New Cafe for The Heights
Brooklyn Heights Blog has the scoop (and the photos) on the latest addition to the neighborhood’s culinary scene: A cute spot called the Iris cafe opened yesterday at 20 Columbia Place in Willowtown. Anyone tried it yet? Willowtown’s Iris Cafe – the Photos! [BHB] GMAP
Brooklyn Heights Blog has the scoop (and the photos) on the latest addition to the neighborhood’s culinary scene: A cute spot called the Iris cafe opened yesterday at 20 Columbia Place in Willowtown. Anyone tried it yet?
Willowtown’s Iris Cafe – the Photos! [BHB] GMAP
“Brownstoners like modern and contemporary. We just don’t like cheap, ugly crap. Is that what you’re objecting to?”
Mopar;
I’m objecting to the “we” in your statement.
Brownstoners like modern and contemporary. We just don’t like cheap, ugly crap. Is that what you’re objecting to?
We can still have lunch. Maybe after Thanksgiving week. You can write me nomilubin@yahoo.com.
Benson, I for one and I am sure many others, including Mr. B, like contemporary architecture as well as historic buildings.
Oh, now I know what you mean. I remember the series, but never saw it. I don’t get HBO. I have very, very basic cable.
Oh no. We have nothing in common. Deadwood was an HBO series about the beginnings of the real life South Dakota town of Deadwood. It’s a western and the greatest 36 hours of film to ever pass before the eyes of anyone who has seen it.
Nomi;
Who or what is Deadwood? I’m not familiar with it.
Well . . . are you a Deadwood fan?
Nomi;
OK, let me flesh out my point a little further, and make the lunch more enticing ;-).
I didn’t say that contemporary architecture is bankrupt. What I think is bankrupt is the preservationist mindset that holds sway on this site (and I catch ALOT of heat for saying it).
You’re absolutely right that there is nothing wrong with one building being restored to its original condition. What I object to is that this is held out as the ONLY paradigm for what to do with such a building. I don’t know how long you’ve been on this site, but I’ll ask you: have you ever seen a post on a run-down building in one of the brownstone neighborhoods that is renovated in a contemporary idiom (and the post gives it accolades for doing so?). I can’t recall ever seeing such a post. Almost every new development is put down too.
Is this what we want for these neighborhoods: frozen in time with just one style of architecture? How is that different than a Disneyland recreation of a town in a certain time period?
For a brief time in college, I studied urban planning. I’ll never forget how my professor made us study St. Mark’s square in Venice. In particular, he pointed out that almost every building in that square is from a different time period, spanning almost 500 years. Each is in a different architectural style. Yet, it comes together as a gorgeous whole. He pointed out that we have lost the ability to think like that – and the mindset on this site is evidence of that (at least to me).
Anyway, that’s my 2 cents. Agree or disagree, I appreciate that you are able to discuss this with me without going personal or vitriolic, which seems to be the norm nowadays.
Now how about lunch ?