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A washing machine falls toward the ground after workers pushed it off the fourth floor of 491 Myrtle Avenue, as a hose sprays the building to counteract the dust.

Jim Flood — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:55:51 +0000

The city ordered the building taken down after it sustained damage from the June 21 collapse of 493 Myrtle, at right.

The Local, a blog by The New York Times about Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, has been covering the building collapse extensively.

Mark Henegan, left, co-owner of South African restaurant Madiba, talks dining room seating strategies with one of his staff members.

Kristen Watts — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:53:37 +0000

Henegan opened the restaurant in Fort Greene on DeKalb Avenue ten years ago, and it’s been a cultural center for South Africans in the city ever since.

Click here to read more about the way that a community has grown around Madiba Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

For more reporting on immigration across the borough by students at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, view Brooklyn Bridges Cultures.

Hilde Freedom, 41, is one of eight artists showing her work in the first annual Brooklyn Community Housing and Services' art show.

Kristen Watts — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:13:58 +0000