The Cobble Hill Association is hosting a Cobble Hill History Walking Tour this Sunday June 20th from 2PM TO 4PM.
Join Francis Morrone, director of the CHA Cobble Hill History Project, on a walking tour of Cobble Hill history and architecture, ranging from Jennie Jerome to the impact of the BQE to Cobble Hill’s unparalleled collection [...]
Cobble Hill History Walking Tour Sunday June 20th
by Jonah on 06. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, History
Sharks in the Gowanus? It Happened!
by Homer Fink on 04. May, 2010 in Carroll Gardens, Featured, History
Carroll Gardens Diary reports on sharks in the Gowanus Canal back in the day as told in John Waldman’s Heartbeats in the Muck:
Cool. So sharks were all over the harbor. But what about the Gowanus Canal?:
“Without doubt the most noteworthy biological event within the canal’s industrial history was the appearance of a large shark in [...]
Cobble Hill Way Back Machine: WCBS-TV 1980
by Homer Fink on 16. Apr, 2010 in Blog Posts, History, News
Fast forward to about 3:30 into this vintage video and you’ll see a 1980 news package from WCBS-TV shot in Cobble Hill. It’s about the “yellow ribbon” movement that started in support of the hostages held by Iranian students until January 1981. Are you in this video? Check it out!
An In-Depth Look at the Gowanus
by Thomas on 24. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, History
Former BHB/CHB contributor Sarah Portlock has created a new multimedia Web site called Characters of Gowanus. The website provides a comprehensive look at the recently designated Superfund site and features an interactive timeline of the Gowanus and an interview with the EPA regional Superfund director. The project, created with Rob Anderson, is part of the [...]
Breaking News: Gowanus Canal officially named Superfund site
by Diana Rosenthal on 02. Mar, 2010 in Blog Posts, Health, Maritime, News
This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would declare the Gowanus Canal a federal Superfund site. Read NY Times coverage here.
The Brooklyn Paper: The controversial designation sets into motion a half-billion-dollar, decade-long federally overseen clean-up of the polluted waterway, which cuts a sclerotic artery through the gentrifying heart of Brownstone Brooklyn. But it also [...]
Meet the Caputos
by Diana Rosenthal on 05. Jan, 2010 in Blog Posts, Carroll Gardens, Food, History
Take an inside look at Caputo’s Bakery at Carroll Gardens Diary, where they speak to John and James Caputo (father and son owners, pictured above), and discuss the 106-year history of the Italian bakery on Court Street.
Established in 1904 by John’s father and grandfather, the bakery was originally opened for business on the southeast corner [...]
D’Amico’s 59-year coffee roaster
by Diana Rosenthal on 23. Nov, 2009 in Arts and Entertainment, Carroll Gardens, Events, History, News
Featured in a NY Post article about New Yorkers who’ve been at their jobs for 40 or more years is Frank D’Amico, who started working at his father’s coffee shop, D’Amico Foods, on Court Street 59 years ago. Frank, 82, has passed the store down to his son, Frank Jr., but still works a few [...]
Armando Tailor to become tanning salon
by Diana Rosenthal on 18. Nov, 2009 in Carroll Gardens, History
Lost City reports that Smith Street’s recently shuttered Armanda Tailor will become a tanning salon. Does anyone know how long, exactly, the shop was there for?
Armando Tailor and Dry Cleaner, a fixture on Smith Street near President, has closed. The neighboring shoe repair shop told me the old Italian tailor who ran it has retired. [...]
Last chance for Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour
by Diana Rosenthal on 16. Nov, 2009 in Events, History
Sunday, November 22, will be the last Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour of the spring season. The tour, run by Urban Oyster in partnership with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Historical Society, includes stops where passengers get off the bus to get a closer look at some of the Navy Yard’s most [...]
Brooklyn Celebrates “Five Dutch Days”
by Claude Scales on 10. Nov, 2009 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, History
Read about it on BHB.
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