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Parties, Gossip and Too Much Brew: How 19th Century Brooklynites Celebrated the New Year
Image via Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn’s New Year Celebrations Brooklyn had many different ways to celebrate the New Year. Of course, in the late 19th century ... the turn of the 20th century. 1910 New ...
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Walkabout: "The Great Mistake" — How Brooklyn Lost Its Independence, Part 2
Here’s an updated look at the most important thing to happen in Brooklyn since Henry Hudson ... a Manhattan lawyer, city planner and visionary. Some historians refer to him as the 19th century’s ...
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A 19th-Century Greek Revival Townhouse With Jewel-Toned Rooms Lists for $17 Million in Brooklyn
Seeking your own private Wonderland? A Greek Revival townhouse in the Big Apple’s first historic district of Brooklyn Heights might be just what you’re looking for—if not the white rabbit.
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Brooklyn auction house suspends sale of 19th-century document that Romanian Jews say was stolen in the Holocaust
a Brooklyn firm that has specialized in the care of rare Judaic material culture for 25 years, on Wednesday pulled off its catalog what the Jewish Community of Cluj says is a 19th-century ledger ...