Park Slope Halloween 2008

Pictures taken in Park Slope (Brooklyn) on Halloween afternoon and evening 2008. Almost all were taken on 7th Avenue. Includes the 23rd Annual Park Slope Halloween Parade.
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1: 5:29 PM. A neighbor's areaway down the street from me. They always party. The day is the birthday of their twins.
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2: 5:33 PM. Two constructions: Empire State Building and Chrysler Building.
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3: 5:34 PM. Now at the children's costume contest. Could be Wilder Mann.
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4: 5:36 PM. Gersh Kuntzman of The Brooklyn Paper (at left) is awarding prizes for best costumes.
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5: 5:40 PM. Thomas the Tank Train and a Monarch butterfly.
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6: 5:41 PM. A Hoberman Sphere. A geodesic dome-like toy that can be collapsed and expanded. This one is a "Glow in the Dark Universe Sphere."
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7: 5:43 PM. A military tank construction.
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8: 5:47 PM. A witches family.
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9: 5:52 PM. A farm theme: a farmer, a cow and a chicken.
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10: 5:56 PM. A lot of inflatables outside the Old Carriage Inn.
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11: 5:57 PM. Inside Old Carriage Inn.
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12: 5:57 PM. Inside Old Carriage Inn.
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13: 5:58 PM. A devil inside Old Carriage Inn.
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14: 5:58 PM. A mummy inside the Old Carriage Inn.
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15: 5:59 PM. A zombie
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16: 6:03 PM. A color chart, a construction with numerous paint color chips in shades of purple.
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17: 6:46 PM. Street scene.
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18: 6:56 PM. An angel and a prisoner. At right is wearing a wrestling mask in the style of Rey Mysterio.
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19: 6:59 PM. The Milk Man.
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20: 6:59 PM. A bird costume.
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21: 7:00 PM. Street scene.
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22: 7:11 PM. They lead the parade every year.
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23: 7:12 PM. A Chinese dragon puppet.
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24: 7:12 PM. Park Slope Civic Council banner. They run this event.
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25: 7:13 PM. The crowd, with Borough President Marty Markowitz and his wife Jamie in the middle. Christine Quinn at the left.
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26: 7:13 PM. Councilman David Yassky with Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf.
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27: 7:13 PM. The parade.
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28: 7:13 PM. The parade.
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29: 7:14 PM. A band.
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30: 7:14 PM. The parade. A large puppet is coming.
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31: 7:14 PM. Two bird costumes.
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32: 7:14 PM. Two large puppets. The first a witch.
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33: 7:14 PM. The second large puppet.
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34: 7:14 PM. Another large puppet.
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35: 7:15 PM. At left is Gersh Kuntsman dressed as Miss Brooklyn. In front a rocket man. In back, an arc construction.
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36: 7:15 PM. A large mask construction of a cat, a takeoff on Michael Myers's mask.
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37: 7:15 PM. A genie in a bottle?
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38: 7:15 PM. A lab coat and "Happy Hollow Bean."
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39: 7:16 PM. A cow construction.
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40: 7:16 PM. Today ... Your Toilet. Tomorrow... Your Country!
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41: 7:16 PM. Box of Frosted Flakes construction.
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42: 7:16 PM. The Incredibles family. The Parr family includes Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Violet, and Dash.
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43: 7:16 PM. Two constructions: Bubble Yum box and Hi-C Fruit Punch box.
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44: 7:17 PM. A pizza in a box, and a military tank constructions.
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45: 7:17 PM. A sandwich board iPod. Vote here! in the back.
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46: 7:17 PM. A construction of some electronic device.
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47: 7:17 PM. A construction of a vinyl record on a brick wall. The record is The Commodores' "Brick House."
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48: 7:18 PM. A robot construction.
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49: 7:18 PM. A band.
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50: 7:18 PM. A construction of ? A rabbit? He was also in 2010, but without rabbit ears that time.
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51: 7:18 PM. Star Wars costumes: Princess Leia, a stormtrooper, and a young Jedi.
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52: 7:19 PM. The theme is the proposed Alaska Road to Nowhere, more formerly known as Gravina Island Bridge. The bridge was not built, but the road was. It goes nowhere. Note kid with bridge construction.
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53: 7:19 PM. Papier-mâché mask. Possibly a puppet head.
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54: 7:19 PM. Race car driver.
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55: 7:19 PM. An infant in a lamb costume and ?
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56: 7:19 PM. Juggler on stilts.
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57: 7:22 PM. Little Spiderman being carried by father with a scary mask. Possibly a werewolf.
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58: 7:23 PM. Group.
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59: 7:23 PM. Boxing-themed clowns.
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60: 7:23 PM. A Blue Butterfly.
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61: 7:24 PM. An office tower construction with a little Spiderman trying to climb the building.
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62: 7:24 PM. A steam locomotive construction.
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63: 7:24 PM. A wolf in a cave with bats.
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64: 7:25 PM. Group of Zombies.
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65: 7:27 PM. A wizard.
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66: 7:27 PM. The wizard and the Statue of Liberty.
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67: 7:28 PM. ?
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68: 7:28 PM. Two big lobsters wit a small chef ready to boil them.
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69: 7:29 PM. A percussion band.
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70: 7:29 PM. A hoped for Electoral College map showing Barack Obama beating John McCain. The count was only off by one.
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71: 7:30 PM. Two dice constructions.
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72: 7:30 PM. Ice cream cones.
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73: 7:30 PM. Vampire makeup.
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74: 7:31 PM. A nun carrying the sign "Sarah Palin Satanic Verses." This refers to an incident in which Sarah Palin was asked about her thoughts on the book The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. She mistakenly conflated the book's title with the phrase "Satanic Verses."
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75: 7:31 PM. Parade marchers.
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76: 7:32 PM. A playing card with the Joker of Hearts.
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77: 7:32 PM. A suffragist holding a VOTE sign, with a little devil and a little vampire.
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78: 7:32 PM. The suffragist holding a VOTE sign.
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79: 7:33 PM. A group of teenage girls dressed as cats.
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80: 7:34 PM. A playing card with the Queen of Diamonds.
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81: 7:35 PM. A group of people.
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82: 7:38 PM. A Japanese anime girl and a little clown.
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83: 7:40 PM. Now we get thhe Joker of Hearts and the Queen of Diamonds together.
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84: 7:42 PM. Lightsabers and other glow sticks.
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85: 7:43 PM. A little tiger with three sharks?
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86: 7:43 PM. A Thomas the Tank Train construction.
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87: 7:44 PM. Pinhead is the leader of the Cenobites in the Hellraiser horror movie franchise.
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88: 7:44 PM. A group of women.
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89: 7:50 PM. Spacemen?
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90: 7:51 PM. A bunch of black grapes. A little skeleton in front.
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