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This past weekend’s New York Times Metropolitan section reported that Parks Department negotiations to purchase the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead and turn it into a house museum have stalled.  In 1999, the city offered $2 million for the house and its historic contents, among them a sword etched with the royal crown and initials for George Rex III and windowpanes with the initials of two Hessian soldiers who stayed there during the Revolution.¹  In addition, the current owners, the Monts, would have been able to live there rent-free provided this deal went through.

However, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services has now offered the Monts considerably less than originally promised and a deal is no longer close to being done.  I sincerely hope this deal gets done because this treasure of a house deserves to be a public space for all history buffs to marvel at.

Click here to read the entire article and as well as see fantastic pictures of the house.

¹Blumenthal, Ralph. “A Prewar Home, to Say the Least.”  The New York Times.  29 January 2010.

Today’s Daily News reports that Sheepshead Bay residents are in vehement opposition to a  proposed mosque in their area.  Situated on a residential street, many residents claim that the building presents a security issue in addition to bringing undue noise and traffic to the quiet street.  The building, which is to be affiliated with the Muslim American Society, would include a prayer hall and a community center with youth programs.  For the complete article, click here.

As the Pilgrims very extremely pious and their “friendship” with the Native Americans skeptical, I find so much irony in the fact that they are now depicted as mass-produced inflatable yard decorations bearing pies and pumpkins.

OH just wait until when Christmas comes.  I am going to have a FIELD DAY with the inflatable decorations.

I love Marine Park around Halloween because so many houses decorate so festively.  Happy Halloween everyone!