Lost City
20 July 2009

Third Trip to Red Hook Ballfield Vendors

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The line for the Martinez Huaraches stand is always the longest of the Red Hook Ballfield Vendors. I suspect this is because their bill of f...

Illicit Hooch Tunnel Once Ran Under Carroll Gardens

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While doing some random searching through old articles in the New York Times' internet archives, I ran across a curious item from 1936 t...
19 July 2009

Carroll Gardens Basil War Comes to Bitter End

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The basil thieves of Carroll Gardens are hurting tonight. Their quarry has been removed. Two weeks about it emerged that a window box bri...
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18 July 2009

Some Work at Tripoli

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Tripoli , the grand old mainstay on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, is having a little work down. A number of laborers were hard at work chippi...
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17 July 2009

Hey, Mr. Monteleone. Where's Mr. Cammerari?

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Does anyone know what happened at the bakery hitherto known, since it's grand reopening in early 2007, as Monteleone & Cammareri Bak...
16 July 2009

Huge B61 Bus News

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Earth-shaking news regarding the infamous bus known as the B61! Word has come through Craig Hammerman, through the Word on Columbia Street ...
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Faded Ad Decipherers Wanted

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I have been looking at this faded ad for some time now. It sits on the side of a brick building on President Street, between Hicks and Colum...
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Belltower of Columbia Street Not Only Ugly, But Self-Important

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Having overcome a previous setback in which the community challenged the legality of its strange, medieval structure, the Belltower of Colu...
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Piccolo Cafe Finito?

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The teeny-tiny, and super bizarro Piccolo Cafe attracted some attention when it opened on Columbia Street, Brooklyn, last January due to its...
15 July 2009

Edison Cafe Loses Its Host

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Sad News. Harry Edelstein , longtime proprietor of the theatre district coffee shop and hangout, the Edison Cafe, has died at 91. He and his...
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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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