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TOMORROW: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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That’s right folks, tomorrow is the big night! Those of you who are interested in watching Maestro Eastwood do what he does best (READ: kick some serious ass) should be sure to arrive before 8:30 p.m.!
Miss Heather
Comment Of The Week
This masterpiece of post-Feminist (and decidedly anti-Twinkie) rhetoric comes from a chap who calls himself* “REALITY”. It is in regards to this post about Studio B. Enjoy!
I have read your site, you have to be the most sexually frustrated person in the neighborhood. I have live here for around 20 years and I have never seen anyone BITCH as much as you. If I had to guess you have to be an over weight fat chick that has no life and wants others to be miserable like yourself. I also figure you don’t get out much either, and looking at your site when you do its to BITCH. If you don’t like the area or whats going on move back to where ever you came from because anyone reading your blogs damn well know you are not from new york and if you are you gotta be from the freaking suburbs. Do everyone a favor move out of the neighborhood, and if you can’t do that stick one of those Twinkies that you have been fattening yourself on in your mouth because that seems to be the only time anyone will be happy. Get out of your apartment lose some weight and maybe you might get a guy who will take you out in public which would be like a place like the Underground, Exit , Studio B hell maybe even to the zoo. In closing GET A LIFE and leave the neighborhood alone it was fine before you got there and it will be better off when you leave.
You know I thought about “getting a guy” to take me out “in public”, but then I realized my husband would probably not be too keen on the idea. Oh well. In any case, “REALITY” sure talks a tough game. Too bad his mommy didn’t teach him about IP addresses (good grammar or gender sensitivity).
Note how the IP addresses for Agnes Piekarska (the Manager of Studio B) and “REALITY” match.
Now if you don’t mind, I’m off to buy some Twinkies.
Miss Heather
*Although I suppose this could be a woman.
Another Bar Cometh To Williamspoint
The aptly named Richardson will be located at 451 Graham Avenue, which is at the corner of (drum roll, please)… Richardson Street!
When I walked by last week I took a quick looksee and I have to say it appears that they are doing a very professional job overhauling the space. My only concern is can new bar flourish when there are already so many such establishments to be had in the area already— like the R Bar, which is located just across the BQE?
Miss Heather
Photo Credits: Lisacat
What Part Of Greenpoint Do You Live In?
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
My buddy Matt Wolfe (formerly of the Greenpoint Courier) tipped me off to this great map over at Very Small Array. It looks like I call “North Vinyl Siding” home —although I prefer Vinyl Siding HEIGHTS, thank you very much! Any of you who have a little time to burn today do check out this web site. It is teeming with lots of fun and informative stuff!
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Photos du Jour: Aftermath
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Today I finally got around to checking out the site of our latest auto(mobile) de fe. Tammy Jez did an excellent job documenting the incinerated truck. Follows are a few photographs I took of the property damage.
It was one HELL of a fire. It even blew out the windows on the first floor of this house.
Its neighbor received a more Salvador Dali-esque treatment.
You can even see where the mattress was placed.
Miss Heather
Torch Of Suffrage
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
This is 619 Manhattan Avenue. It is currently the home of the Brooklyn Slavic American Citizen Club. On any given weekend when I walk by it is teeming with men socializing and watching television. Therefore, I found it very interesting to learn it was not the first social organization to grace this building. Just under 100 years ago it was the home of the Woman’s Suffrage Party, as you will learn from this great old story from the December 20, 1909 edition of the New York Times. Enjoy!
Feminists and Socialists in Greenpoint?!? Believe it or not, this is not as far-fetched as it seems. Greenpoint has a very long history of being a progressive burgh. Take day care for working mothers, for example. Our humble neighborhood had it long before it became “mainstream”. The Garden Spot of the Universe keeps getting more —not less— interesting the more I research it!
Miss Heather
The Rat King Residence Is Dead
Or at least dying, anyway. Ben writes:
The home of the Rat King is officially coming down. I took this one last Friday… and they’re a bit further along today. My guess is that it’ll be gone by the end of the week. Not sure where he’s living these days, but I have seen him walking around in the neighborhood the past few days.
What will take the place of this house, you ask? It is rather hard to tell. Plans were filed to build a six story condominium but the Department of Buildings said, no, no, no!
And no once more for good measure.
I suppose we will have to wait and see. What I want to know is what the Rat King thinks of all of this.*
Miss Heather
*No need! Check out the comment left by bellario!
Photo Credits: Ben L.
Subway Poster du Jour: Nassau Avenue, Part II
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
From the Smith – 9th Street bound platform of the Crosstown Local.
Miss Heather
Cleanpoint!
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Wishing to steer clear of the downright nasty heat today I have whiled away the afternoon by knocking around the apartment doing housework and perusing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives. Mostly the latter— which is where I found this plum of story from the June 9, 1896 edition which proposes that our fair burg might soon be re-christened Cleanpoint. With a hefty helping of patriotism and child labor, naturally.
112 Years Later: July 19, 2008, 239 Banker Street
Looks like we still have a ways to go.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Back In The Day: Peter Pan Bakery
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Anyone worth his (or her) Greenpoint salt is familiar with the Peter Pan Bakery. Not only is it the home of some of the best damned donuts in the city, but to go inside makes one feel like he (or she) has entered a time warp. If any of you, dear readers, have ever felt this way (I know I have) don’t worry: the feeling is well warranted.
When I showed the above photograph to an employee of this establishment this morning it created quite a stir. Even the owner was shocked at how little Peter Pan has changed over the last thirty years and gladly gave me permission to take another, newer photograph of her establishment as it looks today. Here it is.
As you can see very little has changed. All the way down to the lovely uniformed waitresses manning the counter and children eagerly awaiting tasty treats, Peter Pan is more or less the same now as it was thirty years ago.
The addition of a few scantily clad staffers notwithstanding.
Miss Heather
P.S.: I want to give a big New York Shitty shout-out to the ladies of Peter Pan for allowing me to photograph the interior of their establishment. Thanks!
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