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Forgotten NY takes a walk thru Crown Heights to Prospect Park, an area about to radically change

whynot_31
whynot_31
edited September 2014 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
The walk was just taken, complete with lots of photos and history:

A tiny summary of the forces at play:

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  • Dawndew
    Dawndew
    Compelling mix of stories attached to these old buildings still standing in disrepair. I can only imagine all the stories lost when buildings are leveled and replaced.
  • bobmarvin
    bobmarvin
    I thought I knew almost everything of historic interest about PLG, after living here for 40 years, but I learned some things from this article:

    § The building at the NW corner of Lincoln & Flatbush was originally a Childs Restaurant
    § H.P. Lovecraft lived in our neighborhood for a couple of years.
  • MasTacos
    MasTacos
    I found that quite interesting!
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited September 2014
    Given the how built up the area seems likely to become, it won't surprise me if I hear someone to refer it as the "new side of the park" in 10 years:

    https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zl6DyIizP0jM.kS3KPzd1Aybs

    Park Slope and Windsor Terrace will be known as the "old sides"

    Note:   I have nothing against old buildings.   I am just pointing out how much construction "we" might see.


  • Dawndew
    Dawndew
    Ever been to Clove Road?
    http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/12/clove-malbone/
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I have.

    I think my dog and I have walked every little alley and road west of Utica.

  • Dawndew
    Dawndew
    They say Clove roadas it is, is all that remains of a longer road used to wander between Rogers and Bedford all the way to BedSty before these Avenues replaced it.
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    Ever been to Clove Road?
    http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/12/clove-malbone/
    They say Clove roadas it is, is all that remains of a longer road used to wander between Rogers and Bedford all the way to BedSty before these Avenues replaced it.
    Yes, we were just talking about Clove Road and the remnant of Malbone Street in the thread on the departing Associated supermarket on Nostrand Avenue. I hope those little streets don't vanish as a consequence of development. 

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