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GL Photo Du Jour: Multitasking

April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] This photo from Gowanus, which epitomizes multitasking, comes from GL Correspondent Anna Lewis. It would appear to have a close relative on the streets of Bed-Stuy, except that instead of doing the laundry, one can get something to eat.

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GL Photo Du Jour: FDNY Park Slope Edition

April 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: FDNY Park Slope Edition

We came across the response to a call in the building next to Willie’s Dawgs on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope this weekend. Fortunately, the FDNY quickly determined that there was no fire in the building.

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GL Photo Du Jour: Waiting in the Slope Edition

April 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Waiting in the Slope Edition

We saw our friend on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope waiting outside Luscious Foods. He was a lot less laid back than some, but way more relaxed than others.

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GL Photo Du Jour: Plastic Chicken Edition

April 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Plastic Chicken Edition

Barge Music Parking Lot

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Whoo Hoo

March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Whoo Hoo

We ran a somewhat earlier photo of this artwork yesterday along with some other Burg street art, before we found that it had been updated in a most amusing way. It is from Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Sidewalk Furniture & Paints

March 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Sidewalk Furniture & Paints

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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GL Photo Du Jour: Outside the Bay Ridge Window

March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Outside the Bay Ridge Window

[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano] The photographer, Charles Andrisano, emails to say, “Spring is in the air, and I took advantage of our ever present sparrows. This shot was taken from my living room window in Bay Ridge two days before Easter Sunday.”

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Slope Late PM Sun

March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour, Part II: Slope Late PM Sun

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] This is second floor of a storefront on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope yesterday at 6PM in the evening sunlight. The image comes from GL Correspondent Anna Lewis.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Dusk

March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Dusk

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is a photo of dusk at Tenth Avenue and 18th Street in Windsor Terrace from sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Moon Over PPW

March 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Moon Over PPW

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from Prospect Park West in Park Slope.

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Gownus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Easter Weekend Edition

March 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Gownus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Easter Weekend Edition

Graham Avenue, Williamsburg

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Oh, Crispy Christmas Tree

March 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Oh, Crispy Christmas Tree

Sometimes you pass by things and don’t really notice them. So it is with this Christmas tree on the roof of the building at Seventh Avenue and Lincoln Place in Park Slope. It graced the neighborhood with its rooftop display during the holidays and, well, it’s still there, looking crispy and formerly festive. Sadly, it […]

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Seventh Ave. in the Rain #2

March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Seventh Ave. in the Rain #2

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] If you catch the first Seventh Avenue photo below, this shot of a little girl in spring colors with matching balloons is a very different sort of rainy day Park Slope photo.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Seventh Ave. in the Rain #1

March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Seventh Ave. in the Rain #1

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] Old First Church on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope yesterday in the rain. After a short absence that began in November and a great deal of conversation, the homeless have returned to the church steps.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Discarded, but Cheerful

March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Discarded, but Cheerful

East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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GL Photo Du Jour: Lonely Monkey Edition

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Lonely Monkey Edition

Prospect Park, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Tagged in the South Slope

March 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Tagged in the South Slope

Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: End Edition

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: End Edition

At the end of Huntington Street and the Gowanus Canal, it really is the end, particularly if one were to go over the barriers and check out the water.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

March 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

March 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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Gl Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

March 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gl Photo Du Jour: Clinton Hill Edition

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Greenpoint Bike Edition

March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Greenpoint Bike Edition

Our Roving Correspondent returns to Greenpoint for this image, which she titled “Dali’s Bike” and it certainly is. It is melting on Russell Street in Greenpoint.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Sign of Spring Edition

March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Sign of Spring Edition

A sure sign of spring in a Williamsburg store window. Not long before such sightings are the rule rather than the exception. This comes from Union Avenue, near Metropolitan.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Carroll Gardens Edition

March 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Carroll Gardens Edition

[Photo courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent]We’ll simply call it St. Agnes in the light.

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Gowanus Lounge Photo Du Jour: Coney Island Edition

March 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of Eric Provost] It’s not just that this latest Coney Island sunset photo sent to us by Eric Provost is gorgeous. It is. It’s that there is something fun in the photo if one looks closely. More pics of them tomorrow.

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