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A friend of mine sublet in this building about 7 years ago. Maybe things have changed, but the stoop to the left was the late night gathering spot for all the teens on the block and the midnight football games they played in the street could get really loud. But I believe the bedroom in 2R is in the rear, so maybe that's not such a problem anymore. Also the building had a pretty bad mouse problem. A woman living there at the time found a nest in the foam padding of her sofa (yecch).
Posted by: greenwood at July 31, 2008 1:21 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 396 12th Street, #2R
Nike, Target and Apple spend hundreds of millions of dollars on TV, cable, radio, web and print advertising making it almost impossible not to recognize their logos and associate it with their companies. Does anyone really care what a logo that's going to be in a handful of NYTimes ads looks like? And how about coming up with a more creative name than an intersection?
Posted by: greenwood at August 7, 2008 12:09 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 48
Lisa, I may be nitpicking here, but in co-ops you don't own your own unit, you own shares in the corporation that owns the entire building.
Posted by: greenwood at August 15, 2008 11:23 AM in response to Brooklyn Co-Housing Moving Closer to Reality?
"As I pass through my neighborhood, I find it necessary to remind myself that there is a busybody douchebag living on my block. I have taken the liberty of affixing a drawing of a giant screw and baseball to the front door of his house. The drawing is just a reminder that we're watching him and is not intended to tell said douchebag which meds he's taking that need to be adjusted. This is a preliminary evaluation, another will follow after the rest of the neighbors have had time to mock him in our everyday conversations."
Posted by: greenwood at August 20, 2008 11:42 AM in response to A Different Kind of Neighborhood Watch on E. 7th Street
First, calling it the "South Slope" is stretching things a bit, no? Second, they've been telling customers for 3 weeks that they're just "waiting for a final inspection" before the kitchen opens--now it's Sept. 19? I wonder what the inspection found? And third, $9 for a gin and tonic in that neighborhood is ridiculous.
Posted by: greenwood at August 26, 2008 2:35 PM in response to Streetlevel: South Slope Gets a New Restaurant
The first few times we went to Po the appetizers and pasta were excellent, the waitstaff very friendly. Nice wine list and the waiter actually knew something about the wine.
My wife and I went there about five-six months ago and the food was decent, but a step down from the previous times.
We went there about a month ago and the appetizers were pretty good, but the pasta entrees were awful. I don't remember exactly what my wife had, but it was laced with so much thyme, you couldn't taste anything else. And my dish, pasta with sausage, had so much salt on it it was barely edible--seriously. Like a lot of restaurants in the area, I think they started out strong and just got lazy. We've crossed this place off our list.
Posted by: greenwood at August 28, 2008 1:06 PM in response to Restaurant of the Day: Pó
But on the plus side, one of the architects of the S&L crisis and charter member of the Keating Five, John McCain, might be our next president. Surely he'll find a way out of this mess!
Posted by: greenwood at July 15, 2008 12:23 PM in response to IndyMac Fallout in Brooklyn?