September 22, 2007: Vol. 30, No. 37
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Park Slope archive
Saturday, Sep. 22, 2007
Scary, and expensive, armed rob at video store
Park Slope: A gunman held up a popular Fifth Avenue video store shortly before closing on Sept. 11 and took close to $1,000 and 200 video games, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. Comment.
Urban farmer keeps trucking
Park Slope: People who have spotted that eight-foot tall, Plexiglas-walled greenhouse-looking thingy attached to the bed of an old Mazda pickup truck have speculated that it’s everything from an art project to a mobile organic vegan commune. But Austin Shull just wanted to do some gardening. Comment.
She meets sis — 30 years later
PS … I Love You: Our guest columnist tells an amazing tale —Â soon to be a major book! — about meeting the twin sister she never knew she had. Comment.
Now 3rd Av is growing up
Park Slope: Looks like gritty Third Avenue is trying on big sister’s clothes now that the developer of Hotel Le Bleu and architect Karl Fischer are planning a glitzy office tower. Comment.
Parking? Lots! New Sanitation plan helps car owners
Park Slope: It’ll soon be a whole lot easier to park in Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook, thanks to a new street sweeping plan. Comment.
