tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post2350997220606914412..comments2024-03-17T09:55:57.029-07:00Comments on Lost City: Lost City's Guide to Cobble HillBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-91947236727887960482009-10-12T15:46:57.098-07:002009-10-12T15:46:57.098-07:00What about the Community Bookstore on the corner o...What about the Community Bookstore on the corner of Court and Warren?<br /><br />That kind of bookstore isn't found in Manhattan at all anymore.Jon Glovinhttp://autonomousparasite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-82296528509179855712009-06-19T06:05:44.162-07:002009-06-19T06:05:44.162-07:00Amy, check out a piece in the New Yorker about the...Amy, check out a piece in the New Yorker about the guys at Cafe and Clinton and Jim's entry into their basketball pool after his death.<br /><br />As for commercial blandness, it hardly matters since Sahadi's, Two For The Pot, Joya, the Grocery, etc. are all so close. I could stand for some more diversity among the residents, but Fort Greene style diversity not the kind of "diversity" that existed in CH when I grew up there.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-48382418208844549322009-03-07T19:54:00.000-08:002009-03-07T19:54:00.000-08:00Great post. I didn't note that Jimmy died. Oh. I m...Great post. I didn't note that Jimmy died. Oh. I must have last been there in December, then. Best blueberries last summer, and I trusted his tomatoes in the tomato scare. A man of few words, and I was always amazed he was still there as the neighborhood rose up around him, but I was told he owned that building. The Staubitz proprietor owns a lot of rental buildings around the neighborhood, too. I love Cobble Hill park, and it was where I used to sit with my golden retriever during his arthritic last years. He dug himself a cool spot behind the bench I sat on to read, write, knit, or do research. Lovely days. Another odd historical part to the area somewhere on Amity is the house where Winston Churchill's mother was born.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-58950798555640031342009-02-10T22:50:00.000-08:002009-02-10T22:50:00.000-08:00I agree - nice post! The biggest difference betwee...I agree - nice post! <BR/>The biggest difference between Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens is that every street in Cobble Hill is landmarked while only the two blocks of Carroll and President between Smith and Hoyt are landmarked in Carroll Gardens. That's why Carroll Gardens is struggling with over development in a way that Cobble Hill is not. <BR/><BR/>-another Neighborhood Caracaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209247016205611451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-79689413876595357272009-01-29T06:59:00.000-08:002009-01-29T06:59:00.000-08:00redolent of the days when firehouses were more pri...<I>redolent of the days when firehouses were more private men's clubs than public institutions</I><BR/><BR/>That's still largely true of suburban volunteer fire departments.<BR/><BR/>PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-23071943317738016702009-01-28T13:35:00.000-08:002009-01-28T13:35:00.000-08:00very nice post.and yeah, second the love for sam's...very nice post.<BR/><BR/>and yeah, second the love for sam's.dhexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561907832730172684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-8140227815619909202009-01-28T13:18:00.000-08:002009-01-28T13:18:00.000-08:00Paisano's beats Staubitz.Paisano's beats Staubitz.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045453272554297214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-70258321153563413272009-01-28T10:54:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:54:00.000-08:00I see what you mean, Josh. But I tend to think of ...I see what you mean, Josh. But I tend to think of Esposito as a specialty meat shop, for Italian delicacies and such. Staubitz is more an all-around butcher shop.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-8039947086599206442009-01-28T10:42:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:42:00.000-08:00Staubitz better than both Esposito's and Los Paisa...Staubitz better than both Esposito's and Los Paisano's? Hmmmmm . . .<BR/><BR/>Other than that, kudos on an informative and killer post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-91263871795911875692009-01-28T10:03:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:03:00.000-08:00Thanks, Cara! What I mean by the blandness is not ...Thanks, Cara! What I mean by the blandness is not that the neighborhood is bland per se, but that the neighborhood's population was long ago given over to a certain sameness not quite dissimilar to Brooklyn Heights. There's little ethnic edge left over from the old day. Neighborhoods are often defined by their merchants, and the shops on Court between Atlantic and Degraw could, for the most part, be found anywhere: Chelsea, the Village, Soho, Greenwich.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-11917964075586043942009-01-28T09:15:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:15:00.000-08:00Great post - you totally nailed Cobble Hill, down ...Great post - you totally nailed Cobble Hill, down to Jimmy's 'vague prices' (may he rest in peace). Kane Street Synagogue is not drab inside - it's Pepto-Bismol pink and decorated with flowers - check it out sometime. In twenty years of living there, though (on Verandah Place), I never noticed the so-called blandness - compared to Brooklyn Heights, CH is colorful and diverse. One secret you didn't mention: behind the Towers, on Baltic just east of Hicks, is a gate into the back of the property. Push it open, walk past the garbage cans, and you're in an open, grassy courtyard with a huge gazebo in the middle that is covered in wisteria in May. I've often taken visitors there to show it off, and never been chased away (there's never been anyone there). Thanks for the on-target view of my old neighborhood. Cara<BR/>http://casacara.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com