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From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Charles J. King
Filed under: 11211, 11378, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Maspeth, Maspeth Queens, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Last night I received a call from Chris Arnade. He wanted to know where this building was located (Grand Avenue) and how he could learn more about about its founder: Charles J. King. I suggested the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives and later did a little digging. I didn’t learn anything about the man behind this wonderful building— but I learned who he was not. Without further ado I present for your April Fool’s Day delectation a case of mistaken identity and a slipped mickey courtesy of the December 16, 1900 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Enjoy!
So there!
Miss Heather
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5 Comments on From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Charles J. King
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rowan on
Fri, 1st Apr 2011 4:54 pm
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KAA on
Fri, 1st Apr 2011 6:34 pm
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missheather on
Sat, 2nd Apr 2011 6:53 pm
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KAA on
Sun, 3rd Apr 2011 10:59 am
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missheather on
Sun, 3rd Apr 2011 3:32 pm
i like this building. it looks so out of place.
That article reads like a page ripped out of Luc Sante’s book Low Life. Apparently this kind of drug and rob routine was quite common in New York back in the day.
Now THERE’S a book I have not re-read for some time! 🙂
Although on a slightly different track, another great book about New York is Rem Koolhaas’s ‘Delirious New York’
I often give them together as a gift to people new to New York
Yeah, I have that one too!
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