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Speaking as a good speller I can say good spelling is vastly overrated.

Posted by: grvsmth at November 15, 2008 5:55 PM in response to Calling All Archetects and Engineers

grvsmth wrote a review about Chiles y Chocolate on November 15, 2008 5:53 PM

I just wanted to say this: why does everyone have to shit on Tex-Mex? Texas was a part of Mexico for almost 150 years. Tex-Mex food may not be what people eat in Mexico now, but it's just as "authentic" as any other regional Mexican cuisine.

When I lived in the Slope there was a nice Vietnamese place at the corner of Seventh and Third. Full menu including good bun bo nuong xa.

That was more than ten years ago, and there was also a cool Indonesian rijstafel at the corner of Fifteenth and Seventh. So I don't know what your idea of "almost nothing" is, 11217.

Your larger point holds, of course: it would take a lot to bring Park Slope back to its 1997 gentrification level, let alone degentrify it.

Posted by: grvsmth at October 15, 2008 11:40 PM in response to Streetlevel: Banh Mi for the Old Tea Lounge?

200 parking spaces is a drop in the bucket in a city with hundreds of thousands. If parking's a pain on Friday it'll have precious little to do with this event.

Posted by: grvsmth at September 16, 2008 11:02 PM in response to Closing Bell: Park(ing) Day

Calexico is a city in California, right across the border from Mexicali:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calexico,_California

Posted by: grvsmth at September 16, 2008 7:25 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Mexican for Columbia Street Waterfront

Aw man, my comment took several minutes to appear.

Posted by: grvsmth at April 6, 2008 8:47 PM in response to StreetLevel: The Muffin Man is Coming

Some people like cupcakes better. I, for one, care less for them.

Google Street View has photographic proof:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=59+Lafayette+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11217,+USA&ll=40.69241,-73.975089&spn=0.010884,0.027122&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.686951,-73.976062&cbp=2,0,,0,-1.7039330156853012

Posted by: grvsmth at April 6, 2008 8:46 PM in response to StreetLevel: The Muffin Man is Coming

Some people like cupcakes better. I, for one, care less for them.

Posted by: grvsmth at April 6, 2008 8:37 PM in response to StreetLevel: The Muffin Man is Coming

10:18, There are planters on Broadway and Park Avenue in Manhattan with trains under them.

Posted by: grvsmth at December 20, 2007 11:51 PM in response to Closing Bell: Carlton Median Finishing Up

All of the urban Commerce branches look like that. My main concern is why there's nothing above it.

Posted by: grvsmth at November 15, 2007 9:09 PM in response to Bending the Rules for a Bank on Bedford

Fairway is designed for people to drive to - a big mistake. I'd love to see their customers walking a Whole Foods in Downtown Brooklyn instead.

Posted by: grvsmth at November 10, 2007 9:38 AM in response to Apple Store Watch: Downtown More Likely Than W'burg

The 10:27 guest hit the nail on the head. They don't want to demolish Officers' Row for a supermarket, they want to demolish it to BUILD PARKING for the supermarket.

This is the city we're talking about. They can, and should, go through the process to change the zoning regulations. It's idiotic to require a supermarket to have so many parking spaces in a neighborhood where everyone walks.

Take out the parking and there's room in the Navy Yard for the supermarket AND Officers' Row.

Posted by: grvsmth at November 10, 2007 9:26 AM in response to For Officer's Row, Supermarket All But Certain