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04 April 2010

This Week on Lost City


I Visit 91-year-old Puglia Restaurant in Little Italy; The Parks Department Needs a History Lesson About Carroll Park; Greenpoint's Manhattan Furrier May Be in Trouble; Newly Restore Cobble Hill Mansion Already For Sale!; More Pictures From 1978 New York.

Posted by Brooks of Sheffield at 1:36 PM

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Brooks of Sheffield
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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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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
 


The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.