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Ft.Greene Park; almost Spring

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

It may officially still be Winter, but don’t tell that to the flowers…. Ft.Greene Park was established as Brooklyn’s first park in 1847 and is named after a Revolutionary War era fort that was built in 1776 under the supervision … Continue reading →

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photo of the day; Washington Heights

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

Morris-Jumel Mansion; the oldest house in Manhattan a 1903 Photochrom from LoC The house was built eleven years before the Revolution, in 1765, by British Colonel Roger Morris and his American wife, Mary Philipse. The breezy hilltop location proved an … Continue reading →

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