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Hello, Brooklyn

Andrew — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:16:08 +0000

After 18 months without a long-term living plan in New York, I’ve finally locked down a great new apartment in the DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood in Brooklyn. I think this warrants some Jay-Z:

New York City Snowicane

Andrew — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:23:41 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, New York has gotten a ton of snow this month- so much in fact that February 2009 is now the snowiest month in NYC history (breaking a 114 year old record). Well I came across this time-lapse video of the latest storm taken in Brooklyn and it is awesome to see the weather go from overcast to a foot of snow on the ground.

History of One New York City Block

Andrew — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:39:34 +0000

Zach van Schouwen has created a very cool video showing the entire history of one block in New York City. He started out researching a five-story tenement building at 218 Eldridge Street which his great-great grandfather lived.

“With some help from Christopher Gray’s guide to researching New York City buildings, I discovered that the building had been erected in 1834, on the site of an old house. It was demolished in the 1940s; its lot later held a garage, then a housing project.”

I love these kinds of things… seeing how much the city has changed over the years from a farm to a row of small buildings to an empty lot and back again. The map below shows the block of Eldridge between Stanton and Rivington.

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