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Brooklynology Blog

Collected by: Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archived since: Jan, 2019

Description:

Brooklynology is the blog of the Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library's local history division and archive.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Arts & Humanities Society & Culture

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Title: Axel Hedman, Architect

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/11/28/axel-hedman-architect/

Description: Profile of the architect Axel Hedman.

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Subject:   People,  Architecture

Title: The Brooklyn That Never Was Part 1

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/12/23/brooklyn-never-was-part-1/

Description: An addition to the Union Temple on Eastern Parkway that was never built.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Urban Development

Title: Axel Hedman Part II--I think

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/30/axel-hedman-part-ii-i/

Description: Menu in the Ephemera Collection with a photograph of a bathhouse thought to have been designed by Axel Hedman.

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Subject:   Ephemera Collection,  Architecture

Title: On moving houses, and John Thatcher.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/19/moving-houses-and-john/

Description: Buildings that were moved in Brooklyn, in particular the Lefferts Homestead, moved by Thatcher & Sons and documented in the Brooklyn Collection's Thatcher Collection.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Prints Collection People Urban Development

Title: Bath houses or Axel Hedman Part III

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/24/bath-houses-or-axel/

Description: Historic bath houses in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Architecture

Title: Illusion and Reality at Loew's Kings

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/02/25/illusion-and-reality/

Description: The history and restoration of Loew's King's Theater in Flatbush.

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Subject:   Theaters,  Architecture

Title: Peacock in Bushwick: The Pope Mansion

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/08/07/peacock-bushwick-pope/

Description: The Pope family and their lavish mansion in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Architecture

Title: Out in the Cold: Part II

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/05/16/out-cold-part-ii/

Description: More on arctic explorer Frederick Cook, including his still-standing Bushwick mansion.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  People Bushwick

Title: The Chewing Gum King

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/07/chewing-gum-king/

Description: Thomas Adams, who invented a new kind of chewing gum and produced it in Brooklyn, and his mansion in Park Slope.

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Subject:   People Industry,  Architecture

Title: Bushwick Avenue: A Preservation Plan. Weds Oct 26 at 6:30 P.M.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/10/20/bushwick-avenue/

Description: Students from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Preservation Planning talk about their research uncovering the rich architectural history of Bushwick Avenue, and the preservation plan they produced as a result.

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Subject:   Events,  Architecture ,  Bushwick Urban Development

Title: Down with washtubs!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/07/down-washtubs/

Description: The history of Public Bathhouse no. 7, now the Brooklyn Lyceum, in Park Slope.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Park Slope

Title: The Peet Residence

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/06/04/peet-residence/

Description: 19th century photos of the Peet family and their residence.

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Subject:   Architecture

Title: A Freeman is Hard to Find

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/07/18/freeman-hard-find/

Description: Exploring the life and work of architect Frank Freeman.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  People

Title: Intro to Buildings Research Workshop, Feb. 20th, 7-9pm in the InfoCommons

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/11/intro-buildings-research/

Description: A workshop on Introduction to Buildings Research.

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Subject:   Events,  Architecture

Title: Shore Acres--inside a Shore Road Mansion

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/05/20/shore-acres-inside-shore/

Description: An album containing exterior and interior shots of a grand house on Shore Road near Fort Hamilton, called "Shore Acres."

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Subject:   Bay Ridge,  Architecture

Title: Preservation and Progress at the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/09/10/preservation-and-progress/

Description: An exhibit at the Brooklyn Collection, "Preservation and Progress," on architecturally and historically significant buildings in Brooklyn, both gone and still standing. Co-curated by Brooklyn Connections student interns.

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Subject:   Exhibits Brooklyn Connections,  Architecture

Title: From Castle Keeps to Community Spaces: The Evolution of Brooklyn’s Armories

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/02/12/castle-keeps-community/

Description: A look at the history of Brooklyn's armory buildings and their varied uses.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Neighborhood history War Sports

Title: The Brief Life of a Fanciful Building

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/26/brief-life-fanciful/

Description: Our photo of the week features the Fulton Ferry House that once stood where Old Fulton Street met the water’s edge in Brooklyn Heights, one in a series of ferry buildings on that site.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Transportation Photo of the Week

Title: Park Slope's Old Tower House

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/04/19/park-slopes-old-tower/

Description: Today’s photo of the week takes us to Park Slope, where a residence locally known as "the old tower house” once stood on the south side of 8th street between 5th and 6th avenues.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Park Slope,  Architecture

Title: Mesopotamia in Brownsville

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/04/26/mesopotamia-brownsville/

Description: Today’s Photo of the Week features a busy corner in Brownsville, 1501 Pitkin Avenue, where the stately Loew’s Pitkin Theater took up the entirety of the block between Legion Street and Saratoga Avenue.

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Subject:   Theaters Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Brownsville

Title: A Look Back at Brooklyn's Central Library

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/05/21/look-back-brooklyns/

Description: A brief history of the construction of Brooklyn's Central Library.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Library history Neighborhood history

Title: The Lost Murals of Borough Hall

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/06/14/lost-murals-borough-hall/

Description: Borough Hall, originally City Hall, is located in the heart of downtown Brooklyn and is one of the borough's oldest public buildings. It was also home to two highly contentious 900 square foot murals, whose final fate remains unknown today.

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Subject:   Arts,  Architecture ,  Photo of the Week

Title: Brooklyn's Lost Saltwater Oasis

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/06/28/brooklyns-lost-saltwater/

Description: As a summer heat wave kicks off the last few days of Pride Month, our Photo of the Week takes us to an elegant indoor pool at the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights.

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Subject:   LGBTQ history,  Architecture ,  Photo of the Week

Title: A (Maybe) Brooklyn Haunting for Spooky Season

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/10/07/maybe-brooklyn-haunting/

Description: Prospect Park's Litchfield Villa and its apparent haunting.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Prospect Park

Title: The Restoration of Endale Arch

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/11/29/restoration-endale-arch/

Description: A historic photo of Prospect Park's Endale Arch compared to its 2020 restoration.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Prospect Park,  Architecture

Title: Encounter with Kismet on a Ride Through Bed-Stuy

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/12/20/encounter-kismet-ride/

Description: Photographs of the Kismet Temple, now a Baptist church, in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Neighborhood history Bedford-stuyvesant

Title: Built for Brooklyn History: A Place With Many Names

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/15/built-for-brooklyn/

Description: Visitors to the Center for Brooklyn History on Pierrepont Street sometimes ask if the building served another purpose before it was a historical society. The answer is—it was always a historical society! Built in 1881, the Queen Anne-style building was designed by architect George Browne Post.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Library history

Title: The Cube as an Alternate Plan to Urban Renewal

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/03/21/cube-alternate-plan-urban/

Description: In 1983, the Cooper Square Committee called for a new plan, the details of which were published in The Cooper Square Plan: Report for Discussion, October 15, 1986, part of the Ronald Schiffman Collection on the Pratt Center for Community Development.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Urban Development,  Architecture ,  Events

Title: Home Sweet Hut

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/05/23/home-sweet-hut/

Description: Today's Photo of the Week takes us to one of the city's first housing developments for veterans and their families. These semi-cylindrical structures made of corrugated steel sheets, known as Quonset huts, were erected along the Belt Parkway in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie and Gravesend.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Housing,  Architecture

Title: From Factory to Community Hub

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/06/06/factory-community-hub/

Description: In 1972, the corporation took over and renovated this stately building as part of the creation of Restoration Plaza, a community hub in the heart of Bed-Stuy.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Bedford-Stuyvesant,  Architecture

Title: The World of Miklos Suba

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/09/02/world-miklos-suba/

Description: When artist and trained architect Miklos Suba (1880-1944) immigrated to NYC in 1924, he was confronted with a starkly different cityscape compared to his native Hungary.

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Subject:   Arts Photo of the Week,  Architecture

Title: Wasted Space, But Not for Long

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/09/26/wasted-space-not-for-long/

Description: Can you guess where this week's Photo of the Week was taken? "Referred to as 'the hole' by library personnel," this cavernous space was the sub-basement of our very own Central Library.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Library history,  Architecture

Title: The Elephantine Colossus

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/10/10/elephantine-colossus/

Description: The Elephantine Colossus was an elephant-shaped hotel attraction located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Coney Island from 1885 through 1896.

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Subject:   Coney Island,  Architecture ,  Photo of the Week

Title: Kane Street Synagogue

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/23/kane-street-synagogue-2/

Description: This photo of the week shows the sanctuary interior of Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill in 1934. The building was constructed in 1855 as a Middle Reformed Protestant Dutch Church.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Jewish history,  Architecture ,  Religion

Title: Brooklyn Army Terminal

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/06/12/brooklyn-army-terminal/

Description: Today’s Photo of the Week shows the interior of the Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT), a sprawling complex spanning 95 acres on the Sunset Park waterfront.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Architecture ,  Industry

Title: Brooklyn Fire Headquarters

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/06/26/brooklyn-fire/

Description: In 1892, the Brooklyn Fire Department opened its headquarters at 365-67 Jay Street, located between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights.

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Subject:   Architecture ,  Photo of the Week

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: Save the Clock Tower!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/08/21/opening-pocket-doors-save

Description: Part of the original design by George B. Post, the clock tower has been a part of the building since its construction between the years of 1878 and 1881. However, the clock tower was never installed with an actual mechanism for the clock and has therefore never worked.

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Subject:   Library history Opening the Pocket Doors,  Architecture

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: A Stained Glass Mystery

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/11/06/opening-pocket-doors

Description: If you've visited the Othmer Library, you might have noticed the large stained glass lunettes (arched windows) on the gallery level. These are original to the space, but did you know there used to be more stained glass features throughout the building?...an even greater mystery lies in the identity of the artist who crafted these stained glass pieces. To date, the building records have yet to reveal the artist's name, but there is a probable candidate.

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Subject:   Opening the Pocket Doors Library history,  Architecture

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: What Could Have Been

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/11/15/opening-pocket-doors-what

Description: In 1868, when the former Long Island Historical Society (LIHS) first purchased the plot of land intended for their new, permanent home, there was a plethora of possibilities.

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Subject:   Opening the Pocket Doors Library history,  Architecture

Title: Documenting a Brownstone's Rebirth

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/02/05/documenting-brownstones

Description: In 2018, the New York Times published a story about an unusual Carroll Gardens brownstone for sale. 12 Second Place had been painstakingly restored during the brownstone revival movement of the 1960s and 70s, and had been owned by the same couple, Jane and Thor Rinden, ever since. Moreover, the Rindens had documented their five-year renovation process (1968-1973) in a charming and intimate scrapbook filled with photographs and memories.

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Subject:   Housing,  Architecture ,  Arts Clothing Carroll Gardens

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