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Sarah,
Glad you liked the shoemaker on Flatbush bet. Midwood and Maple; at one time good shoe repair places like that were commonplace; now they're a treasure.
Commented Sep 10, 2009 on Should your family move to PLG? at Hawthorne Street : Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn
Should your family move to PLG?
There's a surprisingly non-idiotic and balanced discussion about whether families with young children (of the gentrifying class) should move to PLG in the Brownstoner Forums today. You can read it here.
"the plan doesn't include the blocks of Empire from Flatbush to Bedford, one the most dangerous stretches for pedestrians and cyclists"
I'm stunned to see that.IMO the plan is virtually pointless without the key intersection of Flatbush,Ocean, and Empire.
Commented May 27, 2009 on Traffic calming plans for Empire Blvd. at Hawthorne Street : Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn
Traffic calming plans for Empire Blvd.
After attending last night's Community Board 9 meeting, I've got some good news and bad news. Good news: the Department of Transportation has developed a promising traffic calming plan for Empire Boulevard that, if approved, will be implemented in July. And the bad: the plan doesn't includ...
You shouldn't have allowed them to shoo you away. You're within your rights to photograph ANYTHING visible from a public street. We tolerate far too much nonsense from these commercial film crews.
Commented May 2, 2009 on On Location in PLG at Hawthorne Street : Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn
On Location in PLG
A friend tipped us to a film crew shooting a scene on Winthrop yesterday and was able to get some pictures. I was not so fortunate, as they caught me trying to snap a few shots of the set and shooed me far enough away that I didn't get anything good. The two African-American women are in the ca...
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