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Southside Photo Du Jour: A Novel Approach
When I looked up and saw this delightful apartment entrance on Driggs Avenue I swooned. I mean, who wouldn’t want to live in a place called “Novelty Court”?* In any case they don’t build ’em like this anymore.
Miss Heather
*Well, probably not Frank Serpico for starters (see comments).
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That’s the building where Serpico got shot; can’t remember if they used the actual building or not in the movie, but I think they did. In any case, they’ve spruced it up a bit since the ’70s.
Scroll down this page for the story:
http://brooklynnorth.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
Thanks for sharing this! I have updated this post accordingly.
As a professional pedant, I can’t believe I failed to point out that that’s 778 Driggs, not Berry, BTW (slipping in my old age).
Duly Corrected!
I thought maybe there was more than one Novelty Court. Then again, sometimes all of Southside seems like one big Novelty Court.
I just noticed this building recently myself and made a note to go back and photograph it. I had no idea of the history either.
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