Photos of the exterior, grounds, and gardens of the historic Woodfield Inn [defunct] in Flat Rock, North Carolina. These photos are from October of last year and this past Saturday, when we threw a party for my parents’s 50th Anniversary.
I could use some help from my gardening buddies in identifying the foliage, berries and plants. I’m not so good on woody plant identification.
[Updated 2007.01.22 with more information about the event.]
On Thursday, February 8, from 7-9pm, the Historic Districts Council will host a Candidates’ Forum on Preservation and Development at P.S 217, Col. David Marcus School, 1002 Newkirk Avenue, at the southeast corner of Newkirk Avenue and Coney Island Avenue.
The following details are from a flyer promoting the event.
NEW YORK CITY 40TH COUNCIL DISTRICT
CANDIDATE FORUM
ON PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Sponsored by the Coalition of Concerned Preservation Voters in the 40th District
Thursday, February 8, 2007
7:00-9:00pm
Public School 217
1100 Newkirk Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
This forum is an opportunity for residents, business owners and community members to hear candidates present their perspectives on preservation and development concerns. All questions presented to the candidates will be focusing on these issues, including questions of landmark designation, community rezonings, and building codes within the district.
As of January 17, the following candidates have been invited to participate: Anthony Alexis, Victor Babb, Irshad Choudhry, Mathieu Eugene, Jesse Hamilton, Gerry Hopkins, Jennifer James, Zenobia McNally, Moe Razvi, Harry Schiffman, Wellington Sharpe, Joel Toney and Leithland Tulloch. As candidates are confirmed they will be listed on HDC’s website, www.hdc.org.
The Coalition of Concerned Preservation Voters in the 40th District is a group of eleven neighborhood and civic organizations that are interested in preserving the unique character of the community. The Coalition believes we must reach out to elected officials and candidates and begin a dialogue about preserving the neighborhoods’ cultural, architectural and historical heritage.
Members of the coalition are the Historic Districts Council, Beverly Square West Association, Caton Park Neighborhood Association, Ditmas Park Association, Ditmas Park West Neighborhood Association, Fiske Terrace Association, Flatbush Development Corporation, Lefferts Manor Association, Midwood Park Homeowners Association, Prospect Park South Association and West Midwood Community Association. This coalition is non-partisan and does not endorse a specific candidate for office.
For more information on this forum, please contact the Historic Districts Council
at 212-614-9107 or ftolbert@hdc.org.
Mulchfest 2007 is on this weekend at locations all around NYC. During this annual event, Christmas trees are shredded into mulch for use in the city’s parks.
NYC residents can drop off their trees at any of the locations. Trees must be free of any decorations: ornaments, lights, tinsel, and so on. At designated “chipping” sites, bring a sturdy bag and shovel and you can trade your tree for mulch. One of these sites is in Prospect Park, at 3rd Street and Prospect park West. Trees can also be left curbside for pickup.
(Don’t blame me for the title of this post. It’s a quote from Mayor Bloomberg.)
Just wanted to thank all of you who’ve been concerned about my absence from the blogosphere. This is a quick note to let you all know I am fine, and hope to resume again soon.
This week, I’m experiencing technical difficulties due to my fumbled attempt to add a new computer to our home network. When I have the time to resolve that, I should be again swamping all of you with voluminous posts and numerous photos.
Peace – Xris
This Saturday and Sunday, as well as next weekend.
via Science & the City.
Tips from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Newsletter for reducing the amount of waste we generate during the holiday season.
And many more. Including, of course:
Compost your kitchen food scraps from holiday dinners and parties. Remember, in yard waste composting, compost fruit and vegetable wastes not meat or grease. [In other words, no animal products.]
Some communities recycle Christmas trees, chipping and mulching them for compost or landscaping materials. Trees must be free of tinsel, decorations, nails, tacks or any other foreign materials. Check with your town office to see if a tree recycling programs exists in your area. You can use branches as mulch under acid-loving bushes and shrubs, such as rhododendrons or evergreens.
New York City has a city-wide Christmas tree recycling program. Trees are usually picked up the first couple of weekends in January.
Festival of the Trees #6 is up over on Arboreality. It’s a huge edition, with links to many of my favorite gardening and nature bloggers.
If you’re visiting this blog for the first time, welcome! Here are some recent tree-related photo posts:
Booming commercial construction is sparking demand for ornamental trees, leading to a 44 percent increase in the price of a pear tree, which helped push the price for buying all the items in the “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” up 3.1 percent in 2006, according to a recent study.
The satirical study, put out every year by PNC Wealth Management [Warning: Link has irritating music!], said rising labor costs led to an increase in the price of skilled labor, including the nine ladies dancing, 10 lords-a-leaping, 11 pipers piping, and 12 drummers drumming.
For Internet-savvy True Loves, PNC Wealth Management calculates the cost of The Twelve Days gifts purchased on the Web. This year, the trends identified in the traditional index are repeated in the Internet version, with overall growth of 3.4 percent, compared to 3.1 in the traditional index. Wages are up, with the Drummers earning almost 100 percent more when purchased on the Internet in 2006 compared with an Internet purchase in 2005. And, as with the traditional Christmas Price Index, bird prices are even or, in some cases, down a bit from 2005 levels. In general, Internet prices are higher than their non-Internet counterparts because of shipping costs.
Today was opening day of Prospect Park in Lights, an installation of over a half-million LED lights at four entrances to Prospect Park. Park Circle is one of the four. It’s the southwest entrance of the park, at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Parkside Avenue. The statues at the entrance are “The Horse Tamers.”
See the lights at The Pergola.