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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: Birds of Prospect Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/15/birds-prospect-park/

Description: Birds of Prospect Park, published in 1951 by the Brooklyn Bird Club.

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Subject:   Animals,  Prospect Park

Title: Sham Warfare in Prospect Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/02/sham-warfare-prospect/

Description: 19th century "sham battles" in Prospect Park.

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Subject:   Prospect Park

Title: A Vanished Vista: the Changing Landscape of Prospect Park's Vale of Cashmere

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/03/23/vanished-vista-changing/

Description: The history of Prospect Park's Vale of Cashmere.

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Subject:   Prospect Park

Title: Prospect Park, Two by Two - Part One

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/03/13/prospect-park-two-two/

Description: The origins of the Prospect Park Zoo.

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Subject:   Prospect Park ,  Animals

Title: Prospect Park, Two by Two - Part Two

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/03/19/prospect-park-two-two/

Description: More on the history of the Prospect Park Zoo.

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Subject:   Prospect Park ,  Animals

Title: Goats Do Roam in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2016/05/20/goats-do-roam-brooklyn/

Description: Historic tales of goats in Brooklyn, inspired by goats coming to Prospect Park for weed control.

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Subject:   Animals,  Prospect Park

Title: The Other Side of the Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/05/05/other-side-park/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares images of Prospect Park and stories of he and his family spending time there over five decades.

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Subject:   Prospect Park ,  Photography Urban Development

Title: Spring, Is That You?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/04/26/spring-you/

Description: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, spring marked the return of sheep to Prospect Park.

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Subject:   Prospect Park ,  Animals 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: 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: Sliding into the New Year

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/02/sliding-new-year/

Description: The Photo of the Week features a sledding scene in Prospect Park on New Year’s Day in 1978. This photograph was taken by Donald L. Nowlan, a long-time Brooklyn resident, who grew up in Park Slope and lived at 470 3rd Street.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Prospect Park ,  Weather

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