Most of the photos in Blather From Brooklyn are also posted in Flickr. If you’d like to purchase a print of any photo, please let me know.
Blather From Brooklyn originally appeared on blogspot.com. It moved to WordPress in February, 2007. Click here to see the old blog.
March 17, 2007 at 4:11 pm |
Can’t wait to have some extra time to explore your blog further.
Cu,
Merisi
October 28, 2009 at 1:44 pm |
I have an event I want to tell you about –Dutch Day at Old First Reformed Church, where we are having a 17th Century Dutch Dinner. Its part of the Dutch Day festival. How do I tell you about it? cannot find your email.
rosemary
March 26, 2007 at 3:06 pm |
I miss living in Brooklyn. I can’t wait to move back there to Bay Ridge.
April 5, 2007 at 9:26 am |
My book “Coney Island” is a history and profile of the amusement area (which is about to be leveled for condos and such). The book is available as a free PDF download.
For reviews, go to:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/03/professor_solomons_c.html
http://coneyislandreport.blogspot.com/2007/03/coney-island-by-professor-solomon.html
To download the book, go to:
http://www.professorsolomon.com/cibookpage.html
Professor Solomon
Baltimore
April 7, 2007 at 12:41 pm |
Thanks for visiting NYDP.
April 14, 2007 at 11:22 pm |
Re the mistake on the Martin Luther King Jr. monument. It was a mistake, and that section was extracted and replaced with a different stone. I haven’t yet found out what the mistake was, but probably an incorrect date. Thanks for pointing it out.
June 22, 2007 at 2:39 pm |
Hi: I’m the owner of the Metrocard bike and I left some comments. I love your piece on the bike! Andy
July 18, 2007 at 5:50 am |
I truly enjoy your Brooklyn Blog and its always a treat to come “visit”
October 10, 2007 at 6:56 pm |
I love your blog. Very nice! I went to NYC this past summer and your blog was very helpful.
October 16, 2007 at 2:21 pm |
Hey !
cool blog. i visit NYC pretty often, and only recently have been venturing around brookly.. great town!
i recently read an interesting ( older ) post about brighton beach
i am headed to Brighton beach next week , for …gulp, a photo assignment.
You seem to stress that the shopkeepers were pretty anti-photo. how much of a hard(or easy) time will i have to convince the folks to have their pictures taken?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
vincenzo
January 22, 2008 at 1:08 pm |
I really like both of your blogs and have them both bookmarked on google
My aunt owns a high-end furniture shop in Manhattan (www.devonshops.com) so I’m in NYC occasionally–love it!
January 22, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
Hmm…that webaddress is totally wrong. It’s http://www.devonshop.com !
February 29, 2008 at 1:39 am |
I found your blog on outside.in, and want to add it on our site, which lists local blogs: http://www.wikimetro.org
Would that be ok? We’re in a beta version now, so we have are some errors. Thanks and sorry to bug you with a unsolicited email question!
Jeff Brauer, jeff.brauer@wikimetro.org
March 8, 2008 at 2:33 am |
April 20, 2008 at 4:31 pm |
Thanks for your comment on the “Let All People Go” post on my Views from the Tower blog. As a former Brooklynite (1962-1979) I enjoyed browsing your blog. Your photos are very nice; I look forward to seeing more. Good luck with your assorted projects!
April 24, 2008 at 3:05 pm |
I like the blog and would like to add it to my blog roll, if you do the same. My blog was started about a month ago.. clintonhillchill.com
May 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm |
thanks for visiting hania, crete, greece
i must admit new york is on the top of our list in terms of forthcoming holidays – i hope we get the chance to see your city one day
June 11, 2008 at 12:59 pm |
thanks for the comment on my blog! i know, it’s almost like blasphemy to hate m.cho but i totally do. i think it actually stems from high school when someone told me i looked like her and then i found out what she looks like. oh well.
i like your pics – would it be okay if i linked to your blog from mine? cheers!
June 19, 2008 at 10:30 am |
I can’t find your email address. Thank you for entering my Whole Foods podcast giveaway, but I need your email address to enter you. It will not be used for anything other than this giveaway, but I have to show Whole Foods that these are real separate entries + I have to be able to contact you if you win.
June 22, 2008 at 12:41 pm |
Hi: You featured my Metrocard bike last year and I wanted to follow up and tell you I had a story/photo in the NY Times recently. (Metrocards are the Medium, No Particular Message( During my interview the reporter mentioned your blog/article!
Andy
June 26, 2008 at 1:42 pm |
HI,
I’m interested in potentially purchasing one of the photos posted on your blog. Please let me know how to proceed.
Thanks!
July 13, 2008 at 1:04 pm |
Hey Blather, Metrocard bike guy again. The NY Times recently ran a story on my bike and the reporter mentioned your blog in our conversation. i’m guessing she googled metrocard bike and found your site. Andy
October 1, 2008 at 3:23 pm |
Hello again,
I tried to reach you through the Flickr account regarding a few of the photos you posted of our Phoenix House staff. We had approximately 700 folks participate in the Rally and are eager to show share some pictures from this event on our website. Can you please contact me by email directly. Thank you so much.
Warm regards,
Karen
December 9, 2008 at 7:33 pm |
Do not buy tickets from Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas show. Captial One Bank, Radio City Music Hall and Ticketmaster are scalping the public scalping the public by adding 66% as a surcharge to the face value of the tickets.
December 27, 2008 at 9:22 am |
Dear Annula, I am a spanish writer. I write a book ‘The Entity. Te history of the Vatican Secret Service’ (St. Martin’s Press,2008). I read in the web page bookcrossing.com, you have one book with the title ‘I Have To Tell This Story!’ of the Leon Hayblum. I want to know if its possibly send me one copy. I pay all the cost (book+shipping). I need this book because I prepair one book over the history of John Paul II.
I am sorry for my english. Thank you very much for all and I waiting your news….
ERIC FRATTINI
eric_frattini@yahoo.com
+34 619420209 (Movil)
+34 917671862 (Home)
January 15, 2009 at 2:05 pm |
CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION:
GRACE CHANG TO PERFORM AT BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
WITH SPECIAL GUEST: JIN JIN THE DRAGON
January 18 2009, 2:00 PM
NEW YORK, January 18, 2009 — Based on her professional experience as an international Chinese ringmaster Grace Chang will showcase magical illusions, puppetry, mime and acrobatics at the Brooklyn Public Library, touching the hearts of children and the inner-child within all of us.
As January 26, the Chinese New Year, draws near, Chang, a Chinese New Yorker who seeks to give back to her community and to bridge US and Chinese cultures will perform with her fabled dragon star Jin Jin the Dragon, star of Chang’s children’s book, Jin Jin the Dragon (published by Enchanted Lion Books).
In addition to having recently written her first children’s book, Jin Jin the Dragon, Chang has also worked tirelessly to help thousands of American families adopt Chinese children. With live performances featuring Jin Jin, Chang brings Chinese culture and her themes of unity and tolerance to younger audiences across the country.
WHO: Grace Chang & Jin Jin the Dragon
WHAT: Bringing in the Chinese New Year with magic, puppetry, acrobatics and more
WHEN: January 18, 2:00 PM
WHERE: Brooklyn Public Library
Central Library, Dweck Center
ABOUT GRACE CHANG
Chang’s gift as a storyteller stems from her unique upbringing as the child of one of China’s most famous entertainers Chang Bao Ting. His variety shows were the first of their kind in China and his comedic acts were similar to that of Abbott & Costello.
Continuing her family’s legacy as entertainers, Grace has appeared in both Chinese and American movies including The Joy Luck Club and was trained at a very young age to be a professional illusionist; a feat that earned her the role as ringmaster in an internationally acclaimed Chinese circus.
In addition to her unique talents as a performer, Grace is actively involved in the adoption of Chinese babies to Americans—a cause that spoke strongly to her after visiting orphanages in China that operated under unsanitary conditions. Her dedication to providing better lives to young, poverty stricken Chinese children was rewarded in 2006 when she was honored with the Adoption Pioneer Award.
Grace is available to discuss the following topics:
• The meaning behind the Chinese New Year
• How she became involved in the adoption of Chinese babies to Americans and why she believes this is such a valuable cause
• Why writing a children’s book about identity was so important to her as a mother
• What it was like to grow up in a famous family of entertainers in China
• What it takes to be an illusionist and the many tricks she has mastered
• How the Chinese dragon differs from the Western dragon and how she hopes her book will change that
Please contact Corinne Kotler at 646.247.7636 or cek316@gmail.com if you would like to speak to Chang about any/all of the above topics.
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March 4, 2009 at 1:49 pm |
I wanted to let you know about an upcoming free seminar, “Managing Your Emotions and Your Money in a Volatile Market”, being held at the NY Historical Society on March 12 from 6:00-8:00 pm, which I think many Brooklynites would be interested in attending. The event, hosted by Kelleher Family Wealth Management, is designed to help people make critical financial decisions based on facts and reason, not emotion. The evening will include an educational seminar from psychologist Dr. Eric Dammann on a rational approach to managing family finances, and a presentation by Kelleher’s Director of Research, Tom Burnett, who will provide a historical perspective on turbulent markets and recovery. We’d love for you to let folks know about this on your site.
Kelleher Family Wealth Management is a firm dedicated to helping families deal with money and the issues surrounding it while maintaining a “family first” mindset. Over the past few decades, the strong economy gave rise to a large population who never considered themselves to be well off, suddenly having more money for their families to enjoy. But in the current economic environment, these folks are now being squeezed and are looking for help to safeguard their families’ futures. Kelleher FWM specializes in helping these families and this seminar is a great opportunity for them–or anyone–to get sorely needed advice free of charge.
NY Historical Society
170 Central Park West
March 12, 2009
6:00-8:00 PM
Free
March 6, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
Hope you are well – lizdehart OLS
March 27, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
You have a false story posted about me on August 10, 2008. Please remove it. I can’t get a job with this posted as it appears one my name is Googled. Since you got it from an incorrect source, I do not hold you responsible. Perhaps in the future you should check your sources more carefully for accuracy. The source from which you took it is currently in a lot of trouble for publishing it. I don’t hold you responsible, but you do need to take it down. Thank you for doing so immediately.
April 13, 2009 at 1:18 pm |
An essay on the atmosphere of New York circa April, 2009 (with observations on advertising, marketing, business, art, architecture and design) is up at 3quarksdaily.com. Think you may enjoy it.
May 19, 2009 at 2:44 pm |
Get your camera out to Montague Street and see the parking meter polls with their sweaters on. i enjoy your blog.
August 26, 2009 at 1:58 am |
I would like to get copies of the photos you posted of the Schapiro winery sign? Thank you.
August 26, 2009 at 9:58 am |
[b]WHO REMEMBERS
THE ST GEORGE HOTEL
IN IT’S GOLDEN YEARS? [/b]
So do we.
A website has been created to collect the photos, clippings, and long-held secrets of this famous New York landmark. It is generating some great stories.
[b]CLICK HERE:[/b] www.TheStGeorgeTower.2ya.com
As one of the more technically able members of your family, please subscribe in order for your senior members to share their memories, listen to others with memories like theirs, and see wonderful photo albums uploaded by our nearly 200 members in a half dozen countries and 18 states (plus DC).
MOST important, talk to your parents and grandparents–they have great stories and we want to hear them!!!
They have PHOTO ALBUMS and SCRAP BOOKS and we want to “sit with them” as they tell their stories!
By participating in this online oral history experiment, their histories will be archived in a way that they will live on forever. Tell them THAT. See? Why not tell them they can have those memories live forever on the internet?… See what happens… We’re waiting! (And raid the photo albums while you are at it!!!)
In a few clicks you can show them marvelous snapshots, gorgeous formal portraits (typically done by Nickerbocker Photo Studio on Clinton Street), charming first person memories, sensational newspaper stories and clippings, a growing collection of memorabilia, a catalog of interesting facts, a ton of fun trivia (which famous people stayed here, for instance) and a few “secret stories”. The current topics being discussed:
The Clark Street / Brooklyn Heights subway station
The 1995 Fire (one of the largest in New York history–18 alarms)
Rocky’s barber shop
And, as always, The Pool
That ought to trigger some memories! : )))
Do you or your relatives have a secret story that took place here?
Maybe it was the war years. Did you say goodbye or hello here?
Perhaps they had your wedding here. Click on the link above if you love Brooklyn history, or know someone who does.
Tell your senior family members that their entire photo albums will be scanned for them if they send an email to StGeorgeTower_photos@mac. Their memories are important history and need to be recorded…
Those who remember the St George Hotel in the 1930s, when the tower first opened, are slipping away. We want to reach out to them especially!!! Time is of the essence! Were they one of the jazz babies dancing at the open air rooftop nightclub? (AND DO THEY HAVE PHOTOS???? )
See you there.
Best,
The Dragon Slayer
Webmaster
Remember, this is the link to the experiment. Bookmark it to show your grandparents the next time they are visiting:
[b]
http://www.thestgeorgetower.2ya.com/b
September 28, 2009 at 10:49 am |
Hi,
Great pics from the NY 400 week! Did you get any from Governors Island?
I wanted to let you know about a cool event coming up on Governors Island on Thursday, October 8.
The Governors Island Alliance and the New York Harbor School will be honoring our arts, programming and cultural partners at Governors Island’s Water Taxi Beach. The party is from 5:30 – 8 pm. It costs $25 and includes one free drink and free transit.
Any chance you could post something in your blog about this? I can email you the formal invitation if you like.
Thanks!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth@rpa.org
Governors Island Alliance
September 30, 2009 at 3:23 pm |
Helo Blather from Brooklyn!
You might like this link to clip/song celebrating the 400th anniversary of NYC and Brooklyn (Breukelen). Sorry I missed you at the New Amsterdam Village! Nice pictures of Dynamo (the p in Dynamp was a typo)!
September 30, 2009 at 3:23 pm |
Well this is the link I am referring to: