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  • Banet

    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. :-) 📖 🎃 🍬

  • Cranberry Beret

    Sad to see some of the nicer streetery set-up's like Joe Coffee's get dismantled. Hope they return in the spring.

  • Andrew Porter

    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

  • Andrew Porter

    The one in the street in front of Vineapple went away a month or so ago. I'm sure the rats were very unhappy (though I suspect they moved to the nearby tree pit).

  • Andrew Porter

    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

  • http://selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot.com/ Claude Scales

    What's interesting about this photo is that it shows the statue of Henry Ward Beecher on the plaza immediately in front of Borough Hall instead of on what is now Cadman Park between Pierrepont and Clark streets. I can only surmise that the statue was moved.

  • Peter Darrow

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

  • Bornhere
  • clarknt67

    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.

  • Jorale-man

    I know – it's so gross right now, and so many people have no pride in their surroundings. Here is the worst offender, 144 Clinton Street. I got 311 to issue a summons for trash on sidewalk but it clearly hasn't registered with the nonexistent owner. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e075f5bc4780416123a339b7a6f463b2c01ef9bc69dabaaadf3d5e760fefd84a.jpg