Brooklyn Inside & Out

Ummm, if you don’t like the content of this comment, I would recommend not drawing attention to it by responding nearly 20 years later…

Hi, I’m Tumbridge’s descendant. Thank you for doing such an in depth article! I found it while doing family research. I wanted to add that the family kept the tradition of naming boats “Spartan”. He was also best friends with Charles Stratton, also known as General Tom Thumb, and would race yachts with him. As for Fort Fisher, during one instance as serving as distraction, the Confederates were about to shoot them from atop a mound. He ordered his men to hug the wall, avoiding casualties. I was wondering where you found all of the information about his accounts and his thoughts?

I would like to know which of the tenants in that building you were. First, your comments about Cafe Scaramouche and especially about the family are a defamation of their character. They always opened their doors to everyone who came to read the meters; if they didn't, they would also be overcharged or have their electricity, gas, etc. services cut off. You have also lied by saying that there was no heating and that they were the cause of that problem. If the business didn't have heating, neither did the building. The original owners of the building had a heating control located in the second-floor hallway, and one of the tenants would turn it off. Furthermore, NO ONE HAD TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE FREEZING, THAT IS A LIE. The building was for sale several times, and one of the new buyers did not renew the leases. There were only 3 tenants in the Scaramouche building and 2 people living on each floor, NO ONE ELSE, and each of those people lived alone. When you say "WE MOVED OUT," I don't know who you are referring to, and you have only lied in your comment. Your comment is regrettable and offensive. The family decided to close their doors because they decided to dedicate every moment of their remaining lives to the owner's mother, who was 96 years old, and give her all the love they had always given her, and that's what they did. The grandchildren didn't get married so they could take care of her. Her daughter and grandchildren took her everywhere she wanted to go, they cared for her until the last minute of her life, they dedicated themselves only to her, and they decided to leave a place where they worked day and night and managed to put Carroll Gardens/Red Hook on the map. IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY; THAT COMMENT IS FALSE, JUST LIKE YOU.

where did all the medallions go?