Wednesday Links

re: Carroll Gardens restauranteurs Mob ties:

"The Italian immigrant's involvement in the case has stunned Brooklynites - among them judges, politicians and civic leaders who have frequented his eateries."

Stunned...sure...stunned. Good greif tht place smelled like the Mob every time I walk by. How is this shocking?

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 9:16 AM

9:16, I couldn't agree more. That place looked like it was right out a Soprano's episode. I loved the guys in track suits getting out of their Caddies. Just like Paulie on the show!

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 9:20 AM

I witnessed a fight over a parking spot last summer in CG.
The phrase that clinched the fight was
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM"?

What up Paulie!

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 9:41 AM

Everyone is quite stunned. The "judges, politicians and civic leaders who have frequented his eateries" never DREAMED he was connected. Pretty sad commentary on NYC government leadership.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:09 AM

I love this picture.
I bet you anything a Bosch appliance has never darkened the threshold of this house.
When most of you were riding your trikes in the burbs, these folks were living in Brooklyn.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:17 AM

That's a $15 million brownstone right there!

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:21 AM

"When most of you were riding your trikes in the burbs, these folks were living in Brooklyn."

I was living in Brooklyn, too. But not this part.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:22 AM

"When most of you were riding your trikes in the burbs, these folks were living in Brooklyn."

My grandparents were living in Brooklyn at this time. They were also Italian. But they didn't believe in putting up a gigantic Italian flag on their front lawn. They were more humble than that.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:34 AM

Where were you living, 10:17?

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:36 AM

White trash. Classic Brooklyn. Yeah, like I care some uneducated, racist loser was living in Brooklyn 20 years ago because he had little to no other options. What a loser argument.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:42 AM

That's an amazing flock of cherubs and pink flamingos. I count nine flamingos and a cardinal. Can you imagine the horror if someone in a 3 million dollar house is next door. Ah, Brooklyn!

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 10:52 AM

This house is awesome. It's the NYC Italian-Catholic version of the folk-art gardens down South like Rev. Howard Finster's place in Georgia.

But I don't admire the Republican politics and racist/sexist culture of the old timey Brooklyn Italians. Let's have no nostalgia for that, please. Besides, they're not going away. They still live in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst and Carroll Gardens. More of their kids and grandkids are becoming more educated and modern, that's all. And that's a good thing not a tragedy.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 11:12 AM

The article on the PLG development shows the owner being hesitant to state exactly what's being built, but over here in PLG people are hearing from the architect and others at the site it will be a 20-30 story condo building. With the retail and parking underneath it, per the article.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 11:20 AM

Those old Italian families, racists or whatever you call them, were not Republicans.
They were mostly union-member Democrats. Hate to bust your bubble. Although you sound like a perfect nitwit.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 11:30 AM

They are shocked, SHOCKED to learn of mob ties to Marco Polo's owner. Uh huh.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 11:39 AM

11:30, dude, I lived in Bay Ridge. Everything I ever witnessed or overheard in that neighborhood was very very very conservative. Hate to burst your bubble.

If they're Democrats that's funny, because they all voted for Bush and rather enthusiastically went to war in Iraq. Go figure.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 11:50 AM

I think 11:30 is referring to Carroll Gardens. I have only been twenty years so I am not an old timer but Carroll Gardens is a democratic stronghold as surprising as that might be to some. All you have to do is check out the Independent Neighborhood Democrats.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:00 PM

11:50's attitude and view of his fellow citizens is pretty appalling and narrow-minded. He is probably too young to remember what fascists sounded like, but they sounded like him. Hillarious that he probably considers himself a liberal.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:05 PM

Nobody is "narrow minded" who hates Bush. They're just "minded", period. They have a brain and can use it.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:13 PM

"Two more elected officials this week compared the current mortgage crisis to the Great Depression, an era that’s been brought up increasingly frequent as thousands lose their homes. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said at a City Council hearing Monday that some economists think the number of families who will lose their homes will exceed the Great Depression, reported Newsday. She said of the 26,000 adjustable-rate mortgages in the city examined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in November, only 57 percent were current, and 19 percent were in foreclosure. Congressman Gregory Meeks said at the same hearing that the nation could be headed toward an 'economic downturn our nation has not seen since the Great Depression.'"

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:25 PM

So, how long is it going to take for everyone to figure out that the waterfront is still mob run too?

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:54 PM

Most of the Carroll Gardens republicans moved to Staten Island a long time ago, but there are still quite a few left.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 12:58 PM

To dump on all Italians who live in Carroll Gardens as you people are doing is wrong. And you consider them bigots and uneducated? Please.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 2:09 PM

2:09
You hit the nail on the head, here all these morons making the grossest ethnic remarks and then saying that others are bigoted or worse: "republican" oh nooo!

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 2:49 PM

"To dump on all Italians who live in Carroll Gardens as you people are doing is wrong."

I, for one, wasn't dumping on ALL of them. Just the ones who decorated the front yard.

Posted by: guest at February 13, 2008 3:08 PM