Archive for 'History'
Meet the Caputos
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 [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2010 under Carroll Gardens, Food, History.
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D’Amico’s 59-year coffee roaster
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 [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under Arts and Entertainment, Carroll Gardens, Events, History, News.
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Armando Tailor to become tanning salon
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. [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2009 under Carroll Gardens, History.
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Last chance for Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour
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 [...]
Posted: November 16th, 2009 under Events, History.
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Brooklyn Celebrates “Five Dutch Days”
Read about it on BHB.
Posted: November 10th, 2009 under Arts and Entertainment, Events, History.
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Gowanus Canal: an area of transition
The New York Times Magazine features a piece today on the Gowanus Canal, and the environmental debate surrounding it as of late. How great is the photo? It’s the canal like I’ve never seen it.
“It’s this area of transition,” a real estate broker named William Duke told me recently. It was a warm weekday evening [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2009 under History, Maritime, News.
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9/11, eight years later
Amongst the many 9/11 remembrance events going on around the world today, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Borough Hall will host a free concert featuring the Brooklyn Symphony Quartet. The concert will take place from noon to 1pm at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street). Additionally, the 76th Precinct will conduct a brief memorial service [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2009 under Downtown Brooklyn, Events, History.
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LIRR Excursion Celebrates 175th Anniversary
Next Saturday, July 25th, the Long Island Rail Road will celebrate its 175th anniversary with an all-day excursion leaving Atlantic Avenue station at 8:12 A.M. and returning at 8:42 P.M. The special train will travel the entire length of the main line to Greenport, on the North Fork, with stopovers there and at Riverhead [...]
Posted: July 18th, 2009 under Events, History, Transportation.
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