Saturday afternoon I went on a very
interesting walk through the northern section of Crown Heights (Eastern Parkway
to Atlantic Avenue, roughly paralleling Brooklyn Avenue) to observe some of the
very interesting and diverse architectural features from the late 19th and
early 20th century.
Eastern Parkway itself (along with Ocean
Parkway) was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux (pronounced
Vawx), who also designed Central Park and Prospect Park.
Some features:
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770
Eastern Parkway - headquarters of the Lubavitch organization
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"Arts
and Crafts" 1920's style features at Brooklyn Ave. and St. John's Place
·
Art
Deco and Tudor style apartment buildings
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Methodist
Home, 1887
·
country
style cottage homes
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Armory
on Bedford Ave. and Atlantic Ave.
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bottom
- 1890 era Union League Club - Grant Square
