http://ditmasparkblog.com Ditmas Park Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 12-30, you can see our neighborhood folks taking part in this exhibition at MoCCA: Neointegrity: Comics Edition is an exhibition curated by artist Keith Mayerson that includes over 210 cartoonists, illustrators, animators, and fine artists who work with the spirit and power of iconographic languages. With creators young and old, ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/3829 Looks like Ditmas Park West and Beverly Square West will have to wait for parts of Park Slope to be landmarked first, the Daily News reports: The LPC [Landmarks Preservation Commission] quietly revealed in a January letter to a preservationist group that it would delay granting landmark status for the ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/landmarking-delays Traffic Control, Church Ave, originally uploaded by flatbushnelson. http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/photo-of-the-day-203 616 E18th Street, a co-op, reports: Verizon Fios Installation Has Begun Verizon Fios installed some conduit from a man-hole at Foster and East 18th under the street and our sidewalk to the south side of our building. While this is the first step to have fiber-optic cable directly into our ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/verizon-fios-coming-to-616-e18th From PS139: The PS 139 Chess Ninjas will take on all challengers this Saturday, March 13 at Barnes & Noble on 7th Ave from 11 am to 1 pm and from 2 to 4 pm. Come by to support the team. You can also watch the PS 139 Chess ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/support-ps139-chess-ninjas http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/local-news-coverage Holy Innocents, the beautiful Roman Catholic church on Beverley between E17th and E18th has plans for converting the large lot they own diagonally across the street on E17th (their "glorified parking lot" mid-block between Beverley and Cortelyou) into a community center, reports Courier Life: Judith Tolbert, an organizer for Brooklyn Congregations ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/holy-innocents-plans 415 Argyle (co-op) may be one of the most desirable buildings in the neighborhood, but Argyle Hall, the rental across the street, is not bad either. Their apartments have generous floor plans, and the rents are quite reasonable. The building shares a swimming pool with The Westminster, directly behind it, ... http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/argyle-hall chimney, ditmas park, brooklyn, originally uploaded by flatbushnelson. http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/photo-of-the-day-202 Last week on Beverley:  a classic car shot with an antique twin lens reflex camera by Andrew Novick. http://ditmasparkblog.com/news/cool-car