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Brooklyn Tornado (9-16-10)
Stone from church on corner of St. Johns Place & 7th Avenue in Park Slope fell onto this car.
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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2010
Garden Plan
This is the original, basic garden plan, although it evolved somewhat after this was...
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Uploaded on Jul 10, 2008
Garden - Laundry Tower (#2)
At one time, tenants in these tenements hung their laundry out to dry on laundry lines...
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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008
Garden - Laundry Tower (#1)
You can't tell from this picture (since a hardy creeping vine has now completely enshrouded it), but...
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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008
Garden - Table & Hammock
Yes, the garden is compact, but it provides us with the outdoor eating/relaxing/green space we wanted.
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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2008
Garden - Blue Stone Patio
Here you can see some detail of the blue stone patio, which is arranged in irregular-sized squares of stone set into sand - no mortar.
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - Edge Plantings
The garden is deliberately low-maintenance, filled with tall grasses, non-invasive bamboo, azaleas, and several varieties of hostas.
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - View from House
Aaaaaahhhh! Our little oasis of green in the heart of Brooklyn!
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - Bamboo in Barrel
This is a wooden barrel planted with bamboo and Japanese ferns. You can also see the...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - Hostas & Ferns
That clump of ferns will be twice as high by the end of the summer! There was a chain link fence...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - SW corner
The cast iron railing in the rear shows where stairs come up from the apartment's garden level.
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - SE corner
We opted for blue décor accents on the blue stone patio, which definitely adds a sense of coolness...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - NE corner
Japanese maple to left, flowering bush (I forget what it is - someone tell me, please!) to the...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - After (NW corner)
This is what the same view looks like today. Even in such a small space (approx. 15' by 20'),...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
Garden - Before (NW Corner)
This is what the garden looked like when we moved in. Not pictured is the narrow, cracked concrete...
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Uploaded on Jun 22, 2008
