I was down by the Brooklynite Gallery on Malcolm X Boulevard the other day-- it's off the Utica Avenue station on the A line, but I biked down there. I hadn't spent much time in that part of Bed-Stuy before, but it's a beautiful neighborhood-- stately old brownstones, some unbelievably large mansions on the avenues. Of course, there is some urban decay, and not all the buildings are in the best shape, and you're pretty far out if you want to get anywhere on foot. But worth checking out.
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03/25/2009
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this is amazing!
Posted by: sofia | 03/25/2009 at 11:48 PM
awesome.
Posted by: tracy | 03/26/2009 at 01:10 PM
Nice contrast in this one (both photo technically and content-wise).
Posted by: Tom | 03/26/2009 at 06:58 PM
Charming to see old things like this still remain in a busy urban landscape.
Posted by: ERIK | 03/27/2009 at 10:55 AM
diggin' the fixer-upper in between those two homes
Posted by: btezra | 03/30/2009 at 04:57 PM
That building with the grafitti just makes me sad. I'm thinking about how at one point in time, someone was proud of that building; it was full of hope and dreams, and now it is abandoned and dilapidated. Very sad.
Posted by: Marlene | 04/01/2009 at 08:34 PM
Great catch, Jake! Such a contrast. Probably an interesting story behind those walls.
Posted by: fred King | 04/09/2009 at 03:27 PM
Super !
Posted by: Rado Gadoczi | 07/08/2011 at 05:10 AM