Nine Brooklyn Flags You Wish You Could Hang from Your Fire Escape

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Runner-up
Neighborhood:
Bushwick
Designer
: Albert Dobmeier
Designer’s note: My design links three aspects of Bushwick—the old, abandoned and crime-ridden Bushwick, which was known to native New Yorkers as “The Well,” where drug dealers threw shoes over telephone wires to mark a drug trading spot; the current Bushwick, which was transformed by brave people like Maria Hernandez into a hub for Hispanic families, who are very familiar with the dove as a Christian symbol of peace; and the dawning, new Bushwick, [which has been] declared ripe for gentrification by the real estate market, where warehouses are being turned into loft- style residences for the young and hip.

By putting a mourning dove (as seen daily on my fire escape) onto a telephone wire spanning along loft-style windows, I was hoping to create a flag that would inspire unity among the people of Bushwick. Maybe this will help to counteract the adverse effects of gentrification.

8 Responses

  1. Dennis Howell -

    It really would be groovy to at least get to see all of the flag entries. I presently live in Indiana, but my heart is still with my BKLYN borough.

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  2. Alexandra Olin -

    I love my neighborhood of Prospect Heights and I truly believe this flag captures its energy and soul. I wish it was available to purchase and so I could fly it. Bravo Erich!

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  3. Brian -

    Hi, are these for sale? I would love to get a print of the Bay Ridge flag and give it to my mom for Christmas. Is there anyway I can get in contact with the artist?

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  4. Mark -

    I can see why they didn’t print them.

    Whilst all attractive, only the winning flag is anything like a flag.

    Surprised so many forgot flags are simple, very simple. Look at Japan’s, Switzerland’s, Canada’s.

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