Literary blogger Patrick Kurp, in Anecdotal Evidence, quotes Herman Melville from a journal entry written while visiting Istanbul in December of 1856, collected and published in Melville’s Journals (edited by Howard C. Horsford with Lynn Horth, 1989):
Archive | February, 2011
Medical Offices Will Transform into Montreal Bagels
The former medical offices at Clinton St. and Atlantic Ave. will apparently soon be home to “Montreal-style” bagels. What is a Montreal-style bagel? Sacre bleu! Find out after the jump.
Ronny the Seltzer Man Seen in Brooklyn Heights
Ronny the Seltzer Man, who was injured last year after falling off his truck has been spotted by BHB tipster Robin Hall, delivering again in Brooklyn Heights. He was back on the job in August, but this is the first known sighting (?) of Ronny in our neighborhood since the fall… we think. Woo hoo! […]
Curbed Asks: How Much Updating Will 46 Willow St. Need to Justify Price Tag?
Curbed ponders if the potential updating needed to bring the townhouse at 46 Willow Street, last renovated in 1977 according to its listing, is worth the current asking price of $4 million:
Is Bread and Butter Toast?
Sources tell BHB that Henry Street eatery Bread and Butter (nee Le Petit Marche) has served its last dish of “American comfort food”. One report has the operators of Picket Fence in Ditmas Park taking over the operation. Bread and Butter [46 Henry Street] debuted in January 2010, flipping its name and menu to American […]
Update: BHA Annual Meeting to be Held at Plymouth Church
The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Brooklyn Heights Association, at which BHB Ten 2010 honoree Diane Ravitch will be the featured speaker, will be held on Monday evening, February 28, starting at 7:30 p.m., at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Orange Street between Henry and Hicks.
Alternate Side Parking Resumes Monday
According to Notify NYC, the City DOT and DOS have announced that alternate side parking rules will be back in effect starting Monday, “to facilitate street cleaning and snow clearing operations.” Funny, that was the reason given for having suspended them. But, everything has its time, as a song from 1965 reminds us (video after […]
BHB’s Heather Quinlan on the Brooklyn Accent
Heather gives her spiel on the local lingo, with videos, at Union Hall in Park slope last Tuesday night. Video after the jump.
Brooklyn Heights Man Behind Murdoch’s iPad Newspaper
BHB contributor/Brooklyn Heights resident/Homer’s pal Greg Clayman is the publisher of Rupert Murdoch’s new game-changing iPad newspaper, The Daily. The project was launched officially yesterday at a big shindig at the Guggenheim Museum (our invite must have been lost in the blizzard). This morning, Clayman was a guest on Fox and Friends to demonstrate the […]
What Did Search for Homeless in Brooklyn Heights Discover?
Volunteers for the HOPE Survey combed the streets of Brownstone Brooklyn Monday night looking to count and to assist the homeless. While conducting their audit, the searchers encountered one of the infamous and totally not homeless “Freegans” who make the garbage pile at Perelandra a nightly stop on their quest to save the earth and/or […]
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