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September 29, 2009

Tuesday Links

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Brooklyn: Rich Enough to Support Major Charity [NY Times]
Second Officer Suspended in Fatal D.W.I. Accident [NY times]
'Bored to Death': Brooklyn Is the New Noir [NY Times]
Savings in Brooklyn Heights [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Near Top in U.S. Tightwad Survey [NY Daily News]
Old and New Collide: A Tale of Two Brooklyns [NY Daily News]
City Supervisor Busted for Loan Sharking [Brooklyn Eagle]
Brooklyn Property Auction Could Bring $7 Million [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by Bob Marvin, Brownstoner Flickr pool




Posted by jscheff at 8:30 AM | Comments (19)
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Nice shot Bob!

Posted by: wasder at September 29, 2009 8:47 AM

Old and New Collide.....If the stickballers want to come to bed Stuy i think it'd be a great time. Seems that cops here don't get all upset about stoop drinking....it'd be a great thing to watch with a few beers.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 29, 2009 8:48 AM

LOL, I didn't see that was Bob's photo. Bob, I thought you only shot in black and white you dog, you!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 29, 2009 8:49 AM

What Dave said, Bob. I love this photo!

Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 29, 2009 8:52 AM

418 Macon Street for $500k is going to hurt comps

Posted by: the chicken at September 29, 2009 9:03 AM

I'd be interested to see it in black and white too, some very strong lines with brilliant white contrasts

Posted by: dittoburg at September 29, 2009 9:04 AM

Dave,

My "fine art" photography will always be B&W film, printed in my darkroom. However I bought a DSLR several months ago for my neighborhood documentary work, for the Lefferts Manor Echo, the PLG Arts website, etc.--basically the sort of work where I'd previously have used film, scanned the negatives, but never printed them in the darkroom. I resisted "going digital" for years, but have found that I have no trouble separating these two aspects of my photography. I do enjoy using my Olympus DSLR, but it will supplement, not replace my Rolleiflex.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at September 29, 2009 9:07 AM

It's only the minimum opening bid, chicken. Not the actual sale price.

Posted by: josefsz at September 29, 2009 9:16 AM

It's one of the nicest blocks in Bed Stuy. From propertyshark, it's a 4 storey limestone, 3464 sq. ft, last sold Jan 2007 for $312,000 which is not believable but it was an estate sale. PS doesn't show any outstanding indebtedness. Taxes are $3,200.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 29, 2009 9:21 AM

Bob- beautiful! Love your work but this is the first color photo of yours I've seen. We want more!!

Loved the stickball story (not so much the yuppie you-know-what). Sad that people have become so selfish and uncaring. If I had kids and it were me I'd be out there begging for stickball lessons. I love that they have reunions every year. We should all go next year and play too-

Posted by: bxgrl at September 29, 2009 9:23 AM

dittoburg,

How's this?

http://tinyurl.com/ycahbrz

Not a proper B&W conversion; I just used "Desaturate", but IMO not too bad either

Posted by: Bob Marvin at September 29, 2009 9:24 AM

Bxgrl,

There was a link to all my PLG Arts mural photographs on Brownstoner a couple of weeks ago.I've since added many more:

http://tinyurl.com/n6m99a

Posted by: Bob Marvin at September 29, 2009 9:27 AM

not for nothing, but why do people fetishize stickball so much? i picture a stickball game and the only thing that comes to mind are emaciated little charles dicken's characters running around a dirty street with a mop handle.

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at September 29, 2009 9:32 AM

Bob - I'm liking it, especially in "medium" format. The hat takes on a whole new aspect, the texture jumps out.

Posted by: dittoburg at September 29, 2009 9:32 AM

"It's only the minimum opening bid, chicken. Not the actual sale price.

Posted by: josefsz at September 29, 2009 9:16 AM"


I know josef, but a bird can dream right?

Posted by: the chicken at September 29, 2009 9:34 AM

Ahh, I see that Dennis Hamill is playing his usual shtick: class envy and resentment. We get it, Dennis, you and your brother Pete are "woiking men" from the old days. Please.

Oh by the way, Dennis, maybe you want to explain to the people why you spend your free time hanging around certain folks who have a "reputation", shall we say? You know who I mean Dennis, your pal who claims his full-time job is a music promoter.

Posted by: benson at September 29, 2009 9:59 AM

That Hamill article is vitriolic, "yuppie scum", yuppie "sh**s". jeeze. And those stick ball players getting their knickers in a twist just becuase the police were watching them. What a bunch of wimps.

Posted by: dittoburg at September 29, 2009 10:09 AM

The auction of the Bed Stuy place on Macon is troubling ne. The house is beautiful (at least from the outside). The owner was Dave Walker who was tracgically killed just under a year ago. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/10/21/2008-10-21_nice_guy_landlord_slain_in_brooklyn.html

It seems pretty quick to me that a year after someone was killed that the city could move to auction both their properties (Macon & Hart). Given that this guy was only 47 and a corrections officer at one time, couldn't they track down somebody who was related to him?

Posted by: bedstuy11216 at September 29, 2009 10:54 AM

dittoburg,

Thanks.What I've always liked about B&W is that it emphasizes texture and form.

Posted by: Bob Marvin at September 29, 2009 11:13 AM

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