Yeah, but who would bother shopping at pink pussycat when there is a Babeland nearby?

Posted by: CMM at May 21, 2009 7:17 PM in response to StreetLevel: Flight 001 Leaving the Slope

Yea, squibb's sprinkler's were the best. But it was kind of creepy to be below ground level.

Posted by: CMM at May 8, 2009 12:13 PM in response to Squibb Bridge Axed from Brooklyn Bridge Park Budget

I can't believe they evicted me and all the other tenants 6 years ago and the building is still sitting there unoccupied.

Posted by: CMM at April 15, 2009 1:38 PM in response to Equity Partner Sues Developers of 20 Henry Street

If this is the card store I am thinking of, the man who owned the shop struck up a conversation with me when I went in there last year. Apparently it was his wife's business, and she had recently passed away. Since then he had been working there on his days off from his full time job, and his mother was also helping out as much as she could. Keeping the store open seemed more like a labor of love than profit, but maybe it became too difficult to juggle everything after awhile.

Posted by: CMM at March 4, 2009 5:46 PM in response to Another One Bites the Dust

Rejects they make your feet feel fine. Rejects they cost a dollar 99.

Wearing rejects was a social death sentence when I was a kid.

Posted by: CMM at February 2, 2009 10:06 PM in response to Closing Bell: Why are There Power Lines in East New York?

I agree with kip216 that buses are way noisier and more annoying than living under the flight path (I also live in PS). But this is the city and it's noisy. I grew up across the street from a firehouse and spent summers in Rockaway, right under the Concorde flight path. It just made me a very sound sleeper.

BTW, cool photo.

Posted by: CMM at December 15, 2008 6:28 PM in response to Closing Bell: Keeping Quiet in Park Slope

I'm pretty sure there used to be a Hot Bird on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Wherever it was, my mom used to order from there for dinner a lot, and it was good.

Posted by: CMM at August 25, 2008 11:05 AM in response to The History/Mystery of the Hot Bird Sign

10:38, you or someone else brings up the fact that an architect and an attorney were among the tenants at 20 Henry Street every time the subject comes up. It is not the fault of the other former residents of 20 Henry who were artists that the landlord decided to rent to people who were not.

Having spent 20 years living in that building, I can attest to the fact that the majority of residents were in the arts and most of those who were not (for instance, my neighbor who worked in the tunnels for the MTA)were working or middle class. Anyway, since the rents were subsidized by the government according to income, if those tenants who you complain about were in a higher income bracket, then they paid higher rents.

Posted by: CMM at April 29, 2008 12:00 PM in response to From Mints to Condos at 20 Henry Street

I love the paint color - would you mind saying what it is?

Posted by: CMM at February 27, 2008 4:20 PM in response to Lil' back bedroom all grown up

I second 1:13.

Posted by: CMM at January 14, 2008 1:31 PM in response to More Details on Albee Square aka Citypoint

The tenants of 20 Henry spent a great deal of time and money maintaining that garden. The courtyard design was arguably not the most attractive thing ever, but we made the best with what we had to work with. Only since the tenants were all evicted a few years ago has the garden fallen into disrepair.

Posted by: CMM at December 6, 2007 2:58 PM in response to 20 Henry Street Conversion Getting in Gear