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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: The mysterious affair of Stiles

URL: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/11/mysterious-affair-stiles/

Description: Hunting down the identity of a statue found at Central Library, the author identifies it as Henry R. Stiles and explores his life.

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Subject:   People,  Arts

Title: Herb and Dorothy, and Brooklyn Public Library

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/08/herb-and-dorothy-and/

Description: The documentary Herb and Dorothy about the art collecting Vogels.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Library history

Title: Arts and Skills for Veterans

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/03/31/arts-and-skills-veterans/

Description: Brooklyn Eagle photographs and descriptions of the activities of the Red Cross's Arts and Skills Corps of Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Arts ,  War Social Welfare

Title: Collage Workshop: Picturing Your Neighborhood

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/08/02/collage-workshop/

Description: Announcing summer collage workshops at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Events,  Arts

Title: Tonight! October 27th at 6:30pm BUSHWICK FARMS: Imagined Genealogies and Conceptual History.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/10/27/tonight-october-27th/

Description: Tara Cuthbert and Stuart Solzberg, creators of the Bushwick Farms project, will describe their ongoing art project.

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Subject:   Bushwick Genealogy,  Arts ,  Events

Title: Tearin' It Up

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/04/25/tearin-it/

Description: A collection of Brooklyn-inspired collages.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Arts

Title: Subway Art

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/01/04/subway-art/

Description: Philip Ashforth Coppola's book series Silver Connections: A Fresh Perspective on the New York Area Subway Systems.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Transportation

Title: Storytime

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/15/storytime/

Description: Thomas Hudson Jones's entrance grille for the Central Library.

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Subject:   Library history,  Arts

Title: Greenpoint Iwo Jima

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/24/greenpoint-iwo-jima/

Description: The Marine Corps Memorial of the Battle of Iwo Jima and its casting at the Bedi-Makky Art foundry in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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Subject:   War Greenpoint,  Arts

Title: Return of a Native

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/03/14/return-native/

Description: Brooklyn artist Beverly Pepper.

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Subject:   People,  Arts

Title: Searching for a lost art...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/04/26/searching-lost-art/

Description: Exploring Italian heritage in Brooklyn through the art of Sicilian puppetry, or Opera dei Pupi.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Entertainment Immigration

Title: The Glory of Brooklyn's Gowanus

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/22/glory-brooklyns-gowanus/

Description: Photographer Leslie-Arlette Boyce and numerous other artists as they talk about the Gowanus Canal and the influence this historic waterway has on their work.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Photography Events Gowanus

Title: A Conversation with Brooklyn Public Library's First Artist-in-Residence, Elizabeth Felicella -- Wedn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/10/23/conversation-brooklyn/

Description: Elizabeth Felicella will discuss her work as an architectural photographer with Brooklyn Collection archivists Ben Gocker and Ivy Marvel.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Events Photography

Title: Closing Reception for Artist-in-Residence Elizabeth Felicella, Wednesday, February 19th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/14/closing-reception-artist/

Description: Closing reception for the residency of photographer Elizabeth Felicella.

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Subject:   Events Photography Exhibits,  Arts

Title: Researching Reinhardt

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/05/15/researching-reinhardt/

Description: Design work and drawings by artist Ad Reinhardt in Brooklyn Dodgers publications donated by Al Todres.

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Subject:   Sports Baseball,  Arts

Title: A Civil War of Our Very Own

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/08/06/civil-war-our-very-own/

Description: A history of the statue of Ulysses S. Grant at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Dean Street.

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Subject:   War,  Arts ,  Urban Development

Title: Miss Manhattan and Miss Brooklyn are back!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/04/04/miss-manhattan-and-miss/

Description: The Miss Manhattan and Miss Brooklyn statues that used to stand at the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan bridge, and the new replicas that have been placed there.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Urban Development

Title: Preserving Black History in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/22/preserving-black-history/

Description: The Slave Theater (also called Slave No. 1) opened on Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant in 1984. The building, formerly a vaudeville and movie house, was owned by Judge John L. Phillips Jr., an African American Civil Court judge.

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Subject:   Black history Photo of the Week,  Arts ,  Theaters

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: The Art of Healing: Works from the Veterans Creative Arts Program collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/10/04/art-healing-works/

Description: From 2008-2017 the Veterans Creative Arts Program, hosted at the Veterans Affairs (VA) New York Harbor Hospital, Brooklyn Campus, offered classes for members of the US military to speak creatively about their lives in and out of the service.

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Subject:   War,  Arts

Title: Eubie Blake and the Legitimization of the Black Musical

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/01/eubie-blake-and/

Description: Happy Black History Month, Brooklyn fans! Today we're going to spend time with the American pianist, lyricist, and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music, Eubie Blake.

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Subject:   Black history People,  Arts ,  Entertainment

Title: An Unsightly Approach

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/14/unsightly-approach/

Description: The Brooklyn Bridge is arguably one of the most--if not the most--iconic symbols of Brooklyn. It has been depicted in art, like Hungarian-born American artist Miklos Suba’s version above, and replicated the world over.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Arts ,  Brooklyn Bridge

Title: Windows of Rare Beauty

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/28/windows-rare-beauty/

Description: For today's Photo of the Week, we have this Brooklyn Eagle photograph of a spring-themed stained glass window.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Arts ,  People

Title: Remembering CETA artists in NYC

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/08/03/remembering-ceta-artists/

Description: The artworks were created as part of a federal jobs program called the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). While most people have heard of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an employment and infrastructure project designed to provide jobs to millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression, less are familiar with this similar, but later jobs program.

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Subject:   Arts ,  Oral history

Title: The Skate Emancipator: Abraham Lincoln’s Unexpected Legacy in Prospect Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/08/09/skate-emancipator-abraham/

Description: Abraham Lincoln never thought he would witness a kickflip. Never mind seeing one while cast in bronze and elevated nearly nineteen feet high over the southeast corner of Prospect Park lake.

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Subject:   Sports Prospect Park,  Arts

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: 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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