Christmas at A & S
I found this picture about of the Christmas tree that, as I understand it, was always placed in the center of the elevator bank at the old A&S department store in downtown Brooklyn. According to old timers, A&S was particularly magical at Christmastime. The elevator bank today is pictured below.
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I worked extensively on the exterior of this building and had to travel to all kinds of nooks and crannies of the building to get to the ledges I needed to get out onto. There are some REALLY wonderful places still left untouched in this building that they obviously just don't know what to do with. Way up on the top floor is what looks like an abandoned cafe - for lack of a better word. Its a small, intimate glass enclosed room that is always filled with light. I think they do photo shoots in it every now and then, but you can tell its left over from another time. If you sneak behind the scenes and get yourself lost, there are lots of amazing spaces in this building.
A&S had a bakery in the basement that sold the best spice cake topped with a chocolate ganache icing. My mother would always make a stop there whenever we shopped. My sister and I still long for another slice. Anyone have any ideas how to get the recipe?
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