Open Thread Wednesday

I will take advantage of the quiet here to remind everyone of the little lending at the corner of Hicks Street and Grace Court Alley. There is quite a bit of room in there right now if you want to do a little cleaning up to make room for all the Halloween candy coming into your home tomorrow night. :-) 📖 🎃 🍬

There was discussion last Wednesday about dirty sidewalks. Yesterday, when I walked to Trader Joe's from the north Heights, I realized that many sidewalks are indeed filthy, with stains and suspicious blobs.

The real reason: no measurable rain in the last month. Most of the dog poop and urine, and everything else, is either washed away by rain, or by the labors of those hosing down the sidewalks.

Meanwhile, the looming election is much on my mind. Someone put out a bunch of "vote!" posters on Henry Street, and I collected a few. You can find more info at

https://www.art-for-democracy.org/-vote-posters

This is my favorite:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/57c0cc9677f8139257eeea190cc1204086871da860af0dcf011d93a6cb0aa349.jpg

Brooklyn Dodgers news: 215 Montague Street, where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers, which displays a commemorative plaque, is now surrounded by scaffolding before being torn down. The plaque is still there—and will hopefully be rescued before demolition starts.

The original building was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by the current building. The plaque shows the rounded facade of the original building. Here's the original building (at left in this 1915 postcard):
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a3f52bbcecd0f42bb067baa1fbc3df42e751852da3f83956ede26b904673c307.png

I have written Lincoln Restler’s office about the importance of persevering and remounting the plaque. They are on the case,

Speaking of BH, wonder if there is any chance of getting the fountain going again? Would be nice. Seems like a good task to fall into Prez Reynoso’s purview.