Closing Bell: Gettin' Hitched Dumbo Style
Earlier this week, the blog Dumbo NYC published a guest post from a Dumbo resident growing greatly concerned over the amount of limos double parked in the neighborhood for wedding events, as well as film shoots taking up the limited amount of parking. Brooklynites don’t need much proof that Dumbo is a wedding hotspot, but…
Earlier this week, the blog Dumbo NYC published a guest post from a Dumbo resident growing greatly concerned over the amount of limos double parked in the neighborhood for wedding events, as well as film shoots taking up the limited amount of parking. Brooklynites don’t need much proof that Dumbo is a wedding hotspot, but here’s some anyway, again via Dumbo NYC: “Stretched Hummer + extra story + extra axel + outdoor seating area.” Oy vey.
not even the worst vehicle nuisance, but surely an eyesore for the area. battle the never ending stream of tour buses gawking on furman.
Ilene Richardson, whose ‘guest post’ appeared on Dumbonyc, is not concerned with limos parked in the neighborhood. She’s concerned with limos parked in front of One Main, where she lives. What she fails to mention is that she is currently trying to sell her apartment at One Main.
http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/499455-condo-1-main-street-dumbo-brooklyn
The apartment is on a low floor, in the back, with no view, sadly furnished, and it’s been sitting for half a year without so much as a nibble. She apparently has concluded that “cleaning up” Main Street traffic will help.
In the process, she has recruited the help of the unwitting Joan Millman and the 84th Pct., after implementing a campaign inside One Main to get her neighbors to mass-call ‘311’ with complaints. Considering what her true motive for this is – to sell her crappy apartment – this actually might lie somewhere between impropriety and illegal. I’m sure the 84th Pct (and maybe even Joan Millman) would be interested to know what she’s up to.
Just for the record, Ilene Richardson is married to a guy who a few years back was arrested for assault and drug possession when he physically attacked the owner of Almondine bakery, putting him the hospital.
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/19/30_19bakeryracism.html
I know Ilene wants to sell her unit. (Needs to sell, isn’t it?) She wants the exterior of her building to look pristine and welcoming, but that’s hard to do what with construction literally on every corner, chunks of concrete façade falling off of 55 Washington and then 45 Main, not too dissimilar to the chunks of concrete beams that have fallen inside apartments at One Main.
Now she wants everyone to join her campaign. One and all, call ‘311’ …. Ilene needs to sell.
“that’s pure hetero white trash.”
Damn, you’re a snobby bigot.
Water = luck and money, interesting if true! My favorite Asian Bride Moment was watching a darling bride in a puffy strapless sparkly gown being bullied by their fotog into sprawling on the rocks of the Prospect Park lake’s waterfall–on a freezing day in March! She did it, too, as did the groom, with big (if slightly worried) smiles…
Before they renovated, there used to be weddings photographed in the center area at Grand Army Plaza, especially in the spring. There were azaleas and rhododendrons which provided a conventionally pretty site for pictures. Although the new fountain in the middle is nice, I suspect brides don’t want to get wet, and the lack of surrounding planting provides a solid gridlock background – car services and gnarly bikers don’t look as nice behind the bride and groom.
They’re probably all at Fulton Ferry now.
I agree with Rob, that limo kicks serious ass!
People do get married at Fulton Landing, both at River Cafe and on the Music Barge.
Have nothing to do with water and luck. Just a nice scenery for photo opp.
Tons of people are getting married in Dumbo and doing their receptions there. Especially at Rebar, that’s the new spot to do your reception folks.
the extra storey is to make adequate room for fist pumping.