Salvage Fest 2007: 20 Hours and Counting
We’re looking forward to meeting lots of you tomorrow at the Salvage Fest–we’ll be the unshaven guy sporting the new Brownstoner t-shirt. As we’ve been telling you all week, the First Annual Salvage Fest takes place Saturday from 10 to 4 at P.S. 11 in Clinton Hill. It’s a great chance to find that perfect…
We’re looking forward to meeting lots of you tomorrow at the Salvage Fest–we’ll be the unshaven guy sporting the new Brownstoner t-shirt. As we’ve been telling you all week, the First Annual Salvage Fest takes place Saturday from 10 to 4 at P.S. 11 in Clinton Hill. It’s a great chance to find that perfect doorknob as well as to talk to vendors about tracking down hard-to-find items; one of the salvagers will also have samples of reclaimed flooring on display. And don’t forget to drop off any old building materials that have been gathering dust in your basement. The schoolyard is located on Washington Avenue between Gates and Greene; the closest subway stops are the Clinton/Washington C train and the Clinton or Classon stops on the G train. Weather forecast looks good (knock on wood), but if it looks shaky in the morning, check in here for scheduling updates. See you there! GMAP
Guest at 1:42, I also saw the post you’re referring to. In fact, I seem to recall seeing two such posts, neither of which is present now.
I have the feeling that someone has “hacked” the site and is deleting posts. Very strange.
Mr. B, would you be willing to get a weekly thing going? I am sure many would be willing to help ( i hear all the meee’s:) Brooklyn can do this with so much more style.
This morning I saw a post remarking that the crowd at the salvage fest was oddly ‘white’, and now I notice that that post has been deleted. Did anyone else see it? This is getting really creepy. I’m not normally one to believe in conspiracies, but I know that post was there. I saw it with my own eyes, and now it’s gone.
I completely agree with the above comment- I can’t understand for the life of me why we don’t have a flea market in BK apart from that rather unimpressive 7th Ave one. I’d be there every weekend- I used to go to the Chelsea flea market and will always remember the fun I had browsing the aisles for affordable treasures.
I thought the salvage fest was a great idea and seemed a success. The comment about it being a ‘white’ affair is way off the mark from what I observed, too. Whatever- troll away, troll.
I think this should become a regular, weekly salvage/flea market. The flea markets we once had in Chelsea are almost completely gone except for the one in that parking garage on 25th street, and the prices have been insanely stupid for years– no fun. It makes more sense to have a flea market in Brooklyn anyway, where people are actually doing the kind of renovating that calls for old mouldings, etc.
Slick’s statement “that obsessively fixating on recreating the ‘original details’ of a 100+ year old building doesn’t appeal to African Americans” would come as a great surprise to many of my neighbors.
Excuse me – one of the black vendors here. Since I was here from 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon, I can authoritively say that black people were certainly represented as both vendors and attendees. I had a booth, Eddie’s had a booth, Olde Good Things had several black employees, and there were black parents galore from the school selling food. I don’t know how anyone could manage to not see any of us. There were also an awful lot of black attendees, and they bought a lot of goods from everyone. Granted, at 10 in the morning, there was a very white majority, but by noon, I’d have to say the people there represented all the facets of the neighborhood, black, white, Latino and Asian.
As to the contention that black people aren’t fixated on restoring original detail to their homes, my largest and most expensive items went to black customers who were doing just that, and most of the black brownstone owners I know have spent just as much time as anyone else stripping woodwork, or searching for and restoring period detail.Period woodwork and detail is an especially good background for those who favor an Afrocentric design scheme, and even for those who don’t, black people are certainly just as appreciative of craftsmanship and beauty. Attend the Bed Stuy House tour, or the Crown Heights house tour, and you’ll see plenty of attention to period detail.
I enjoyed the day, in spite of roasting in the heat, and I hope Mr. B repeats the event sometime in the (cooler) future. For the first time, I think it was a success, and any improvements can always be made for the future. To anyone who bought from me – thanks!
All I can say is that obsessively fixating on recreating the “original details” of a 100+ year old building doesn’t appeal to African Americans.
Also, if you think of B-stoner’s readership, I’d expect it reaches a supermajority of whites.
4:47 probably didn’t even go to salvage fest. it was as mixedas the neighborhood.