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353 Park Pl., Summer, 1930

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 10 March 2005 at 1:01 pm

353 park place side 1-tn.jpgPhotographer Percy Loomis Sperr (1890-1964) took this photo of 353 Park Place at Underhill Ave. (N.E. corner) on August 29, 1930.

Image from the New York Public Library (NYPL) Digital Gallery.

[RNWAR] Oriental Pavilion, Prospect Park

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 10 March 2005 at 9:04 am

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Oriental Pavilion, Prospect Park. Brooklyn, New York. Frank says, “I laid on my back to get this shot, almost in the snow.”

RUMOR: No Laundry for 3 Months or More

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 10 March 2005 at 8:16 am

laundry pantransit.reptiles.org.jpgOVERHEARD at the laundromat a few doors down from Met Foods on Vanderbilt: the TWO-WAY LAUNDER CENTER on Underhill Ave. near Sterling Pl., which caught fire about month ago, may not re-open until June or July because the owners are waiting for an insurance check so they can replace damaged machinery. (Keeping in mind that third-hand news, overheard at a laundromat, may have no bearing or reality whatsoever.)

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