Open Thread Wednesday

By on May 26, 2021 7:41 am in open thread

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  • Jorale-man

    Cool shot. It’s been in its current sad state for at least a decade. I wonder if they’ll fully recreate the mansard roof with the dormers?

  • AEB

    While we’re on the subject of bread–has anyone found a place in the nabe that sells actual, real, dense, chewy, flavorful bagels? I realize the genuine article is a dying if not dead breed but hope springs eternal. I’ve had “bagels” from every BH out- an inpost, and all–all–are risibly poor.

  • http://www.yotamzohar.com StudioBrooklyn

    Court Street Bagels just over the border in Cobble Hill is my top pick at the moment. The “best bagel in the neighborhood” hasn’t been consistent; places change ownership and management and somehow this affects their bagel recipes.

  • Andrew Porter

    Here are the plans, from 2014 (they may have changed since then). Click to enlarge:
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a53de279478b3d3c8fa9d58a1bc3b369b7a61e25b885be38bb6c982b6199db84.png

  • AEB

    Thanks, Studio, will try.

  • CassieVonMontague

    Peter Shelsky started making bagels because he couldn’t find any genuine NYC bagels anymore like those from when he was a kid. Small, dense and so chewy “they wear your jaw out when eating them” as he says. So Shelsky’s bagels might be your best shot.

  • AEB

    Thanks. Where can I get them?

  • CassieVonMontague

    Shelsky’s across the street from Trader Joe’s on Court Street.

  • Jorale-man

    Thanks…Looks promising, assuming they’re still in play.

  • AEB

    Great, thanks, CassieVon….

  • Love Laner

    Hopefully this gets a lot of people with a roof over their head even if the context remains grim. The prospects for a single earning 35,000 or a family of three earning 60,000 I think speaks to a continued need to address the disconnect between housing prices and wages:

    “The vouchers subsidize tenants by paying the landlord the difference between 30 percent of the tenant’s income and the actual rent, up to the maximum allowance. Under the bill, they would be available to households with incomes below 250 percent of the federal poverty level — about $32,000 for a single person or $55,000 for a family of three.”

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