Last Wednesday was the 4th of July, but let the festivities continue on this Open Thread Wednesday. Fire away! FYI: Our bear friend pictured here lives in Palmetto Playground, located in the southwest tip of Brooklyn Heights, at State Street & Columbia Place, with the BQE behind it. According to NYC Parks, Palmetto Playground’s nomenclature […]
About Chuck Taylor
Journalist Chuck Taylor worked as a writer and Senior Editor at Billboard magazine for 14 years, has interviewed more than 500 entertainers and music executives, and penned front-page stories for Billboard about Celine Dion, Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, Elton John, Bette Midler, James Taylor, Tony Bennett and many more. He has been interviewed on an array of music and pop culture topics for ABC's “20/20,” “CBS Evening News,” CNN FN, VH1's “Behind the Music,” MTV, BBC and A&E's Biography"; and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly and numerous others. He is a voting member of NARAS (Grammy Awards).Author Archive | Chuck Taylor
‘Lighten Up Brooklyn’ Focuses On Anti-Obesity & Healthy Living July 19 At Borough Hall
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join entertainer Ben Vereen Thursday, July 19 for a day’s events to celebrate “Lighten Up Brooklyn” on the Borough Hall Plaza at 200 Joralemon Street. Sponsored by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, the event […]
Gentrification: Clothier Brooklyn Industries Coming To Fulton Mall
Gentrification continues along the Fulton Street Mall corridor, this time with Brooklyn Industries coming to 342 Fulton Street, close to the entrance. An HSBC bank was previously on the site. Brownstoner shares that the Brooklyn-logo clothier has seven locations in the borough, including shops in DUMBO and Cobble Hill, along with a sprinkling in Manhattan. […]
Heights History: A Room At The Hotel St. George, $10 A Week… In 1880
After going back in time to 1902 last month, we’ve given the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives another spin into the past. This time we transport back to July 10, 1880, 132 years ago today… What a deal! The Hotel St. George is offering special summer rates, for $10 a week. Your offer includes a bedroom, […]
Racked Names A Cook’s Companion Among Nine Best NYC Kitchen Suppliers
Shopping website Racked offers its take on “Nine Cooking Supply Stores for a Well-Stocked Kitchen,” and includes A Cook’s Companion at 197 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights as a pick for “shops catering to the adventurous home cook.” The site says of the popular destination: “A foodie’s dream, this Brooklyn shop offers quality goods, often […]
Ephemeral New York Deems St. George Liquor Sign ‘One Of Coolest’ Vintage
The always intriguing Ephemeral New York, which “chronicles an ever-changing city through faded and forgotten artifacts,” has deemed the neon sign outside the St. George Hotel one of “New York’s coolest vintage liquor store signs.” It joins age-old comrades in the West Village, 14th Street & Eighth Avenue and the Lower East Side. Of course, […]
Spike Lee Believes Cobble Hill Has Gentrified Into Brooklyn Heights
In a lengthy Q&A on New York magazine’s Vulture blog, Spike Lee talks with writer Will Leitch in detail about his roots in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill. The director was born in Atlanta, and moved to Crown Heights at an early age, followed by eight years beginning around the age of 4—from 1961 to 1969—at 186 […]
Mama Mia! Dellarocco’s Of Brooklyn Preps For Restaurant Opening
You can almost taste it. Dellarocco’s of Brooklyn, the new local brick-oven eatery at 214 Hicks Street, appears days away from opening its doors to the delectable fragrance of fresh pies and a thirst-quenching wine & beer cafe. Over the weekend, signage was etched onto the windows in elegant gold lettering. The restaurant is owned […]
Everyday Athlete Coming To Brooklyn Heights
Fitness center “everyday athlete” will open its second Brooklyn location in the Heights this summer at 130 Clinton Street. Tomas Anthony and Alejandra Belmar opened their first zen-centered store in 1998 in nearby Carroll Gardens at 136 Union Street. According to the company’s website, “We believe fitness is essential and transformative. It also should be […]
As Temps Edge To 100°F, It Was Worse… In 1966
With the mercury rising as high as 100°F Saturday, take comfort in the fact that it could actually be worse. In 2010, we equaled the three-digit heat, while the record high temperature for Brooklyn is 105°F some 46 years ago, in July 1966. Today, meanwhile, an Excessive Heat Warning is in effect until 6 p.m., […]
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