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Brooklyn South archive

Brooklyn South

December, 2007

Fancy coffee, at D’Amico’s?

Brooklyn South: Our columnist discovers that the venerable D’Amico’s coffee shop on Court Street is considering a jump into Starbucks’ territory: flavored coffee. Comment.

November, 2007

Public fight on Public Place

Brooklyn South: The Public Place is moving forward — and the rivalries are only beginning. Comment.

Let’s get high on Smith–9th

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets behind the call for a restaurant atop the Smith–Ninth Street subway station. Comment.

Cobble Hill on a sweatshirt

Brooklyn South: Our columnist examines Abercrombie & Fitch’s “Cobble Hill” sweatshirt and finds it, um, uncomfortable. Comment.

October, 2007

Big plans for Canal’s future

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on a local plan for the future of the Gowanus Canal zone. Comments (1).

Gripping tale at robbed bar

Brooklyn South: Our columnist’s friend helped nab a wanted bar robber. Here’s the saga. Comment.

Graffiti man as preservationist

Brooklyn South: A graffiti artist wants to create a football-field-sized gallery in Red Hook. Comments (3).

Freebird books to soar again

Brooklyn South: Our columnist gets the scoop on the man who saved a beloved bookstore. Comments (1).

September, 2007

Crime ain’t new but it hits hard

Brooklyn South: Our columnist confronts crime — and her own white guilt. Comment.

Mickey D’s & Mickey Don’ts

Brooklyn South: Our columnist weighs in on the Court Street McDonald’s debate. Comments (1).

This biker ain’t no angel

Brooklyn South: Our columnist debunks a recent Observer article about biker babes. Comments (1).

So, did he sniff her panties?

Brooklyn South: A tale of a landlord who may or may not have sniffed his tenant’s panties. Comments (1).

August, 2007

Wandering Jews still on the move

Brooklyn South: A medieval legend tells of a Jew cursed to wander until Judgment Day because of a bad run-in with Jesus. In Brooklyn, it’s a karmic — and financial— arrangement with real-estate developers that keeps one pair of so-called Wandering Jews on the move. Comment.

City throws ice on vendors

Brooklyn South: Our columnist can’t understand what the city has against her beloved Red Hook taco vendors. Comment.

Easiest way to keep cool is here

Brooklyn South: Just off our Stoop, there are two public pools to choose from. Our columnist tells you where to go. Comment.

Iced Coffee Talk in Carroll Gardens

Brooklyn South: Our columnist crunches the numbers and figures out her favorite summertime pick-me-up is too expensive for everyday use. Comment.

July, 2007

Dad feels like Trader (Joe’s)

Brooklyn South: Our columnist searches for meaning — and guilt-free snacks — at Trader Joe’s. Comment.

Crying in their beer in Red Hook

Brooklyn South: When did hot Red Hook go cold? Our columnist examines. Comment.

Taking a bite out of Smith St

Brooklyn South: Our columnist takes a bite out of the $11 toothbrush that’s now on sale on Smith Street. Comment.

June, 2007

Sweatin’ with the weirdies

Brooklyn South: Our columnist discovers that people say the craziest thing in the sauna. Comment.

Making book on the water

Brooklyn South: A used-book store on Columbia Streets needs a new partner. Only book lovers need apply! Comment.

Brooklyn loves its Hook tacos

Brooklyn South: An army travels on its stomach — so, naturally, do the papusa partisans who support the Red Hook food vendors. Comment.

This band could get arrested

Brooklyn South: A teen rocker gets in trouble. Finally! Comment.

Tourists need our Markowitz

Brooklyn South: It’s too bad Borough President Markowitz can’t be on every voyage of the Queen Mary 2 — because cruise ship passengers want to know about Brooklyn. Comment.

May, 2007

Lots of green to be made on green

Brooklyn South: Two gardening centers fight a war of the roses in Red Hook. Comment.

Blogs ain’t got reality

Brooklyn South: Our columnist solves the mystery of Brooklyn Inn — and it’s staying in business! Comment.

No room for this here hotel

Brooklyn South: Our columnist explains why a hotel plan on Atlantic Avenue died — and why it’s a good thing. Comments (1).

Stop driving while dumb

Brooklyn South: A traffic light now burns on Van Brunt Street, yet so does the rubber. Comment.

April, 2007

A rat’s life on Pacific Street

Brooklyn South: Our columnist braves the most rat-infested block in Boerum Hill. Comment.

Anti-car artist strikes again!

Brooklyn South: A Red Hook artist, who just wants a quiet neighborhood, once again installed his “Traffic Stopper” piece. Reviews from police were negative. Comment.

Is this my Pabst Blue weekend?

Brooklyn South: Will the weather — and the neighbors — finally allow our columnist to drink outdoors? Comment.

Hidden desire — for a garage

Brooklyn South: I guess we all wish we had a place to put our car — amound other things. Comment.

March, 2007

A sandwich smackdown

Brooklyn South: Our columnist mediates the Boerum Hill banh mi smackdown. Comment.

Bring back dog days on Bond Street?

Brooklyn South: Some want the wild dogs to return to Brooklyn — if only to keep home prices down. Our columnist has a different take. Comment.

Babyless writer in giftless jam

Brooklyn South: Our baby-mocking columnist finds herself in the belly of the beast after her sister gives birth. Comment.

Espresso arms race in Gardens

Brooklyn South: Why does the new Starbucks have two espresso machines while the old Starbucks three blocks away have one? Comment.

February, 2007

Happy ending at ‘Bleach House’

Brooklyn South: Our columnist tries to save a popular Laundromat but ends up only saving the sign above the entrance. Comment.

History being sunk in the Hook

Brooklyn South: Our columnist finds that history has become a low priority in Red Hook. Comment.

Coffee guru espresses his disgust

Brooklyn South: Our columnist tours Carroll Gardens with a top-ranked barista [sic!] and learns that we’re drinking swill. Comments (1).

Psychic never saw it coming

Brooklyn South: A psychic on Atlantic Avenue just went out of business. Our columnist examines why she couldn’t predict her own future. Comments (1).

January, 2007

Hey, Red Hook: Wanna dance?

Brooklyn South: Our columnist — a dancing fool from way back — says Red Hook is the perfect place for a club scene. Comment.

My dad’s take on the new Brooklyn

Brooklyn South: Our columnist’s father goes in search of the Brooklyn he once knew, but finds he can’t even get an Italian ice anymore. Comment.

The bitter story of a sugar plant

Brooklyn South: To be inside a factory on the verge of demolition is like visiting a place of worship emptied by earthquake. The ceilings are high. Unfiltered sunlight washes over everything: chairs that once held people, stray leather shoes, a suit jacket, ink-stained ledgers, bashed-up books. A sapling grows in the arch of a broken, scroll-shaped window. Comment.

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