Daily Archives: September 18, 2012

The People, Parks, and Ambience of Brooklyn

The story of “The People, Parks and Ambience of Brooklyn” by Gloria Deak is very informative of our neighborhoods past and history.  The battles fought and the places of great importance that still exists today.  Deak tells us the history … Continue reading

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Where I`m from

Where I`m from, If you ask me where in new York I am from I would tell you that I am from Flushing, New York.  Flushing isn’t the most dangerous place in New York to say the least but I … Continue reading

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“the people, parks and ambience of brooklyn”

in this story the author talks about how brooklyn came to be what it is today. the author starts form the beginning and how it was called “bruecklen”. As you can see it has a resemblance with the current name … Continue reading

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“The People, Parks, and Ambience of Brooklyn”

The Brooklyn Bridge is a particularly outstanding landmark in all of New York City let alone just Brooklyn. Gloria Deak describes in “The people, Parks, and Ambience of Brooklyn”, that nothing of this proportion had been constructed since the tower … Continue reading

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“the people , parks,and ambience of brooklyn”

The one thing that stood out to me what the part about coney island . growing up i have only been to coney island a hand full amount of times. i never really liked the amusement park or the beach. … Continue reading

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“where i’m from”

I am from east flat bush  Brooklyn,NY. Is what i would say if you asked, well at least if you were interested in knowing. where i am from we always have or guard up where smiling and laughing is sign … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s walking tour

Tomorrow we’ll have two guests, Julie Golia and Robin Katz, joining us to talk about what we can expect at the Brooklyn Historical Society this semester. We’ll also head out on a walking tour with them. Remember to bring your … Continue reading

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