And, now, we present our weekly restaurant review from our friends at Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog. (We apologize to readers and to Eat It as we forgot to slot this in its usual Friday slot.) This week’s feature is Convivium in Park Slope: I recently had one of the best meals I’ve had […]

[Read more →]

And we thought we were upset about Astroland.

[Read more →]

We featured this baby back in early December because it struck us as a perfect example of out-of-context architecture: a tall, modern building towering over a row of beautiful low-rise wood frame houses on a block of Dean Street that has a lot of them. It’s 357 Dean Street and this weekend we were overjoyed […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of lostinbrooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] · The Atlantic Yards Downsizing Meme [AYR] · Idiotarod 2009 [Blue Jake] · LPC to Address Ocean on the Park Houses [Hawthorne Street] · Year of Ox Celebration Goes Well [Sunset-Park.com] · Year of the Ox After-Party Pics [BVIB] · Dudes on Smith Were Not Going to Miss the […]

[Read more →]

We went to Coney Island on Saturday, despite the numbing wind chill, to shoot some footage for another vid we were making. It didn’t dawn on us, until we there that Jan. 31 was the deadline for Carol Hill Albert to vacate the property. A kind former employee Roy Sargeant, let us into the grounds, […]

[Read more →]

Astroland is dead. Developer Joe Sitt took possession of the property on January 31. (If you don’t care about Coney Island you’re going to find a lot of posts on GL today that you won’t like and, frankly, we’re sorry, but we need to do this.) Owner Carol Hill Albert left behind the water flume […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Fickr Pool] Surrounded by cherry blossoms in Spring at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and iced over in January. Ouch.

[Read more →]

Dedicated to an undisclosed person at an undisclosed location. Do listen until the middle where Peter Murphy starts singing about “You fickle shit/You would spit on me/You would make me spit.” This is NOT dedicated to Joe Sitt. Sorry.

[Read more →]

Astroland is now truly dead. Carol Hill Albert and her employees vacated the premises on Saturday night at the expiration of their lease. And so ends and enterprise that began in 1962 with that Space Age Optimism. It now belongs to the Age of 2009 Diminished Expectations and Recession. It is in the hands of […]

[Read more →]

Yes, it’s Sunday and that means we go for the joy that is Craigslist Missed Connections. This week’s #1 pick is a winner, and we’ve got some in reserve too: I think I did cocaine at your house last night? – m4w – 23 (Williamsburg) You: Brown hair, thin, purple American Apparel shag fleece zip […]

[Read more →]

Here is our Adoptable Canine Cutie of the Week from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Kensington: Violet is a 2 1/2 year old Shar Pei. She is a sweet, mild-mannered, low-issue dog. She is spayed, dewormed, treated with Revolution to prevent fleas, ticks, ear mites and heartworm and is up to date with […]

[Read more →]

We were lucky enough to gain access to the grounds of Astroland yesterday on its very last day, January 31, 2009, when Carol Hill Albert’s crew was vacating the premises forever by 7PM. A kind soul who had his first paid job at Astroland, named Ray Seargant, who is now with the Department of Sanitation, […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of geminicollisionworks/GL Flickr Pool] Bensonhurst! Looking good, kid.

[Read more →]

This vid combines two of our favorite things in the world: the ocean and Joy Division or, more to the point, Ian Curtis. Here are Ian’s words: Procession moves on, the shouting is over, Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone. Talking aloud as they sit round their tables, Scattering flowers washed down […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of Lost in Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Now, it’s time to watch February unfold.

[Read more →]