Open Thread Wednesday

Generally speaking, yes we should always have empathy for parents and children, now more than ever, but I will say I did recently overhear a conversation in the Heights (that I wouldn’t have believed if I hadn’t been there to hear it with my own ears) where a child above the age of 4 was encouraged to do #1 on the side of their neighbor’s building despite being just steps outside of their own building (and it was as they were leaving the house, not returning from a long outing or anything like that). This occurred during the pandemic and of course there was no pretense about handwashing afterwards.

I’m guessing (and hoping!) the incident Angela described was a sort of last resort situation for those involved but you’d be surprised about people’s attitudes towards this sort of issue!

Unfortunately the skills associated with properly maintaining Belgian Block streets have been mostly lost to time. The maintenance is material-light but labor-heavy which is quite the opposite of today’s material-heavy/labor-light world. They’ve definitely been making some improvements on the Joralemon hill recently, getting a slightly more level surface but like you said, I don’t think DOT is devoting a ton of resources to it.

Anyone who’s “unenthusiastic” anout voting Nov 3 has not been paying attention the last 300…I mean 3 plus years (it just feels like 300).
Knowledge =Enthusiasm. Millions of patriotic Americans are lining up for hours on end…in a pandemic, risking their health, to seize this last chance to save our Democracy, and your sittin’ on your privilege in Brooklyn Heights whining because you didn’t get the exact ticket of your choosing, while over 100,000 are needlless Covid fatalities, millions unemployed, thousands of children separated from their families, many lost for life, our neighborhood looks like a small business graveyard, and that’s just the tip of the “American Carnage” we’re living. Thankfully millions of Americans are enthusiastically seizing the moment to save our country. #VoteBlue

it certainly caused more foot traffic in the neighborhood, but given the Williamsburg alternative of it ALL being condos, I definitely prefer the park area. I took the ferry up to Williamsburg a few weeks ago, and what a weird area that waterfront is!

As long as there aren’t good people on both sides…

The correct term is “Geezeratti.”

I’ve been paying attention for the past fifty plus years.
In the last twenty plus years Biden has found the wrong side of most of the important questions facing the Democratic Party. That approach has helped bring us to where we find ourselves today.
Of course I’m voting for Biden.
I’ll leave the enthusiastic to you.

Silly comment. People have the right to express their opinion. Too bad you don’t like it, but have the grace to accept that others might not agree with you.

People like you gave us Trump. You want the perfect so you’ll sacrifice the good. Accept reality and deal with the real world. There is no other choice.

I wasn’t going to weigh in on this one because it seemed like an isolated incident. But this morning I witnessed a woman letting her toddler son do a #2 (!) against a building on Columbia Heights (and not the abandoned one) in broad daylight. It was not far from the public restrooms at the Promenade playground, no less.

Is this what nearly four years of Trump has brought us? A social fabric fraying at the seams? Between this, the anti-maskers running around, and the uptick in litter in the Heights, I’m starting to wonder.

No William. As I mentioned above it is actually people like you who brought us to where we find ourselves today with Trump as our president.
As I also mentioned I have already accepted this election’s reality and voted for Biden.

“Democrat” Party! And there it is folks. It doesn’t take long for these types to out themselves.
#DemocraticParty
#LanguageMatters

Other than capable of making an error, what type am I?

Does anyone know what ConEd has been doing at the end of Pierrepont x Columbia Heights for the past 3 days? They’ve had multiple trucks out here 24×7 since Thursday night and have closed of parts of the streets on and off and are digging in various places. Just wondering if anyone knows how much longer this might last.
When I asked one of the workers what they were working on today when they’re were 9 trucks clogging up the street, he rolled his eyes and said ‘Electric.’
TIA

I love this park. Although the horrible high rise and the motel-like Furman Street buildings are ugly, the Park is a plus. I have no patience for comments about outsiders and kids walking through “our neighborhood”. There are trade-offs for good things. I’m 73 and walk my dog there’s all the time and at worst the “kids”, etc are a minor annoyance as are the selfish bike racers and maskless jock types.