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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: Cleaning Up the Waterfront with N.A.G.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/03/05/cleaning-waterfront-nag/

Description: In the early 1990s, residents of Greenpoint and Williamsburg were fed up with the city neglecting their neighborhoods. A number of grassroots community organizations sprang up in response to various issues, including development, community board planning processes, and excessive litter. One such organization was Neighbors Against Garbage (N.A.G.), founded in 1994 in a local church basement.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week ,  Greenpoint ,  Williamsburg Neighborhood history Industry

Title: A Legacy in Lead

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/09/13/legacy-lead/

Description: In honor of back-to-school, a brief history of the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week ,  Industry,  Greenpoint

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