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October 18, 2007
Thursday Blogwrap
Clinton Hill: Hot Bird. Photo by Paul Fugelsang.
City Inaction in Action: The Curious Case of 143 Huron [Gowanus Lounge]
Jeffries: ESDC's traffic/transit plans still need work [AY Report]
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Fiske Terrace Landmarking Meeting Update [OTBKB]
Boerum Hill Gentrification Still Hitting Bumps [Curbed]
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That sign is in Prospect Heights.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 4:56 PM
No it's not.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:04 PM
Yeah it is.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:10 PM
That sign is on Atlantic, off of Washington Avenue, opposite the McDonald's. That's not Prospect Heights.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:15 PM
Says who?
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:17 PM
There are two of those signs. One is is Prospect Heights and the other is in Clinton Hill. Based on the directions this one gives I think this is the Clinton Hill sign when you approach on Atlantic going South/West.
Posted by: cwh812 at October 18, 2007 5:21 PM
Another point, where is Hot Bird and is it still in business. Obviously they think they are the best BBQ in New York, but they can't be if they are no longer in business.
Posted by: cwh812 at October 18, 2007 5:22 PM
Says me [and everyone else]. Atlantic is the great divide. Just because you can see it from PH, doesn't make it yours : P
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:23 PM
there are faint traces of a former hot bird sign on court street in cobble hill, too.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 5:34 PM
Its long gone.
The space is now this place
http://brooklyn.citysearch.com/profile/35721769/brooklyn_ny/aliseo_osteria_del_borgo.html
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 6:03 PM
Hot Bird was around from approx '87-'92. Very good chicken meals, too. They had a bright yellow dodge delivery van with an orange globe atop that said HOTBIRD. Their telephone number was 718-Hot-Bird, which was very easy to remember. They were way ahead of their time, and could have been bigger than Starbucks, if people liked chicken more than coffee.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 6:18 PM
That sign is across from Mcdonalds on Atlantic tween Clinton and Vanderbilt, not Washington Ave.,since it is closer to Clinton Ave, I say its Clinton Hill.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 8:13 PM
I knew the person who started Hot Bird. I thought it would be big.
Plus he would do the big signs himself! No Bullshit. Those was the days.
Here read this, it's very scary. I will post it tomorrow.
Be well and have a good night
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/bearing/2007/1018.html
The What
Someday this war is gonna end.........
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 9:27 PM
Its a sign in clinton hill because in that picture is my kitchen window (I live in Clinton Hill) and its not off of washington avenue, its between vanderbult and clinton ave.
Posted by: guest at October 18, 2007 10:23 PM
This sign is in Brownsville. I should know, because I'm Suzy Chapstick.
Love,
Suzy
Posted by: guest at October 19, 2007 9:06 AM
I remember "Hot Bird"and their bright yellow delivery vehicle,,, wasn't there one located in Sunset Park too back in the late 70's?
There was such a high rate of unemployment back then that working class folks humor used to be, "well, you can always deliver for Hot Bird"! :)
Posted by: bren at October 19, 2007 9:52 AM
10:23- cooking chicken?
Posted by: guest at October 19, 2007 11:06 AM
"Says me [and everyone else]. Atlantic is the great divide. Just because you can see it from PH, doesn't make it yours : P"
You and "everyone else" know what you can do, and since I disagree, not "everyone else" agrees with you. Anyway, I don't give a half-damn what you all think. It's in Prospect Heights.
Posted by: guest at October 19, 2007 12:26 PM
I loved Hot Bird -- I miss them every time I see those signs.
Posted by: guest at October 19, 2007 5:11 PM
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