Fort Greene
Brooklyn Flea Market in the Williamsburg Savings Bank
For some time now the Williamsburg Savings Bank has been shuttered for renovation. I’d heard that the whole building, from the iconic clock tower (biggest… Read More »Brooklyn Flea Market in the Williamsburg Savings Bank
Brooklyn’s Grand Central Station
Underwhelming . . . This seems to be the consensus among the people I know in Brooklyn (and much of the Brooklyn blogosphere), and I… Read More »Brooklyn’s Grand Central Station
Dollars and Sense in Central Brooklyn Pt.2
As I wrote a couple of posts (and at least a month – I’ve been AWOL on this blog lately) ago, I was invited to… Read More »Dollars and Sense in Central Brooklyn Pt.2
Back In Brooklyn . . .
Back to the old sod . . . Recession or not, Ratner Atlantic Yards project on hold or not, development continues apace. Downtown Brooklyn has… Read More »Back In Brooklyn . . .
More Tourist Shots: Brooklyn
The Brooklyn sunset seen from the roof of my girlfriend’s old place in Fort Greene.
Inauguration
For me, the inauguration was a bust . . . Never having witnessed an American inauguration before,I’d expected it to be a big celebration, akin… Read More »Inauguration
Atlantic Yards
Staying just down from the Brooklyn Museum and up from the proposed development around the Atlantic Yards. For those of you not in the know,… Read More »Atlantic Yards
The Pod People Are Taking Over Everything . . .
I was sitting with B in the Prospect Park the other day. Mothers with SUV sized baby carriages, moving en masse up the pavement, the… Read More »The Pod People Are Taking Over Everything . . .