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We’ve wondered what was going on with the decaying building/chalk-graffiti magnet on Fifth Avenue between 6th and 7th streets for some time now. The building, which is right next to the American Legion post, has patches of roof missing and been in miserable shape for years upon years. (It’s even earned a reputation as a dumping ground, according to some chalk-happy wags.) A couple guys hanging out in front of the Legion told us the second floor had collapsed, and that they’ve had to put a rubber covering over its sidewalk hatch, which has mostly caved in. According to property records, the city sold the building to a private investor in 2003. Aside from that, we still don’t know what the story is with this likely safety hazard. Can anyone fill in the blanks? GMAP P*Shark


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  1. Whoa! Got some anger issues to work out re: “liberals?” Sounds like someone is one unhappy camper working at a dead end job that barely pays the rent on some dilapidated shithole of an apartment somewhere in Sunset Park. No wonder you hate “liberals” since this is just another code word for you to describe people in this neighborhood who are making it while you’re not.

  2. I say we bulldoze the yuppie Brits of the Chip Shop… coke heads that contribute to the deaths of working class and poor people by supporting the drug trade in this neighborhood with their yuppie profits. But the so called liberals of Park Slope (middle of the road, nice liberals who don’t really want to change the world very much if it is going to affect their incomes and white privelege) want to hear nothing of the drug underbelly of the neighborhood, supported by the bourgeois class more than by the long time working class residents, and stands in support of places like The Chip Shop… Well I guess Brits know better than anyone how to colonize a place. And neo-liberal types of park slope, most of whom grew up knowing nothing but privelege, will alway support the the clean cut image of the colonist business owner and call for reform in the name of “let’s beautify our streets and increase out property value” efforts. I’ve even heard the “liberals” of Park Slope calling for demolition of the “eyesore” of a housing project on 10th Street at 5th avenue, without regard for poor families who simply need a place to live, eyesore or not.

  3. What I want to know is: What’s the story with the Mafia American Legion post next door? There’s always a dour faced lookout sitting outside glaring at everybody, no matter if you’ve lived here for 20 years or not. Are they running some small-time numbers games out of there or something? Looks really depressing inside, too. Not the most cheerful place to hang out.

    Aside from the Chip Shop, that whole row is begging for the Catepillar express.

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