From the monthly archives: February 2006

Another Electrocution: How Many Dogs Will Die? Are Your Children Next?

By On February 16, 2006 · 2 Comments

moufaisbad writes: “It has been happening a lot all around the city… My gf had to call 911 the other day for a woman and her dog who got shocked. so really, this warning is for everyone not even just people with dogs. That dog could have been a toddler… Con Ed is [...]

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Park Slope on CNN.com

By On February 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment

A bit late, but here it is anyway. Thanks to Daniel, among others, for sending this in!

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Regina’s Bakery on 7th Ave.: Closing…

By On February 15, 2006 · 2 Comments

Regina’s Bakery on 7th Ave.: Closing…

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

Looks like this bakery (actually… not much actually got baked there… “baked goods reseller?”) is leaving 7th Ave.

Judging from comments on the Park Slope Message Boards people are going to [...]

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Blizzard 2006: Cool or Uncool?

By On February 12, 2006 · 1 Comment

Blizzard 2006

Originally uploaded by martha1arlene.

Super Cool: 86%
So Not Cool: 16%

Click here to view current poll status (and comments) in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

daniel: “Cool…except when you can’t get a taxi home to Brooklyn from the [...]

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“Most Interesting” Photo of Park Slope on Flickr

By On February 10, 2006 · 1 Comment

UFO over Prospect Park?

Originally uploaded by CatsFive.

UFO over Prospect Park?

CatsFive writes: “August, 2003, the night of the blackout on the eastern seaboard, I went up to my apartment’s roof and took this 45-second exposure of a police helicopter coming [...]

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Have You Seen Olga

By On February 4, 2006 · Leave a Comment

have_you_seen_olga

Originally uploaded by dailyheights.com.

Flyer found adrift in Grand Army Plaza near the entrance to Prospect Park on Feb. 2, 2006.

“Answers to the name of ‘Olga.’ “

Have you seen her?

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Best T-Shirt Ever

By On February 3, 2006 · 1 Comment

On The Muk Report: “How many of these could I move at 7th and Union? “

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Now that “Oil Addiction” is on the National Agenda…

By On February 2, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Windy 8th Avenue.

Originally uploaded by gak.

… time to start thinking about alternative energy sources. Wind power, anyone? gak writes about the wind vane on 8th Avenue on Flickr:

“A rural touch in an urban setting … There was enough wind [...]

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Famed Costas bust goes missing

By On February 1, 2006 · 1 Comment

Distaster strikes the Slope. Our embedded correspondents report that the famed Costas statue (featured below) was removed – or stolen – last night. We’re led to believe it was theft by the rather unceremonious, gaping hole left in the ground . Photos of the scene to follow…

UPDATE
Time Out New York‘s [...]

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