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Charles Carmel

Behind the Scenes at the Prospect Park Carousel

Posted on March 28, 2019April 20, 2022
A wooden-carved and painted lion with an open mouth and sharp, fierce teeth and beady yellow and dramatic, aggressive-looking eyes at Prospect Park's carousel

For opening day of the Prospect Park Carousel, Cindy went behind the scenes with the Parks Department and the carousel staff and shared some of the amazing history of this artistic masterpiece.

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Join us Saturday 3/18 for a tour of the Brooklyn N Join us Saturday 3/18 for a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard featuring a special visit to the open studios of artist Nick Golebiewski! Or stop by Nick’s studio btwn 1-5pm to take home an NYC watercolor of your own 👀 #brooklynnavyyard #walkingtour #discovernyc #nycart
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With the recent announcements that Western allies With the recent announcements that Western allies will be sending Abrams, Leopard, and Challenger tanks to Ukraine, here are M3 Grant tanks for British forces being loaded at the @brooklynarmyterminal in 1942. These tanks were key to the victory over the Axis at El-Alamein. ____________________________________ #wwii #worldwartwo #ww2 #worldwar2 #tanks #ukraine #brooklynarmyterminal #nyharbor #waterfront #brooklynwaterfront #usarmy @nycedc @nypl
#OTD in 1835, the Great Fire broke out in New York #OTD in 1835, the Great Fire broke out in New York, and recent immigrant from Italy Nicolino Calyo captured scenes of the fire in a series of 22 paintings. Many, like this one, were done from Brooklyn. The fire destroyed 17 city blocks and nearly 700 buildings in Lower Manhattan. US Marines were dispatched from the @bklynnavyyard to blow up buildings with gunpowder (though the Yard had insufficient stores, the Marines rowed to Red Hook to get more) in an attempt to create a fire break, and this aided in abating the blaze. Learn more about NYC’s nineteenth-century history on a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, every Saturday at 2pm. Link in bio. ____________________________________ #brooklynnavyyard #walkingtour #guidedtour #brooklyn #brooklynhistory #nicolinocalyo #italianamericans #immigranthistory #usmc #usmarines #nychistory
Join our last @bklynnavyyard walking tour of 2022, Join our last @bklynnavyyard walking tour of 2022, this Saturday, Dec 17 at 2pm. We will explore the past, present, and future of this historic and dynamic waterfront site, and learn about the men and women who have built the Yard over the past 221 years. Like these guys, working in the forge shop in 1941, hand-fashioning a part for a ship. Tickets and info in bio. ____________________________________ #brooklynnavyyard #walkingtour #guidedtour #workingwaterfront #labor #laborhistory #industry #manufacturing #bny #bldg92 #bnydc #wwii #worldwartwo #ww2 #worldwar2 #loc #brooklyn #brooklynwaterfront #fortgreene #dumbo Photo by Alfred T. Palmer for the OEM, 1941, courtesy of @librarycongress
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We teamed up with @russanddaughters this sunny Sat We teamed up with @russanddaughters this sunny Saturday to explore the past and present of manufacturing at the @bklynnavyyard . Niki, 4th generation owner of Russ & Daughters, gave us exclusive access to the catwalk for a bird's eye view of their Brooklyn Navy Yard bakery. We watched from above as bagels were rolled and weighed, while @nikirussfederman shared stories about the beginnings of her family's business and their transition from LES to BNY. Upon our descent we were greeted with fresh rugelach (chocolate, cinnamon raisin, and raspberry)! Afterwards, we looped through the BNY Museum at Building 92 and @dougchap introduced visitors to the various historic ships and many manufacturing businesses that have called the Yard home over the past 200 years. We strolled through the yard with an eye out for beeping trucks and tractors meandering the roads. The Navy Yard was also hosting a couple public events, including a tattoo fest (something the old sailors surely would have been psyched about) and the Quills Fest, a VR exhibition of the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival @osfashland . Our last stop was historic Dry Dock 1, where we enjoyed a spectacular view of the East River and Williamsburg Bridge while Niki shared with us some behind-the-scenes trivia of TV shows filmed in the Navy Yard. After getting our steps in, we returned to Building 77 and met with @transmitterbrewing who treated us to a brew of our choosing, each made on-site. The drinks paired perfectly with the babka, black & white cookies, and scallion cream cheese and lox bagels from Russ & Daughters. With a full view of Brooklyn's waterfront, and even fuller bellies, we were all ready to brace the rest of our unseasonably sunny Saturday. Special thanks to our team member Carinn for this post! #brooklynnavyyard #brooklyn #brooklyntour #walkingtour #waterfronthistory #manufacturing #madeinnyc #bagelsandlox #bagels #russanddaughters #sailors #navyyard #maritimehistory #workingwaterfront #ships #navalhistory #iconicnyc #itstimefornyc
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Today we joined our friends @brooklynbotanic for a Today we joined our friends @brooklynbotanic for a flower “ribbon-cutting” of their elevated planting beds in the Children’s Garden that are designed to make gardening programs more accessible to visitors! Congratulations to the many people who contributed time, talent, and resources to make this project possible! This was a team effort that involved vision and leadership from BBG’s staff, landscape architecture design by Future Free and guidance from BBG’s Best Practices Working Group, an incredible group of disability advocates and accessibility advisors that we have had the pleasure to learn from and work with over the past four years. So excited to see these raised beds being used for school programs, children’s gardening programs, memory programs and more! Teamwork makes the dream work! #accessibility #inclusion #accessiblegardening #pottingup #gardeningforall Description of video: Four women are leaning down with scissors to cut a ribbon made of flowers that are strung together between two raised planting beds
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In January 1945, convoys carrying thousands of Ame In January 1945, convoys carrying thousands of American troops back home for 30-day furloughs began arriving in New York Harbor. Most soldiers had never had the chance to go home once they were shipped off, but after three years of war, and one of the coldest European winters in recorded history (punctuated by the Battle of the Bulge), a select few were given a monthlong reprieve, as were counterparts in the Pacific Theater. Most soldiers initially refused the offer, and went only on the condition that they be allowed to return to the fight with their same units. And like today, those soldiers arrived at a snow-covered @brooklynarmyterminal to begin their furloughs—join us for a tour at 2pm (Sun 1/30), and on select Saturdays throughout the winter. ____________________________________ #brooklynarmyterminal #wwii #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2 #usarmy #nyharbor #furlough #militaryhistory #brooklyn #walkingtour
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