Monday, February 1, 2010

*Everyday Chatter

The Gentrification of Brooklyn is here--with "Ghetto-Fabulous Condos," "Unaffordable Groceries," and the "Caucasian Invasion." Check it out Feb 4. [FW]

lunapark's flickr

Dunkin Donuts now a bodega--and it all comes around. [EVG]

In Williamsburg, "Broke Is the New Black." [NYS]

John Strong freak show moves into Coney's Grasshorn. [ATZ]

Feb 3: Reminisce about the Great Depression in a Tenement Talk with David Freeland and Morris Dickstein. [TM]

Gersh Kuntzman visits the Gage & Tollner Arby's, on video. [BP]

In case you missed "Two Lovers" in the theater, be sure to get it on DVD and enjoy the old-school stylings of Brighton Beach. [CP]

4 comments:

  1. that poster of the gentrification of brooklyn would have been better if they featured park slope moms pushing a stroller while talking on a cell phone; or, yunnies having a cupcake; or yuppies in pink shirt ...

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  2. We should be grateful that Gage & Tollner wasn't bulldozed, I guess. So why do I feel like I've been beaten and left for dead after watching that video?

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  3. It has been a long time since I lived in Brooklyn, but still am proud to say it loud and clear wone someone asks where I am from ... love to get in touch with blog woner since I have some great old pics of the home I lived in, it is now in Brooklyn Museum!http://maevesmadness.blogspot.com/!

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  4. Park Slope stroller Moms at local bars.
    What happened to the childcare people in Park Slope?? Park Slope Moms used to work and employ others to raise the kids.

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