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I'll take (the other) Manhattan
"No Sleep Till Brooklyn," The Beastie Boys Before it was the baby name of choice among foreign-born arrivistes, or became synonymous with urban chic, and before it attracted more celebrities than Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Brooklyn was...Tags: Barack Obama, Manhattan (New York City), Family, Neil Diamond, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Olmsted's Riverside
Chicago TribuneOn this date, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted headed west from Chicago, where he had arrived by train from New York, to a spot about 10 miles from the city. His mission was to inspect 1,600 acres that a group of Eastern businessmen had...Tags: Burlington (Hartford, Connecticut), Frederick Law Olmsted, Des Plaines, Central Park, New York
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Brooklyn, baby
Hartford Courant Staff WriterRegular visitors to New York should bypass the tried-and-true of Manhattan for the city streets less traveled. Just a hop, skip and a borough away lies Brooklyn, ripe for its own exploration. (PHOTOS INCLUDED) Regular visitors to New York should bypass...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn Bridge, Park Slope, Frederick Law Olmsted, Brooklyn Museum
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Landmark Village library to be restored
dfreedlander@am-ny.comThe slow deterioration of the landmark Jefferson Market Library in Manhattan will be brought to a halt thanks to a $7 million restoration plan announced Tuesday. The 130-year-old Victorian Gothic structure looks like a German castle stuck in the middle...Tags: Scott Stringer, Manhattan (New York City), Greenwich Village
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City Living: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Special to amNewYorkIf Prospect Heights was ever in the shadow of Park Slope, its ritzy neighbor across Flatbush Avenue, those days are long past. The neighborhood, a mix of 19th-century brownstones and pre-war co-op buildings, has long been home to a staggering array of...Tags: Gardens and Parks, BMW, Government, Rentals, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Park Slope
STAFF WRITERThe neighborhood is known for its charm, for a family-friendly vibe, for leafy streets, and century-old houses adorned with elaborate terra-cotta and brickwork. Summers, it's a green and flowery refuge from the city, with gardens that spill onto the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn (New York City), Rentals, Park Slope, Gang Activity
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Park Slope returns to its roots
NYNewsday.comThe neighborhood is known for its charm, for a family-friendly atmosphere, for leafy streets, and century-old houses adorned with elaborate terra-cotta and brickwork. Summers, it's a green and flowery refuge from the city, with gardens that spill onto...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Brooklyn (New York City), Park Slope, Sheepshead Bay, Gang Activity
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A weekend in Hudson
The town of Hudson has something of a chequered past: Once a refining center for the whale-oil trade, it was a thriving port, with sleek whalers tied up along the river, its better-off burghers sequestered in grand houses in high Victorian style. But...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York
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prospect park
amNY.comStanding in the shelter of a cool stone arch in Prospect Park, you look out on a landscape drenched with light, patchworked in shades of green. If you've come early on a weekday morning, your companions on the road will be runners and power walkers and...Tags: Religious Leaders, Bodies of Water, Macy's, Sandy Koufax, Zoology
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Prospect park
amNY.com Staff WriterEarly on a sunny summer morning, you stand in the cool of an arch in Prospect Park. Spread before you, the view of the park's Long Meadow widens out to a panorama patchworked in shades of green, edged and dotted with trees. At this hour, you share the...Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park
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Enjoying the 'people's park' in Brooklyn
amNY.comIn the heart of Brooklyn, Prospect Park is a marvel -- more than 500 acres of prime real estate that provides a backyard for a borough short on green space, long on people. More than a century ago, its designers -- Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux...Tags: Religious Leaders, Defense, Armed Forces, Bodies of Water, Macy's
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Living in Fort Greene
Special to amNewYorkEven those who have never been to Fort Greene have probably seen it. The neighborhood is replete with tree-lined streets, gracious brownstones and picturesque stoops -- all favored visuals of music video and movie directors looking to capture the...Tags: Paul Robeson Jr., Rentals, Rape, Flatbush, Earthquakes
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