antique radiator shelf


i saw this photo on a blog and i love the old marble shelf. has anyone seen one of these at a salvage place or antique store? the photo is from berlin, so maybe they weren’t used here. i’m curious…

Categories: Antiques
By lc | 05/20/2009 11:18 AM | Comment

reality of city gardening


i just got back the results from testing the soil in our backyard in fort greene. it wasn’t good news… we have very high levels of lead. we’ve been planning a first vegetable garden (so far we’ve only grown non-edible plants), so rather than planting straight into the ground, we’ll need to do raised beds. any recommendations for how to seal off the dirt below the bed? does it need drainage or can we just completely seal it off and not over water? we will also have to be more careful about cleaning off after gardening, not creating dust, etc. anyone else dealt with this in their garden? i suspected we would have lead, but i’m surprised by the high levels. our garden is lush and not full of debris, so i’m curious where the lead came from. old paint run off? underground pipes?

Categories: Garden
By lc | 05/01/2009 6:36 PM | Comment

extra garden slate?


i need 4-5 large irregular pieces to finish a garden project. please leave a comment if you have some to get rid of!
thanks.

Categories: Garden
By lc | 07/25/2008 6:16 AM | Comment

Contact for Aziz?


We used Aziz for our repointing in 2005 in Fort Greene. We’d like to use him for another job, but cannot track him down. Does anybody have his information, or know if he’s still in business?

Categories: Facade
By lc | 06/28/2008 7:55 PM | Comment

car break-ins in fort greene


there’s a stretch of our block that is boarded up for construction (the Carlton Mews project), where car windows are routinely broken into, sometimes several times a week. we avoid parking there, obviously, but sometimes it’s necessary when no other spots are open. i’m wondering if anyone has suggestions for what we can do as a block to fight this problem. hopefully everyone is reporting the break-ins, but even so, i’m not sure what good that will do.

Categories: Quality of Life
By lc | 03/18/2008 1:01 PM | Comment