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Downtown archive

Brooklyn Heights–Downtown

Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007

Painting the town Dewars

Downtown: Dewar’s whiskey is about as hip as your old grandad’s Old Grandad — but that’s why it’s advertising in DUMBO. Comment.

Whose Downtown is it anyway?

Downtown plan: Black Facts — a Downtown Brooklyn mainstay — was the canary in the coalmine. It closed last month and Downtown will never be the same — and that’s by design, unfortunately. Comments (1).

Cops shoot perp in brazen Montague bank rob attempt

Downtown: Cops in storm-trooper gear rushed into a Montague Street bank on Monday and shot a berserk bandit who tried to rob the security-glass-protected branch with a knife. Comment.
Buffalo Wild Wings
Better Carpet Warehouse
Corcoran
La Bagel Delight