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Brooklyn Councilman's Aides to Admit Fraud [NY Times]
Fed Board Maintains the Status Quo [NY Times]
Brooklyn Man Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Parts to M.T.A. [NY Times]
Controversy over E. Williamsburg Housing Project [Brooklyn Paper]
Brooklyn Hotel Purchased by Charity for $2.2M [CoStar]
Bridge Park Conservancy Elects New Directors [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo of Red Hook Facade by catasterist.

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1) what kind of brick bond is that - it looks all mixed up
2) what is that iron thing?

Posted by: dittoburg at June 25, 2009 9:08 AM

I see that all over Philly...essentially 6-7 courses of a running bond pattern and then a course "on end" to tie this face to the one behind it.

The iron think is part of a contraption from the 18th century where they strap adulterers to a building so they can be spat upon. :)

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 25, 2009 9:16 AM

> The iron think

I think it's a thing.

Posted by: Expert Textpert at June 25, 2009 9:20 AM

perhaps its for hanging pheasants until they get gamey.

Posted by: dittoburg at June 25, 2009 9:31 AM

Scroll down to the bottom picture and you'll see a similar contraption, hanging off the corner of the building, a cage with a skeleton inside. This is the Wydah pirate museum in Provincetown, MA.

http://www.newenglandsite.com/ma-whydah-pirate-museum.shtml

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 25, 2009 9:41 AM

Here's a MUCH better photo...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfphotocraft/218460178/in/set-72157594372858956/

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 25, 2009 9:42 AM

Oh I see - its for hanging a gibbet.
Thats handy, they should put them on new condos.

Posted by: dittoburg at June 25, 2009 9:43 AM

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