Streetlevel: Astro-Turf Now Open "Occasionally"
The quirky vintage design store Astro-Turf at 290 Smith Street in Carroll Gardens has been closed for most of the past year and a half or so, after initially closing for some brick repair in early 2008. Now, reports Lost City, the “kitsch antique pavilion” has reopened. Kinda. Evidently the owner plans to open the…
The quirky vintage design store Astro-Turf at 290 Smith Street in Carroll Gardens has been closed for most of the past year and a half or so, after initially closing for some brick repair in early 2008. Now, reports Lost City, the “kitsch antique pavilion” has reopened. Kinda. Evidently the owner plans to open the store “occasionally” on the weekends. Speaking of Lost City, the man behind the blog has begun leading walking tours of BoCoCa. The next one takes place this Sunday. GMAP
i’ve always wanted to open a ‘we’ll sell your stuff on ebay’ store
I see. The usual talking out of your a$$ with no basis in any actual lived experience.
Quelle surprise.
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So, tell us about your vast eBay experience, Rob.
bite me. it’s a Universal truthism that everyone knows ebay blows, unless youre selling beanie babies from a farmhouse in kansas.
*rob*
“i guess it depends if the chick i picked up last night will get out of bed or not attitude…. :-/ ”
Rob must have been to the live chicken place.
> ebay blows.
So, tell us about your vast eBay experience, Rob.
why do you people keep screaming EBAY? ebay blows. what if everyone decided to just sell their poopolas on ebay?! then there would be no real stores on the street and youd be whining about urban blight.
*rob*
so what the hell do they sell?
I’ve passed by this place a couple of times and saw cool looking stuff inside. They weren’t open either time, alas.
As noted above: “One word: Ebay”
Thankfully Lost City doesn’t market the tours using “BoCoCa”, he says Carroll Gardens West. As a local born and bred here, I thank thee (though I still just use “South Brooklyn”)