sheepshead Bites that side streets and even some major avenues remain unplowed, despite the city’s promises [...]

  • OTBKB’s Weekend List: New Year’s Eve/Day Edition

    Updated: 2010-12-31 07:47:41
    Here it is. I’ve finally finished my list of some really interesting things to do New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Click on read more for the essential details. Fireworks in Prospect Park Start the celebrations off around 11 p.m. with entertainment and hot refreshments at Grand Army Plaza. Best locations for viewing the [...]

  • No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford

    Updated: 2010-12-30 23:46:49
    My Pet Dragon, a band to keep your eye on in 2011, played to an enthusiastic and good-sized audience at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 Wednesday night.  The five person Brooklyn-based band played for for about 45 minutes. MPD’s music has influences which range from U2 to mid-80s electro pop and includes Indian dance from [...]

  • Promises Promises

    Updated: 2010-12-30 23:46:48
    The city said it would have the streets cleared by 7AM Thursday but, according to the Daily News, there are still streets in Brooklyn that haven’t been plowed The Daily News also called Brooklyn “the borough hit worst by the blizzard.”  According to that newspaper: a stretch of Ovington Ave. between Fourth and Fifth Aves. [...]

  • Top Design Books, Version Wonky: Co.Design presents their favorite dozen design...

    Updated: 2010-12-30 19:45:00
    Co.Design presents their favorite dozen design books of the year, a list that ranges from the much-talked-about Handcrafted Modern, by Leslie Williamson, which ventures into the homes of midcentury masters like Walker Gropius, to the wonkier Victore, by graphic designer James Victore. The first book from Japanese retailer Muji holds rank, too. [Co.Design]

  • Auctions: Behold the Three Most Expensive Home Goods That Sold in 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-30 19:00:00
    Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Media : Top 10 Curbed National Comments Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Media : Magazine Masthead Mashups House of the Day Gilded Age Lives On in Spectacular Seaside Tudor Curbed National 16 new posts Curbed NY 19 new posts Curbed Chicago 8 new posts Curbed LA 12 new posts Curbed SF 6 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , December 30, 2010 Auctions Behold the Three Most Expensive Home Goods That Sold in 2010 Thursday , December 30, 2010, by Sarah Luxist who else presents all the juicy details about the world's most

  • Steven Seagal Puts Scottsdale Under Siege: Actor Steven Seagal just paid $3.5M...

    Updated: 2010-12-30 13:46:00
    Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Media : Top 10 Curbed National Comments Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Media : Magazine Masthead Mashups House of the Day Gilded Age Lives On in Spectacular Seaside Tudor Curbed National 16 new posts Curbed NY 19 new posts Curbed Chicago 8 new posts Curbed LA 12 new posts Curbed SF 6 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Thursday , December 30, 2010 Steven Seagal Puts Scottsdale Under Siege Thursday , December 30, 2010, by Sarah Steven Seagal Puts Scottsdale Under Siege Actor Steven Seagal just paid 3.5M on a new home in

  • Long Island, Los Angeles Vie for Title of Serial Killer Capital of United States

    Updated: 2010-12-29 10:00:05
    Long Island, New York and Los Angeles California are separated by 3000 miles.   But they share one thing in common.  Both are home to numerous prolific serial killers.  Both would like to be known as the “Serial Killer Capital of the United States.”  But only one can get that coveted title, the recognition and the [...]

  • Curbed Awards: Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate: Best Celebrity Residences!

    Updated: 2010-12-28 23:00:00
    : Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Rob It's only been three months since Curbed National launched ,

  • Dwelling on Chicken Coops, Naturally!: Today Dwell offers a fantastic slideshow...

    Updated: 2010-12-28 22:30:00
    Today Dwell offers a fantastic slideshow of what they Tweeted was the "coolest chicken coop I've seen in a while." The goal of owner/builder David Rosen, "in addition to sheltering four egg-laying hens, was to design a structure that complemented his house, a modern barn in Rockland County." Ah, of course. [Dwell, @dwell]

  • Linkage: Decorator Fairy Dust, At-Home Bars; Utah New Constructions

    Updated: 2010-12-28 22:00:00
    , Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Linkage Decorator Fairy Dust , At-Home Bars Utah New Constructions Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Rob Photos : Pavillon des Letters Decorator fairy dust transforms a

  • Curbed Awards: Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate: The Loveliest Listings!

    Updated: 2010-12-28 21:30:00
    : Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Sarah It's only been three months since Curbed National launched ,

  • Dwelling: Ten Hilariously Awkward Photos of European Interiors From 1974

    Updated: 2010-12-28 20:45:00
    Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Dwelling Ten Hilariously Awkward Photos of European Interiors From 1974 Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Sarah Click the image above to view the full . photogallery Eurobad

  • Curbed Awards: Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate: Most Absurd Amenities!

    Updated: 2010-12-28 19:00:00
    : Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Sarah It's only been three months since Curbed National launched ,

  • BoardWrap: Thoughts on Wall-to-Wall Carpeting, Heavy Tinsel, More!

    Updated: 2010-12-28 18:35:00
    , , Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Best Celebrity Residences Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : The Loveliest Listings Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Most Absurd Amenities Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 11 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 BoardWrap Thoughts on Wall-to-Wall Carpeting , Heavy Tinsel , More Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Sarah How to remove wallpaper off . drywall The Nest I miss heavy

  • Curbed Awards: Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate: Ugliest Listings of the Year!

    Updated: 2010-12-28 16:07:00
    : House of the Day Perfectly Preserved Midcentury Modern Sees Market for First Time Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Ugliest Listings of the Year Magazine Living In the Red . Curbed National 16 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 7 new posts Curbed LA 13 new posts Curbed SF 6 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Tuesday , December 28, 2010 Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Real Estate : Ugliest Listings of the Year Tuesday , December 28, 2010, by Sarah It's only been three months since Curbed National launched , but even still we

  • Celebrity Real Estate: Snooki and JWOWW Will (Maybe?) Hop the Border to Empire State

    Updated: 2010-12-27 23:00:00
    Magazine Living In the Red . House of the Day Got 55M in Christmas Money How's About A Whole Harbor Curbed Awards Curbed Awards 2010 Pop Culture : TV , Tweets , Movies , More Curbed National 15 new posts Curbed NY 24 new posts Curbed Chicago 6 new posts Curbed LA 13 new posts Curbed SF 10 new posts Welcome to Curbed National Join us on Facebook Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed . Sign up for the Curbed National newsletter Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox . Monday , December 27, 2010 Celebrity Real Estate East Setauket , . N.Y Snooki and JWOWW Will Maybe Hop the Border to Empire State Monday , December 27, 2010, by Sarah Recently news broke that raven-haired Jersey Shore castmates Nicole

  • Good Nicky Guido: A Brooklyn Christmas Story

    Updated: 2010-12-25 06:31:06
    The courtroom now turns into four o’clock on Christmas afternoon 1986 on Seventeenth Street in Park Slope. Bill Laux, of 510 Seventeenth Street, was down the block at a friend’s house when his wife, Dottie Laux, called and told him to come home fo Christmas dinner. At this hour they were cooking up and down [...]

  • Happy Holidays

    Updated: 2010-12-23 21:41:00
       Card Design by June Koffi, Brooklyn Public Library--Brooklyn Collection.  

  • Atlantic Yards: Atlantic Yards Actually Looks Like Something Now - Curbed NY

    Updated: 2010-12-22 20:07:12
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  • Irving Herzberg and the Plane Crash of 1960

    Updated: 2010-12-16 18:35:00
    My Account Get a Library Card Library Catalog Articles Databases Downloadable Media Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online Ask a Librarian Kids Teens Parents Teachers Only at BPL Events Calendar Support Your Library About BPL Jobs Business Information Español Pусский Français 中文資料 BPL eNews Join Our Email List in Library Catalog BPL Website Downloadable Media Text Size A A A Brooklyn Public Library Home Brooklynology Irving Herzberg and the Plane Crash of 1960 Dec 16, 2010 1:35 PM 0 comments New York City accomodates all juxtapositions . Spend enough time here and no two things paired together , however odd , will seem unusual . This is the city where nothing can be out of place however willy-nilly the arrangement may be : from the gently surreal sight of a coyote cowering beneath

  • A Movement Grows In Brooklyn. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. Wed Dec 15 2010, 7:00 p.m.

    Updated: 2010-12-15 21:29:00
    Brooklyn was the location of one of the most important northern urban civil rights movements of the 1960s. Brian Purnell will describe the activities and impact of the Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) in Brooklyn, where protesters and activists demanded jobs, improved schools, clean neighborhoods and citizenship rights. Brian Purnell is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Bowdoin College. Refreshments will be served from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Brooklyn Collection, 2nd floor, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238.  

  • Who Dat Man: Dallas Penn on Eastern Parkway

    Updated: 2010-12-06 16:07:50
    Speechless? Almost! Dallas explains more and a brief— and exclusive— interview with Brian Berger follows. Kenny Wisdom: Dallas Penn speaks often of “the lifestyle”; what do you know of such things, B.? Brian Berger: Not much; when I was a kid I wanted an Adidas sweat suit but never did have one;  later, I had a few Polo [...]

  • Who Dat Man: Thomas Pynchon In Brooklyn

    Updated: 2010-12-05 13:23:45
    Look what Pussy’s brought in,” leers a Half-Breed with a braided Queue. “Brit, by the look of him,” cries a short, freckl’d seaman in whom Stature and Pugnacity enjoy an inverse relation. “– long way from, ain’t you old Gloak?” “Who does your Wigs, Coz?” “There there, my Lads, think of the Impression we must be making when [...]

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