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Entries Tagged as 'In the Pool'

In the Pool: Snowy Sphere, Fort Greene Park

February 5th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Snowy Sphere, Fort Greene Park

[Photo courtesy of Steve Soblick/GL Flickr Pool] Yet another gorgeous snow shot.

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In the Pool: February’s First Sunset

February 4th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: February’s First Sunset

[Photo courtesy of mikkime/GL Flickr Pool] Williamsburg gorgeousness.

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Gary Mirabelle Photo Du Jour: New York Will Overcome

February 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Gary Mirabelle Photo Du Jour: New York Will Overcome

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] This is from a wall mural in Bed-Stuy and is as meaningful today as the day it was painted many years ago.

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In the Pool: Heron on Ice

February 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Flickr Pool] It’s a heron on the ice at the Japanese Garden at the Brookyn Botanic Garden. No worries. Cherry blossoms will be here in no time at all.

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In the Pool: Got Windows?

February 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Got Windows?

[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brookyn/GL Flickr Pool] This is Second Avenue in Sunset Park at 39th Street, which the photo (and blogger) notes looks out into a favorite local spot called Peyton’s Playpen, which has been the subject of much local controversy.

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In the Pool: BBG on Ice

February 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: BBG on Ice

[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Fickr Pool] Surrounded by cherry blossoms in Spring at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and iced over in January. Ouch.

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In the Pool: Bensonhurst Sunset

February 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of geminicollisionworks/GL Flickr Pool] Bensonhurst! Looking good, kid.

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In the Pool: And So Goeth January 2009

February 1st, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: And So Goeth January 2009

[Photo courtesy of Lost in Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Now, it’s time to watch February unfold.

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In the Pool: The F Runner

January 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: The F Runner

[Photo courtesy of chadwbecks/GL Flickr Pool] A woman running to catch the F Train as it heads for the Carroll Street Station in Carroll Gardens.

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Deborah Matlack Photo Du Jour: Greenwood Heights Walk

January 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on Deborah Matlack Photo Du Jour: Greenwood Heights Walk

[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Heights. GL Contributor Deborah Matlack sent us this pic after one of the recent light snows/slushes/ices.

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In the Pool: Just Say No

January 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of hugohurst/GL Flickr Pool] Yes it is a delicate hour for this sort of thing. And, yes, they replaced the “o” in proctology with a butt.

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In the Pool: Empty Landscape, Sad Heart

January 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of me-myself-i/GL Flickr Pool] This is Astroland as it looked yesterday. What a heartbreaking sight and what an unneccessary thing. We do not have positive feelings about any of the people who collectively allowed this to happen.

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In the Pool: Near Zero

January 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Near Zero

[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes: “I think this device measures neighborhood-appropriate real estate development. Found on a fence in Gowanus.”

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In the Pool: Early Morning Snow

January 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of pixonomy/GL Photo Flickr Pool] This is a pretty picture of yesterday morning’s very early morning snow before it all turned into a nasty, rainy slushy mess. Looked nice for a few hours though.

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In the Pool: Minature Brooklyn

January 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/flickr] This is a miniature of Brooklyn produced using a Photoshop technnique.

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In the Pool: Nevins Escapes

January 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Nevins Escapes

[Photo courtesy of Atomische.com/GL Flickr Pool] We love this space between buildings on Nevins Street in Gowanus near Union Street.

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In the Pool: Gowanus Reflection

January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of herrc/GL Flickr Pool] We love this shot from the Carroll Street Bridge in black and white.

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In the Pool: Random Seat

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Are you a member of our GL Photo Pool yet? Why not? Are you a member but not contributing much? We want your photos. Please join or add photos, we love seeing them and running them. [Photo courtesy Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] Nice place to sit under the Manhattan Bridge on an ice cold winter […]

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In the Pool: Utilitarian

January 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Utilitarian

[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes of this station in Coney Island, “I think this station is beautiful, but when you get in close the details show their utilitarian drabness.”

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In the Pool: Prospect Park Swan

January 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of pixonomy/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes: “Do swans migrate? I guess Brooklyn swans know that nothing beats Prospect Park, so they don’t head south for the winter.”

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In the Pool: The Q in Sheepshead Bay

January 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of Nifty Pete/GL Flickr Pool] The Q outside in Sheepshead Bay in some gorgeous light.

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In the Pool: Morning Groceries

January 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments

[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] When we first glanced at this photo in thumbnail form, it struck as an English Village but it is Carroll Gardens. The photographer writes, “This guy is walking down one of my favorite streets in all of NYC – Dennett Place. You see the entire length of it […]

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In the Pool: New Mirror

January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes: “Strolling the canal today, I discovered that the old flat mirror on a woodpost that allowed me to see back to the Kentile sign has been taken down, and a new convex mirror has been put up. It offers its own cool views, as seen […]

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In the Pool: Obama in the Snow

January 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Obama in the Snow

[Photo courtesy of jackszwergold/GL Flickr Pool] The Barack Obama mural in Prospect Heights in the snow equals both a snow picture and something that is politically topical. Perfect.

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In the Pool: Gowanus Tundra

January 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on In the Pool: Gowanus Tundra

[Photo courtesy of chadwbecks/GL Flickr Pool] Gowanus tundra, indeed.

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