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The Danish Do It Better

The Danish could teach the Swedes a few things. The day after I went to the Holiday Fair at the Swedish Seaman's Church in Manhattan, and was appalled by the prices, I went to the Holiday Fair at the Danish Seaman's Church in Brooklyn. (You'd think ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini

Super Red

A running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006. Contact ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini

Lost City Asks "Who Goes to Fortune House?"

Who Goes There? Fortune House Chinese restaurants that hold their ground while garnering little notice outside the immediate area are hardly unusual. You'll find plenty in Chinatown, and every neighborhood has its stubbornly tenacious take-out joint. ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Duane Reade,  Starbucks Corp

Merry Expensive Christmas

The annual Christmas Bazaar at Manhattan Swedish Seamans Church, on 48th Street near Fifth, will take place today, tomorrow and Sunday. If you need Swedish licorice, St. Lucia dolls, straw reindeers, brightly colored wooden candle holders or tickets to ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  20 Nov 2009

I Ask You?

A running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006. Contact ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini

NEW LOST CITY WALKING TOURS ANNOUNCED: COBBLE HILL AND CARROLL GARDENS PROPER

On Sunday, Dec. 13, at 11 AM, I'll be conducting my first ever walking tour of Cobble Hill. The tour will roughly cover the area from Hicks Street to the west to Smith Street at the east point, and Altantic Avenue to the north to Degraw to the south. ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  19 Nov 2009

Heilbut and Kleefeld!

It is accomplished, Ladies and Gentleman. On Thursday afternoon, there was a lunchtime summit at Brooks 1890 Restaurant to determine if the research efforts of Lost City reader Ian Schoenherr had indeed uncovered the true origins of the old building ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Queen Mary/Dead End

A running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006. Contact ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini

More Not-Good News About H&H Bagels

Prosecutors say that Mr. Toro set up a new shell company every year for six consecutive years, closing down the company from the previous year, in order to maintain a low unemployment insurance tax rate. The longer a company has been around and the ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Patricia Smith,  H & H Bagels,  Robert M. Morgenthau

Spring Street, Canyon of Lost Signs

My Lord, there is a heavy concentration of faded signs on the block of Spring Street between Sixth Avenue and Varick. Here's a view, looking east, in which you can see two of them at once, a huge vertical advertisement for what looks to be Garvin ...

From BROOKS OF SHEFFIELD, Lost City,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Roberto Rossellini

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