[All photos courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Local artist and GL contributor Gary Mirabelle spent a lot of time in Prospect Park in the snow in recent days. We’ve put them all in a slideshow. Highly recommended.

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Brooklyn students reflect on Tuesday’s inauguration of Barack Obama.

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[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes: “Strolling the canal today, I discovered that the old flat mirror on a woodpost that allowed me to see back to the Kentile sign has been taken down, and a new convex mirror has been put up. It offers its own cool views, as seen […]

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[Photo courtesy James and Karla Murray] The Brooklyn Historical Society’s current exhibition, “The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts” is a captivating look in to the storefront facades that shape our neighborhoods. The exhibition has been extended through March 29, 2009 and is a must see. Brooklyn’s neighborhood storefronts have the city’s history etched in their […]

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If you haven’t wearied of beautiful snow photos, and it’s hard to do so in January, check out this slideshow of this beautiful neighborhood in the snow, shot by Flatbush Gardner. Just do it.

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[Photo courtesy of Betty Blade] The photographer, who posts some utterly priceless photos of Brooklyn just a short generation ago, with which we’ve fallen in love, writes of this shot: “Reflection in store window. location: On Church Avenue (near Dahill Road) facing toward 36th Street – Culver L in the distance. The factory in the […]

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There’s a benefit coming up on Thursday for Coney Island USA that is called “Save Coney Island” (which is an entirely different effort) on Thursday (1/22). Per the email that land in our inbox: Starting at 7PM, everyone is invited to come show their support for Coney Island and enjoy: Complimentary wine from George Spirits. […]

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This little girl’s Happy is missing. We found the notice attached to a bus shelter near Cadman Plaza. We know how devastating it can be to lose one’s Happy. Please return it if you have found it.

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This is Williamsburg’s 44 Berry Street in the booming Berry Street corridor where buidings are going up (or stalling) right and left. This one is particularly interesting because the renovation started upsetting some residents when the developer started cutting holes in the buildings for air conditioners, leading to Fear of Fedders. Be not afraid, as […]

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The BRIC Rotunda Gallery new exhibit “The New Deal, Art and Currency” runs from January 21 through March 7, 2009. Opening reception is tonight from 7 to 9 pm: A New Deal, Art and Currency highlights relationships between American presidents and the economy, while observing how these relationships affect art-making. This exhibition takes its name […]

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While some projects like Robert Scarano’s Satori get all the enlightenment attention, there are other buildings going up on Bond Street. This, for instance is 398 Bond, which makes itself quite a presence on the low-rise street. It was briefly hit with a Stop Work Order back in October, but it was quickly back in […]

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The way things are going it will probably be easier to tell you which Park Slope restaurants aren’t for sale. (Lighten up. This is a joke.) We have, however, come across another one that is. This is a Japanese restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Sixth Street that seems to meet the description of Sakura Cafe, […]

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As the Tykes on Bikes controversy continues on Park Slope Parents, there is words of mayhem and frenzy and injury on MLK Day sledding in Prospect Park. Here’s the email that came to our attention: I was at the big hill today in the park amidst a frenzy of mad sledders. It was very crowded, […]

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Astroland, originally uploaded by dietrich. We got a little caught up in the MLK Day stuff and the inauguration yesterday to take note of a sight that we found especially awful and as depresessing as the removal of the Astroland rocket. Workers have been busy removing the Astroland signs from the Surf Avenue side of […]

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While most of the attention is focused on Coney Island, Brighton Beach, which has seen its share of out-of-context development is up for a rezoning. About 50 blocks of the neighborhood with either be upzoned or downzoned, with the city preferring to dwell on protecting block where bungalows have been demolished to build some fairly […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dan Ross] These are the Brooklyn Steppers going past the Presidential Reviewing Stand during yesterday’s Inaugural Parade. Photographer Dan Ross writes: “Through an unexpected turn of events, I found myself directly facing the presidential reviewing stand at today’s inaugural parade. Here are the Brooklyn Steppers struttin’ their stuff for the new administration. […]

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[Photo courtesy of jackszwergold/GL Flickr Pool] The Barack Obama mural in Prospect Heights in the snow equals both a snow picture and something that is politically topical. Perfect.

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Yes, it’s off-topic, as they say. But what joy we take in going off-topic this way.

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Here’s the scene today at BAM as President Obama was sworn in. Joyful is one word that comes to mind.

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To get back from today’s lofty history, to the ridiculous, we have the continuation of the discussion about the little ones riding their bikes on the street or sidewalks of Park Slope. Here’s one Park Slope Parents email: I have two children aged 7 & 10 and I always ride on the sidewalk with them […]

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Chivalry? OMFG: Chivalry is back to stay – w4m – 30 (Brooklyn) On the morning of January 9th, i was taken back by seeing a young man giving up his seat to an elderly Asian woman. i hardly see that lately so i stayed with me and prompted me to write this down. To you, […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy Deborah Matack] Back to Brooklyn, from history being made in Washington. We got an email from the Chair of Nathan’s famous, in effect, calling BS on stories that its flagship stores at Surf and Stillwell Avenue could be history. The zoning for the site (allowing a bigger building) has been part […]

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There have been times when we never thought we’d live to see the day when a true paradigm shift happened in American politics. Yet, here we are. The long and terrifying nightmare that began with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and took a slight turn for the better through the Clinton years in […]

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On Second Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

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No sooner had embargoed new renderings from City Planning landed in the GL Inbox yesterday afternoon than an email showed up from the Save Coney Island group, urging opponents of the zoning scheme to attend tomorrow’s meeting. (The image above is a download that people were asked to print and bring to the City Planning […]

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