tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post8425085148007352080..comments2024-03-05T23:54:09.480-08:00Comments on Save the Slope: Mystery at 9th St. & 6th Ave.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post-14908123600160046712016-12-11T19:37:43.292-08:002016-12-11T19:37:43.292-08:00The cornice on the 6th Avenue side is the Freemaso...The cornice on the 6th Avenue side is the Freemason symbol composed of the square and compasses. The letter is a G for geometry which sometimes appears between these tools. The tools are configured in the second, or Fellowcraft, degree. The first degree, Entered Apprentice, and the third, Master Mason, have the tools in slightly different positions, indicating a respective knowledge of modern Freemasonry. Each succeeding level teaches the member to be an upstanding, compassionate, and charitable person. That is the purpose. That is the hope. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168784573965872463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151585685559160014.post-70985297404733817062010-12-02T12:39:32.785-08:002010-12-02T12:39:32.785-08:00John Casson found the following in the Brooklyn Ea...John Casson found the following in the Brooklyn Eagle (November 5, 1899, p. 19):<br /><br />A NEW AMUSEMENT HALL<br />Being Built in In South Brooklyn by Edward P. Day<br /><br />There is now in course of erection on Ninth street and Sixth avenue, an amusement hall, which when finished, will be the best place of its kind in South Brooklyn. The owner is Edward. P. Day, the proprietor of a similar resort in West Brooklyn. It is to be given the name of "Arvena," which is an ancient Greek word meaning "place of assemblage." The structure will be 36 feet wide by 60 feet deep, and the main entrance will be on Ninth street, with another on Sixth avenue. The building material is brick with brown stone trimmings. The top floor will be devoted to the use of lodges, and adjoining it will be a dance hall. The decorations in the building will be elaborate and it will be furnished in exquisite style.Oldparksloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337797194968171904noreply@blogger.com