Posted January 10, 200718 yr i got over to park slope with the camera for walk just before new years. it really has some of the most beautiful streets you could imagine. hang on for a ton of pics. park slope was known as nyc's gold coast in the 1800's. the coast being the western half of prospect park. here is an interactive map of the streets: http://www.smalltownbrooklyn.com/parkslopeN/PslopeNhome.html this crummy map gives a little general sense of where it is, w/ manhattan at the top first up is grand army plaza traffic circle w/ the iconic civil war memorial arch. it's designed by john duncan, who did grant's tomb. general sherman laid the cornerstone in 1889. richard meier's new glassy richy rich joint going up fast on the plaza library creepy skys so if you know the nabe this part is a walk down prospect park west (ppw) all the way down the west side of the park to windsor terrace/15th street right away you can see why it was the gold coast, still is really getting to some apts as you go down ppw third street park entrance litchfield villa inside prospect park (1857) looking back across ppw from the villa continuing down ppw loves it a close up something new on this corner lafayette park entrance on 9th st; history fans note prospect park/park slope had a key revolutionary war battle all around here; basically the maryland regiment fought and was pushed back to the gowanus swamps, but they held off the brits until washington & company could get away to brooklyn heights & eventual safety a look down 9th st continuing onward down ppw, this old one is just a stunning nyc classic ^ i'd say that 'ol parkview apt above demands a close up this the end of the line on ppw, coming up is the traffic circle at the south end of prospect park, which is the start of the windsor terrace nabe the funky pavilion movie theater bends around southern park entrance on the circle the greatest bar in nyc, it really is too -- read pete hamill's 'a drinking life' for the stories http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780316341028&itm=1 ok cut back to park slope, across 15th st to 8th avenue look -- the rare crappy infill house turf warfare! yupper, it's a blockbusting castle on the corner of 8th ave oy! not many shops along 8th ave, it's mostly all residential brownstones are mostly on the side streets something unusual -- the nabe has many gaslights an alleyway i bet borat would say, "atsa nice-a" endless lost their cornices at some point? oh the sun peeked out? shoot! shoot! i like mossy thats the way to present yourself on a street corner very cute winter light waassuupp! a rare old wood house relentless i'll end part one on this iconic shot ***stay tuned for part two, its extra brownstoney & has commerical 7th ave too ***
January 10, 200718 yr Great pics. the "castle" you refer to is the park slop armory. It was suppose to be turned into an atheletic center. I wonder what happened?
January 10, 200718 yr Park Slope is so awsome, thanks for the great shots. I dream of those nice quiet brownstone streets at night... You got Montgomery Place in the next set?
January 10, 200718 yr great pics. I would love to see dwelling that you find on 8 ave., union, garfield, etc. in the historic prospect area.
January 11, 200718 yr Some of those pics actually depict Windsor Terrace, which abuts PS. Connecticut Muffin is one of my favorite places in the world!
January 11, 200718 yr Some of those pics actually depict Windsor Terrace, which abuts PS. Connecticut Muffin is one of my favorite places in the world! yes and that was duly noted up there.
January 11, 200718 yr awesome post, mrnyc. The Slope is truly the 'civilized' side of NYC. It's as if the brownstone was invented there.
January 14, 200718 yr Wow, when I first arrived in NYC (Park Slope Brooklyn) in 1989 I lived on 15/PPW. It was not the Prospect Park neighborhood shown in these pictures. PPW was extremely dangerous and run down, you could only walk on the west side of the street. PPW to 7th avenue were the only desirable areas you could go in. I think you could only go 9th/7 ave toward flatbush and feel safe. Anything below 7th avenue was no mans land. the pavillon theatre was crumbling in on itself. The castle you refer to is the PS armory. It was a delapitated womens shelter when I lived there. things sure have changed This was my first apartment building. :-) Rent was $800 (alot in 1989) considering I had friends in Cleveland with big apartments on coventry for 400 or 500 dollars. I was working just to pay rent. I couldn't do anything in NYC unless it was free. Ferrells was always packed, a true neighborhood bar. Some days people would be passed out in the subway entrance or was it they were too drunk and feel down the stairs? I ate at the Chinese restaurant next door to Ferrells almost daily. I did my laundry here! That place was such a dump Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
January 14, 200718 yr A quick note to anyone visiting this neighborhood: the outstanding Brooklyn Museum (http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/) and Brooklyn Botanic Garden (www.bbg.org) with its excellent Japanese Garden--located side by side--are a quick stroll up Eastern Parkway from the Public Library. Both are well worth the visit (but you might want to wait till Spring for the botanic garden). http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
January 14, 200718 yr ^ on that note i was gonna do a thread on prospect park one day, but thanks for the reminder to wait for the spring cherry blossoms evdon!
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