♡これはおかしいジャーナルである。 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} desirous) wrote,@ 2007-06-21 00:02:00 |
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IT'S PICTURE TIME
This is my street. One day I will own one of these houses.
This is my goal for after I get a job. It had better be a nice job.
There's a church on my block that just got a new slate roof with copper flashing.
They must be doing pretty well with their donation plate.
This is sort of a typical street around here. Some of these houses are single family
mansions, some are split up into condos, and some are rentals, so it's a good mix of people.
Most of the neighbourhood is Victorian, though it's not unusual to see the
occasional new construction.
19th Century stoop, 21st Century garbage.
A typical intersection in Boerum Hill: A grid of one way streets with bike lanes
and traffic lights instead of stop signs. It's really great for pedestirans,
because even if you have a red, you usually don't have to wait long for cars to
clear on a one way street.
This pub here on the corner is just two blocks down from my apartment. It's seriously
straight out of the 1800s. Everything on the inside is original, from the worn wood
floors and the intricately carved bar to the tin ceiling and the glass in the window
panes. It's a real trip to drink there.
Actually, there's quite a lot of pubs and cafes in the neighbourhood. A lot of them
featuring organic wine and locally grown produce.
This one's right on my block.
Every so often you see these great old emergency call boxes. I'm assuming they
still work, because I haven't actually tried them, but I'm kinda psyched for the next
time I have an emergency!
My neighbourhood is really cute and quiet, but you can see downtown Brooklyn right
up the block.
Now we're getting to the nitty gritty.
Keep in mind this is just two blocks away from all those tree lined streets.
After downtown comes historic, affluent, Brooklyn Heights. Though even on the rich
blocks every day is trash day in New York City. It's pretty common to have to dodge
heaps of trash (and the rats that they feed) on the sidewalk.
At the end of this street is the East River, and the lower tip of Manhattan.
Then I ran out of batteries. =/
This entire neighbourhood is on a hill high above the expressway and docklands
below, hence the name Brooklyn Heights.
This is my street. One day I will own one of these houses.
This is my goal for after I get a job. It had better be a nice job.
There's a church on my block that just got a new slate roof with copper flashing.
They must be doing pretty well with their donation plate.
This is sort of a typical street around here. Some of these houses are single family
mansions, some are split up into condos, and some are rentals, so it's a good mix of people.
Most of the neighbourhood is Victorian, though it's not unusual to see the
occasional new construction.
19th Century stoop, 21st Century garbage.
A typical intersection in Boerum Hill: A grid of one way streets with bike lanes
and traffic lights instead of stop signs. It's really great for pedestirans,
because even if you have a red, you usually don't have to wait long for cars to
clear on a one way street.
This pub here on the corner is just two blocks down from my apartment. It's seriously
straight out of the 1800s. Everything on the inside is original, from the worn wood
floors and the intricately carved bar to the tin ceiling and the glass in the window
panes. It's a real trip to drink there.
Actually, there's quite a lot of pubs and cafes in the neighbourhood. A lot of them
featuring organic wine and locally grown produce.
This one's right on my block.
Every so often you see these great old emergency call boxes. I'm assuming they
still work, because I haven't actually tried them, but I'm kinda psyched for the next
time I have an emergency!
My neighbourhood is really cute and quiet, but you can see downtown Brooklyn right
up the block.
Now we're getting to the nitty gritty.
Keep in mind this is just two blocks away from all those tree lined streets.
After downtown comes historic, affluent, Brooklyn Heights. Though even on the rich
blocks every day is trash day in New York City. It's pretty common to have to dodge
heaps of trash (and the rats that they feed) on the sidewalk.
At the end of this street is the East River, and the lower tip of Manhattan.
Then I ran out of batteries. =/
This entire neighbourhood is on a hill high above the expressway and docklands
below, hence the name Brooklyn Heights.
