It's always amazing to watch the runners heading through
this part of Brooklyn. 

These lions adorn the Hanson Place entrance to the Williamsburg Bank, ( Built 1929 by Halsey, McCormack & Helmer).

Below is the current design for the building's address plaque.

This afternoon I got to meet British publisher Nii Ayikwei Parkes (left) from Flipped Eye at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Nii told me that, until the arrival of Granta this year, Flipped Eye was the only British publisher that attended the festival. Today also saw NYC celebrating the 400th anniversary of another British arrival.

"This tablet is erected to commemorate the opening of the first
subway uniting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn
January 9, 1908"

At the Borough Hall entrance.

There were flash flood warnings tonight, and we got a beautiful sunset.

After being teased by Cumulus Mediocris and some tantalisingly close passes by some
fine Cumulus Congestus, we finally got some rain-giving storm clouds of our own.

The rally marking the last chance to save Coney Island took place on the steps of
Brooklyn's Borough Hall today. Participants called on Mayor Bloomberg and the
New York City Council to rethink the rezoning plans for the amusement district
in Coney Island. Under the proposed plan, high-rise hotels will built on the south
(sea) side of Surf Avenue, throwing what's left of the amusement area and part
of the boardwalk into shadow.

For an outline of the plans, watch the Mayor of Coney Island, Dick Zigun, below.