tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post6739065043135689737..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Who's Pop Torello? Brooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-26749058242064341522013-04-29T08:45:22.355-07:002013-04-29T08:45:22.355-07:00Isn't it odd that they didn't think to men...Isn't it odd that they didn't think to mention more about what Mr. Torello did - 57 years on there probably aren't too many people around who remember what his service to the community was.<br /><br />Maybe he was so well known around the area that no one thought that it could all be forgotten.Mitchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-75717131315715294452013-04-29T03:20:08.290-07:002013-04-29T03:20:08.290-07:00The Boys must have loved that guy. The only people...The Boys must have loved that guy. The only people who get plaques these days are either self serving politicians or maybe a rock star. Ordinary folk are usually only remembered on grave stones. I read a poem about that. I forget who wrote it or where I saw it. It was called 'Dash' as the author thought that was the important info on a grave stone - the little dash between birth and death. Anyway..greetings from Scotland. Davidthomson832@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306415504100969025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-35337846458090090682013-04-25T08:29:55.079-07:002013-04-25T08:29:55.079-07:00Not sure what to do about this, I've had this ...Not sure what to do about this, I've had this discussion so many times. Some people think Cobble Hills ends at Court Street. Some think Smith. I go with the latter, and regard Boerum Hill as beginning on the east side of Smith north of DeGraw. Crazy, I know, but dividing lines have to begin somewhere. Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-85466985088683953052013-04-25T07:32:08.391-07:002013-04-25T07:32:08.391-07:00It always throws me off when people refer to anyth...It always throws me off when people refer to anything on Smith St south of Atlantic as "Boerum Hill". Granted, everything in the area was "South Brooklyn" or "Red Hook" until realtors divided it up in recent decades, but I lived on Smith St for years and it was always either Cobble Hill (N of Degraw) or Carroll Gardens (S of Degraw) and the boring area east where there was nothing but brownstones and Gowanus Houses (and the Brooklyn Inn) were Boerum Hill. Now if I walk across the street from Rite Aid to Ceol I am magically in Boerum Hill. But still, no one on the eastern side of Smith St and 3rd st claims Gowanus (although I'm sure they will in 2 years as Gowanus becomes more and more desirable, realtors have already begun claiming 3rd Ave as Gowanus and not Park Slope).<br /><br />Whatever, as long as no one calls it BoCoCa. I'm sure "Columbia Heights" along the waterfront is not far behind...<br /><br />Any ways cool sign, I have never really noticed it. I think I remember seeing photos of the bowling alley here on this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com