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Signs of Spring: Bay Ridge Edition

April 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Bay Ridge Edition

[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] This is the spring gorgeousness in Owls Head Park in Bay Ridge as captured by frequent GL Photo Contributor, photographer Deborah Matlack. Many more such scenes to come Brooklyn-wide in the next couple of weeks by the look of trees starting to bloom.

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Signs of Spring: Carroll Gardens Twisted Metal Edition

April 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Carroll Gardens Twisted Metal Edition

Nothing says spring quite like twisted metal from a building being demolished and the bright early blossoms of a yellow forsythia. The scene is from Carroll Gardens. Superb!

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Signs of Spring: Green Dome Blossoms

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Green Dome Blossoms

From the Green Dome garden in Williamsburg near McCarren Park.

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Signs of Spring: Roebling Oil Edition

April 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Our old and dear friend the former Roebling Oil Building, now Warehouse 11, looks elegant and alive with spring starting to bloom, yes?

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Signs of Spring: Driggs Blossoms Edition

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The garden behind the landmark Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg is very much starting to bloom.

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Signs of Spring: Carroll Park Edition

April 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Carroll Park Edition

The daffodils are in bloom in Carroll Park as per this photo filed by our Carroll Gardens correspondent. Very yellow.

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Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Flower Edition

April 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Flower Edition

This spring flower comes from the Green Dome garden near McCarren Park in Williamsburg.

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Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Pussy Willow Edition

March 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Pussy Willow Edition

From Driggs Avenue at N. 11 Street in Williamsburg.

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Signs of Spring: Cobble Hill Edition

March 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Cobble Hill Edition

Another tree starts to bloom.

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Signs of Spring: Flatbush Avenue Fashion Edition

March 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Flatbush Avenue Fashion Edition

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] Store windows are as reliable a harbinger of Spring as the budding of trees and flowers. These images from Correspondent Anna Lewis are part of the seasonal display at Houtie Couture at Flatbush Avenue and Seventh Avenue. [Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis]

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Signs of Spring: Flowers on the Canal Edition

March 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of Stanley Greenberg] This photo of flowers starting to bloom came to us courtesy of the Gowanus Dredgers, which planted them at the foot of Second Street at the Gowanus Canal where they launch their canoes. The trailers in the background, by the way, are on property that would become part of the […]

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Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Edition

March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Edition

It’s not a tree about to turn green or flowers, per se, but this storefront on Graham Avenue in Williamsburg is still a very powerful sign that spring is upon us.

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Signs of Spring: Prospect Park Edition

March 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Prospect Park Edition

Some traces of greenery starting to appear in Prospect Park.

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Signs of Spring, Part II: Prospect Park Edition

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring, Part II: Prospect Park Edition

This pic comes from Prospect Park in front of the Picnic House and it’s a real sight for sore eyes, with the caveat being that allergy sufferers might not be quite so stoked about it.

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Signs of Spring, Part I: Bay Ridge Edition

March 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring, Part I: Bay Ridge Edition

[Courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent] Our Carroll Gardens correspondent ventured to the far off corner of Brooklyn called Bay Ridge over the weekend and found that spring is even more far advanced there than it is in Carroll Gardens or Park Slope or environs. Excellent.

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Signs of Spring: Grand Army Plaza Edition

March 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Grand Army Plaza Edition

Saturday Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

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Signs of Spring: South Slope Edition

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: South Slope Edition

From Seventh Avenue in Park Slope come big buds on the tress. Of course, it was pretty cold yesterday when we took the photo, but no matter, the trees are starting to bud.

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Signs of Spring: Red Hook Edition

March 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Red Hook Edition

[Image courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent] This image from Van Brunt Street comes from our wonderful Carroll Gardens. Easter decorations are clear signs that the winter is almost over.

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Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Edition

March 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Signs of Spring: Williamsburg Edition

N. 5th & Berry Streets, with (what else?) a Karl Fischer building in the background.

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