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It certainly looks pretty from way up there in Dumbo.

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No one is injured or run down, which is a good thing.

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn]
Our dear friend and GL Contributor Adrian Kinloch of Brit in Brooklyn is supplying us (again) with some of his magnificent photos that we’ll be featuring in coming weeks. This is today’s selection, a look at Dumbo and beyond from the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. Like all of [...]

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The arch under the Manhattan Bridge was reopened to the public yesterday with some minor fanfare and Dumbo NYC had full coverage of the event. The new design from Rogers Marvel appears above. The goal is to have the renovation complete by 2009 when the bridge hits the century mark, but fundraising for improvements and [...]

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Yes, it is a chair rather than a sofa, but it is a spectacularly placed on, sitting there as it is, amidst the weeds in Dumbo.

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“An archway underneath the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO will be reopened today, adding additional public space to the changing face of the Brooklyn waterfront. The Department of Transportation, which has jurisdiction over the area, will open the archway where Water Street bisects the bridge, adding a new passageway connecting the northern and southern sections of [...]

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Chalk it up to the pop-up park on Pier One and the Olafur Eliasson waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge, but Fulton Ferry landing has been even more hopping with our tourist friends than usual this summer. “Indeed, visitors, whether they come here by walking over the bridge, by taking the Water Taxi or by one [...]

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And now, Brooklyn Fashion Indie Week is upon us, running today through September 10th. The kickoff even is a runway show at the Brooklyn Bridge at 6PM today called “No Sleep Till Brooklyn.” Other events include live performances and runway shows. There will also be after parties for designers. Curiously, many of the events [...]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run:

Dumbo. Saturday, August 23 – 1 – 3 pm – with Joe Svehlak. An acronym for the old Brooklyn waterfront under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges is an amazing area of former industrial buildings converted to lofts and [...]

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool]
Per the photographer: “Sunset reflecting off the glass skin of the J Condo building in DUMBO. Midtown Manhattan is visible just beyond.”

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The controversial Dock Street building planned by Two Trees Management developer David Walentas has picked up some support from the School Construction Authority. Per today’s Daily News:
School Construction Authority President Sharon Greenberger announced the agency’s support for a school at the Dock St. tower project, raising neighborhood hackles. “It’s not an excuse for a building [...]

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This is some of the art on display as part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition show in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo. The show alway provides great opportunities to juxtapose images of the city with art.

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Here’s an interesting report from the CBS Sunday Morning News about Jane Walentas’s carousel in Dumbo. We came upon it courtesy of Dumbo NYC.

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Here’s another shot of a Brooklyn rainbow courtesy of a contribution to our GL Photo Pool by blackoutny. For the full sized shot, click here.

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“Even with Independence Day and then Election Day fast approaching, the most presidential place in New York City at the moment just might be an unexpected one: the work space of the design and fabrication company StudioEIS on the fourth floor of an anonymous-looking building in Dumbo, Brooklyn. There, in one corner, is a nearly [...]

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“Summer is here and it’s hot. This past weekend hit record temperatures and what’s better than ice cream to cool us down? Seen for the first time in Dumbo were at least 5 different ice cream/slush trucks (not pictured is a flavored ice cart on Washington and York Street). So what you say? Not if [...]

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Now, kiss. That’s it. You’re beautiful. Just beautiful. Call it a professional public display of affection. The photo of the photos being made is from the city-run Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Main Street in Dumbo

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One of the more amusing things that is part of the Brooklyn Bridge Anniversary Celebration is the miniature golf course with Brooklyn icons like Junior’s and the Brooklyn Bridge that has been set up at the old Tobacco Warehouse. The games are free and golf continues today from 1PM-5PM.

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Looking a little forlorn, we think, in Dumbo on a Saturday afternoon.

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[Photo courtesy of Pepper Watkins/flickr]
BKLYN Designs Weekend, which was held at a number of sites in Dumbo, drew thousands of people to take a look at products from Brooklyn designers. There were nearly six dozen local designers, whose work was spread out over four locations including St. Ann’s Warehouse, the Tobacco Warehouse, Smack Mellon Gallery [...]

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Here are some collected scenes from the filming of the remake of the taking of Pelham 123 with Denzel Washington and James Gandolfini in Dumbo.–Dumbo NYC

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BKLYN Designs is coming up this weekend, the three-day event described as the “hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines. Founded in 2003, this not-to-be-missed tradeshow has doubled its attendance in just [...]

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“The art world has masticated in contemplation over sculptor Tom Otterness just as the dog he assassinated in the name of artistic expression over 20 years ago might have chomped on a tasty bone. The chance to jump on the Otterness Hate Wagon has come (literally) to DUMBO where the artist’s piece Large Covered Wagon [...]

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“While a Tom Otterness sculpture can really brighten up the dark underground of New York, for his latest installation he’s shedding some sunlight on his work. The above was just installed in DUMBO near the pedestrian exit to the Brooklyn Bridge.”–Gothamist

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Tonight (4/9) at 7:00PM, representatives from National Grid (formerly KeySpan) will be in Dumbo for a reception to “discuss their new Energy Efficiency rebate incentive programs for residential and commercial customers. The programs are designed to help National Grid customers save money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes or businesses, and to help [...]

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