Buildings

30 Aug Announcing a very special walking tour: The unexpected story of Jewish Williamsburg

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18 May A walk through Williamsburg with Phillip Lopate

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The celebrated writer grew up in Williamsburg...

20 Mar Building series: A new interactive map-tour of Brooklyn’s Bais Yaakov history

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An interactive tour of the birth of Bais Yaakov in...

03 Nov Building series: Eastern District High School

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Some famous people were educated in this building, including Deborah...

17 Sep Building series: Hasidic architecture and family-size balconies

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrEtQxMBFY One of the many interesting things in Hasidic Williamsburg is...

11 Sep Interview with Gerald Friedman

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A conversation with a diner at Gottlieb's deli, former WB...

21 Apr Building series: Mel Brook’s childhood home on Lee

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An iconic comedian once lived on 111 Lee Avenue...

06 Apr Book review: ‘Worlds Apart’ by Sudy Rosengarten

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Some notes from a small book of memories of early...

09 Nov Sharing a glimpse into the city during Covid

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A walk in Boro Park ...

26 Aug Building series: the Church that shrank

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The story of one church's transformation...

21 Aug A Williamsburg architecture brush-up

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Finding Treasures in an Online Photo Database from the 1940s...

04 Jun Building series: the odd-looking police booth

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Abandoned police booth an artifact of a different Williamsburg...

27 May Building series: Satmar’s eyesore on 540 Bedford Avenue

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It's now one of NYC's longest standing incomplete projects...

04 Mar Building series: the House of the Prince of Peace once in Williamsburg

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Site: Site of the Christian Mission / Jews for Jesus Location:...

16 Jun Routine announcement to tenants in Yiddish

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h/t Williamsburg News on Twitter...

30 Jul The future of the historic Hanover Club/Vien’s School?

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When a friend of mine was in Williamsburg late one...

22 Jul Building series: Clymer Street shul, and the last star of david

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The Clymer Street Synagogue is the site for the last...

27 Jun Building series: It used to be a theater 2: Vien Synagogue

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Site: Vien Synagogue/ formerly Wilson Theater Location: 27 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn,...

15 Jun Building series: Leonard and Phillip Lopate’s home

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Site: Childhood Home of radio host Leonard Lopate Location: 151 Ross...

09 Jun Building series: inside the Hanover mansion / Vien’s school

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I wrote about the Hanover Mansion that's now the Vien's...

07 Jun Building series: it used to be a theater 1 – Klausenberg Synagogue

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Site: Klausenburg Synagogue Location: 131 Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 [image: NYC...

01 Jun Building series: anti-zionism and the Klausenberg building

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The case of the disappearing Stars of David...

26 May Building series: Vien’s Girls’ school building; the Williamsburg story

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Site: Former Hanover Club / Former Young Israel / girls...

25 May Building series: the Wonder Bread factory—now the Skverer Yeshiva

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Site: Formerly bread factory / now Skver yeshiva Location: 97 Heyward...

23 May Building series: missionary Jews in Williamsburg

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A century ago a Christian Mission to the Jews stood...