Brooklyn Junction Blog Features Old Flatbush Photos

courtesy of Richard Hirschman (who didn’t take this picture)

Thanks Eli for the Old Flatbush Photos!

As Greenland & Antarctica Ice Melt Continues, Waters Rise

Sea level rise under-reported.

Hey Flatbush Junctioners! Know Your Storm Flood Zone!

Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Global Disaster Interactive Map @ 100 Meter Flood Stage

Heritage at Risk – Beta

Environmental disasters, tourism, and political turmoil threaten the integrity of our global heritage. Shown below are the potentially devastating effects of seismic activity and climate change on our unique landscapes and legacies. For more information about this experimental new application, please see the our blog

This summer, with all of the Hurricane Hype, our insurance company of over twenty years (Liberty Mutual) dropped us because of the risk of flood damage and since we have a wood-framed home. This was a week before a re-finance from an adjustable mortgage. Convenient! A buddy sent me a flood map and there is a finger of flood water that runs from Paerdegat Basin in Canarsie down Farragut past our block and over Nostrand Avenue in the event of a major hurricane (or Nor’Easter). The OEM site allows you to enter your address to find your flood zone. It’s amazing how a few numbers makes such a difference. Location Location Location! PS: Liberty Mutual recently sent us a letter asking us back as customers- at a higher premium of course!

Updated link to Gowanus Lounge’s  4/07 posting. 1/4/08

The Multiverse – There’s A Parallel Universe Near You!

The Multiverse
The Observable Universe
Propaganda Matrix

Braking the Cycle – Bed-Stuy Blog – March Against Domestic Violence – On Verbal Abuse

Past August Brooklyn AIDS Awareness event further illustrates urgency of this issue in our community.

One of the most sobering illustrations of the disparities in health can be seen when you compare the rates of HIV/AIDS in Central Brooklyn to the rates across the city. In Central Brooklyn (which includes Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Brownsville) the proportion of people living with HIV/AIDS is twice the rate of Brooklyn overall and 60% higher than the overall New York City rate. To read more about these health disparities click here.

Check out the latest on Domestic Violence on Bed-Stuy Blog

The Devastating Effects of Verbal Abuse

Brooklyn poet & artist Ben Trimmier – Rebecca Pollock, Taffee Place Installation

12/15/07

 

happy Saturday

to stay home

if I choose to

guard my health

for the week

ahead

nearly 7am

the daylight seeping

into the slip

strip sky above

my warehouse canyon

called Taffee Place

rising at 5:30

with no school day

to go to I have slept

since 9:30 last night

yes: the wild Friday nights

Benjie falling out

during the PBS news fest

halfway through Bill Moyers Journal

waking in the midst of Charlie Rose

genuflecting to sartorial king Bill Clinton

who didn’t disappoint Charlie

but didn’t engage me

I returned to sleep

I retired to dream

to sleep

my heating pad corset

strapped on

for relief

I have worn

since Monday

grateful I can sleep

with my back sprain

spasms wishing

I had pain pills for

to make it

through these days

less gingerly guarding

girding my movements

with kindergarteners’ ways

their tiny chairs

I should not

be lifting

but I do

Ben Trimmier

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Rebecca Pollack

Rebecca Pollock, Become
December 2005 to December 2006
Mural for Taffee Playground, Taffee Pl, Park & Myrtle Aves, Brooklyn

Image: courtesy of the artist

Description:
This mural covers a temporary wall adjacent to Taffee Playground. The subject of it relates to the omnipresence of litter in the neighborhood surrounding the playground. The artist selected the black plastic shopping bag as a symbol of this urban problem. “Rather than focus on the carelessness that this object represents when found in the street, I’ve chosen to sculpt it into another kind of debris: a leaf,” says Rebecca Pollock, the artist. “Become encourages others to make similar leaps of the imagination with all the elements of their environment. I hope that this image will promote a spirit of making something beautiful out of something ugly and making the most out of limitation.”

Ms. Pollock is enrolled in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts.

 

 

Fetal Disregard – Fetus Found in Brooklyn’s SUNY Downstate Dirty Laundry Bin

Discarded male fetus found amidst Brooklyn hospital laundry.

Ectopic (Tubal) Pregnancy

Bird Embryo

De Beginnin’ o’ de Bruckne’ Boulevard – de Bronck’s (The Bronx) – Pianos, Furniture, Bread, Beds, Auto Parts & Paper Bags

Hardman Duo Pianos – Bruckner Blvd, formerly Lincoln Avenue © Frank H. Jump 1997 – 2007

The liner notes on the reverse side of the record cover give no indication that Lawrence was involved in the actual recording. However, his music rolls, played on a Hardman Duo Player Piano, are in good company with accompanying musicians, Milton Hinton, Tony Mottola, George Duvivier and Osie Johnson. -doctorjazz.co.uk

Landmarks Preservation Estey Piano PDF #1

Landmarks Preservation Estey Piano PDF #2

Pianos in De Bronck’s

De Beginnin’ o’ de Bruckne’ Boulevard – de Bronck’s (The Bronx) – Pianos, Furniture, Bread, Beds, Auto Parts & Paper Bags