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  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 21:58 in Personal

  Dear Readers,I am off to Arizona for a few days to attend the memorial service for my father-in- law, who passed away on November 7th.I promise, I will be back on Monday morning. In the meantime, please leave me your comments, send me your photos an...

• Update: More Information On Old Red Hook/Yellow Hook Map

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 09:12 in history, carroll gardens, red hook, 11231, gowanus canal

  1837 U.S. Coast Survey Map old map I posted on November 17thI can always count on Carroll Gardens friend Rick to point me in the right direction when I have a question about the neighborhood's history.Rick sent me the comment below and a link to the ...

• The Carroll Park Bocce Players Forgo Their Court For A Place In The Sun

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 22:19 in carroll gardens, carroll park, 11231, bocce

  It happens every year at the same time. When the days get shorter and deep shadows fall on Carroll Park's bocce court, the elderly players move to the benches on the opposite side, where the rays of the sun reach all day.They were sitting there yest...

• Comment Of The Day: Getting Away With Illegal Construction?

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 21:24 in best comment of the day, 26 4th street

  Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "New Building At 26 4th Street Nearly Complete": The new zoning will not allow for stoop-style (brownstone) construction. Stoops accommodate a first floor above and a garden floor below street level so ...

• All Quiet At 100 Luquer Street After A Stop Work Order, Then Another And A Fine

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 21:13 in carroll gardens, 11231, karl fischer, 100 luquer

  As seen from Luquer StreetAs seen from Nelson StreetIt was time to check in on 100 Luquer Street, the 11-story finger building designed by architect Karl Fischer. No visible progress seems to have been made since I last took photos back in July. For...

• Before There Were Brownstones: A Look At A Very, Very Old Map Of Carroll Gardens And Red Hook

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 07:58 in history, carroll gardens, red hook, 11231, gowanus canal

  First, did you know, dear Reader, that there was a Yellow Hook? I sure did not have an idea that Sunset Park was once called by that name. But there, on a very, very old map, it is indicated,to the south of Red Hook. And where today rows of browns...

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