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Catching up with some of my rss feeds found this nice little photo over at Flora Douvillea blog about Parisian Life:

Reminded me of a photo I took a few weeks ago at Coney Island:

A sort of visual association game Brooklyn’s answer to Paris but what’s interesting is the comparions go deeper. That wire structure towering outside the Brooklyn Cyclone’s MCU Park has, according to wikipedia, been named the Eiffel tower of Brooklyn. The comparions between Brooklyn USA and Paris FR go further as well. Grand Army Plaza

is also called Brooklyn’s Arc de Triomphe. What’s with the overlap? To my knowledge Manhattan doesn’t look for such parity. If it means beautiful structures to pretty up the place I guess I’ll take it.

Our most recent positing on Craigslist elicited an odd reCaptcha moment:

To add a bit of context: our posting on craigslist was for a room in our apartment. We were using my girlfriend’s computer. She is jewish. So the “random generation” was all the more to the point and bizarre in it’s hilarity. [The room is still available and open to one of any faith]

Perhaps her computer is just sending her messages in general. Here’s what iPhoto had to say about her:

And Brooklyn cheers (though the sign equally applies to Williamsburg).

(via eyeonspringfield)

Wow, with a history of successfully resisting Robert Moses and prohibition laws, Broad Channel (or little Cuba) sounds like a pretty interesting place and only a few stops down the A. Looking at Google street-view it reminds me of Santa Cruz a little.

(via nypl.org)

While blogging at my new favorite Brooklyn coffee shop, this strange contraption rolled up. The strange, large, bald man inside, dressed in all black proceeded to deliver a fresh load of coffee. The logo on the side says “Kitten Coffee.” I want to imagine that he somehow drove the thing from the eastern bloc.

Sources, however, suggest that it most likely driven from within the borough.

I’m not sure if this sign is FAIL or incredibly awesome.

I totally need an experience, babysitter.

This list of fire department maps of New York City from the 19th and early 20th century is like porn for cartophiles.

(via NY Public Library Blog)

Now:

Three days from now:

The Project for Public Spaces is organizing a Parking Day NYC. I’ll try to stop by the one in Park Slope tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll be in the city. Would be neat to check some out though…