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Be civic. Open House New York // City Reliquary // posts my own // Brooklyn
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Eye of Sauron spotting. Thank you for doing the math @nygroove.nyc
The Brooklyn Tower with the sun right above its crown.
August 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Learning about flood mitigation and plans to daylight Flushing Creek with Waterfront Alliance for #cityofwaterday
Walking tour group standing in the park. A freeway overpass crosses overhead and a large metal pipe (scupper) that drains runoff from the freeway can be seen on the supporting pillar. The end of the scupper can’t be seen but when it rains, it just discharges on the ground where the group is standing. A walkway, under construction, crossing over a very green and marshy body of water. Beneath the bridge are metal tide gates preventing water flow. This is Tide Gate Bridge in Flushing Meadows. A freeway overpass crossing above a large body of standing water (Flushing Creek). The water is very green and marshy. This is in the northeast part of Flushing Meadows.
July 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Team #DontRankCuomo all in!
Holding up a sticker received for voting: a red circle with a drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge and text around the border that says “Brooklyn Votes Early.”
June 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram at the Cathedral of the Incarnation.
Interior of a cathedral church in the French Gothic style from the center aisle facing the altar. In the crossing is suspended an enormous sculpture of the moon. About 20 feet in diameter, the moon fills most of the volume in the high pointed arch of the center of the building. Another view of the moon sculpture from underneath, showing the ceiling ribs of the transcept behind it. One of the large stained glass windows at the end of the transept with a wishbone shaped arch in stone in front of it. The moon sculpture appears floating in the upper left corner of the image in the foreground. An oblique view of the moon sculpture from underneath and corner detailing of the crossing in the background. In the Gothic style, the arches in the stonework are pointed at the top and the columns are carved so as to look like bundles of thinner columns. At the bottom of the photo is one of the capitals with carvings depicting an eagle surrounded by foliage.
April 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches FIN! Bookmobile, an elusive creature most often found in distant parks on weekday afternoons.
Van decorated with doodles and colorful dots, the Brooklyn Public Library Bookmobile!
November 2, 2024 at 10:49 PM
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👍 #ivoted Halloween style
October 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Today’s library journey brought me by a different gotta-catch-em-all project, this one years-long: public works by Cosantino Nivola. Sculptural panel with sgraffito at the Liberty School, 1967.
Panel sculpture in concrete with wavelike features, heads of male and female figures, and incised drawing of a tree and birds
October 21, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 62, Cypress Hills. Entrance gate artwork by Rolando Briseno.
October 21, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 61, Arlington. One of the oldest Carnegie branches with many lovely intact details, like this fireplace.
Large brick fireplace with handsome, classically styled wooden mantle and surrounding benches
October 21, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 60, Bushwick. Another handsome entrance. Nearby is Sure We Can, a nonprofit recycling facility that advocates for canners: important work.
October 21, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 59, Washington Irving. A handsome entrance.
October 21, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 58, Adams Street. Love this interior by WORKac.
October 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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BPL #browsethenranches No. 57, Paerdegat
Detail of alphabetical display of notable NYC residents (Goldberg, Holiday, Inukai, Jennings, Kass, Latimer)
October 13, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 56, Flatlands
Cardboard model of the Epire State Building with a large tinsel bat hanging over it
October 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 55, Kings Highway (and its neat Dutch Revival neighbor) (also #nyctype)
Exterior of library with metal panels and all-caps standup lettering on the awning Building in Dutch Revival style with stepped brick on all four roof lines
October 13, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 54, Midwood. Conveniently close to Di Fara.
Tan brick exterior of library building
October 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 53, Borough Park. Seasonal suggestions, and books in a wide variety of languages, including Bengali, Hungarian, and Japanese.
Sign says “hauntingly good reads” with a display of books with the same vibe as The Haunting of Hill House, this month’s book club book
October 6, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 52, DeKalb, a handsome Carnegie branch with some interesting neighbors.
Radially positioned metal shelves inside DeKalb Library. A wooden church with a visibly tilting steeple and sign out front saying “Don’t worry, the steeple is safe!” Detail of the colorful Egyptian styled mural and statuary from the exterior of the Sanctuary of the Sabaeans.
October 6, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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One of the stops on my last #browsethebranches jaunt provided the sticker for No. 49, Mill Basin. A bit of a cheat since AFAIK that branch is not closed, but I will take the assist. I’ll visit you someday, Mill Basin!
October 6, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 50, Marcy, and the sticker for No. 51, Bedford, which is closed. The last of the 2-for-1 stops.
October 6, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 48: Rugby (wall art)
September 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 47: East Flatbush. Beautiful new building. Take a tour with the architects, LEVENBETTS, during Open House New York Weekend (10/19) #OHNYWknd
September 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 46: New Lots (patron art). Some neat spots nearby, like the wooden, congregation-built New Lots Community Church (1823) and East New York Farms, another #OHNYWknd site.
September 22, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 45, Spring Creek. “A Uniquely Portable Magic” mural by Raul Ayala and youth artists.
September 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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BPL #browsethebranches No. 44: Jamaica Bay
September 22, 2024 at 6:04 PM