Lost City
02 May 2007

A Good Sign: Senator's Dinettes Bedding

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Don't look for this charming throwback in Bay Ridge for much longer. Senators Dinettes is out of business and the space is up for rent. ...
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30 April 2007

Four Flags Over Bay Ridge

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Found this on a wall in Bay Ridge, lost among the surrounding dung heap of auto body stores and spare tire outfits. The flags surround the S...
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Horses Put Out to Pasture

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One of my longest-lived life goals is to learn how to ride a horse. With every year, I become more convinced this will probably never happen...
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Invisible Landmark Disappears

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Now, here's a lost treasure whose destruction no one would have missed if not for the vigilant blog Queen's Crap . Above is what...
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28 April 2007

Chumley's Fans Now Have Own Website

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Someone, on April 26, posted the first item of a new blog called Saving Chumley's , which is dedicated to the cause of, what else?, savi...
27 April 2007

Latest Brooklyn Inn Update: Pool Table, No; New Brews, Yes

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Recent posts here and elsewhere have apparently provoked the rapid devotion some bear for The Brooklyn Inn and its cherished Old Time Tavern...
26 April 2007

Chumley's Reopening: Six Months and Counting

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Perhaps come Thanksgiving 2007, we'll all have something to be thankful for. Curbed.com is reporting that work dismantling the historic...

Bloomberg Sez: Fix That Pool, Fix That Bridge

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While I'm not so crazy about the news that The Brooklyn Inn is going from beer joint to bistro, I like this report on Curbed.com . Mayor...

How to Brighten Up Your Blight

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This building on DeGraw offers a charming solution to how to sunny up that boarded-up feeling. I'm touched by the effort. Very Mondrian.
25 April 2007

Brooklyn Inn Update

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Alarmed by reports on the web that The Brooklyn Inn, the classic wood-tin-and-mirrors tavern on the corner of Bergen and Hoyt in Boerum Hill...
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Brooks of Sheffield
New York City, New York
I have lived in New York City since 1988 and earn my bread as a writer. I began this blog in January 2006. Beyond that, don't be so nosy. "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism." —Roberto Rossellini
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