Civic News is nearing its 75th year of publication. First published by the South Brooklyn Board of Trade in 1938 — which changed its name to the Park Slope Civic Council in the 1960s — the newsletter has reported on events of all sorts around the community.
This is the third in our series of looks back at items of interest printed over the last 10, 20, and 30 years. Here, without comment and almost no editorial alteration, are some of the issues of the winter season in 1981, 1991, and 2001.
— Tom Miskel is a past Civic Council president and keeper of the organization’s archives.
1981-82
A Marker for Adele Froelich • Co-op Conversion for the Higgins Ink Factory • Carroll Street Adds Middle School • Update on Slope Crime
1991-92
Concerning Traffic … • Tree-Cycling • Park Slope Profile of James Ryan • Community Meeting to Discuss Methodist Building Plans • Recycling in Park Slope
2001-02
President’s Perspectives, by then-Civic Council President Bernard J. Graham, on civic involvement and other topics
from the December 2011 Civic News