JENNIFER BLEYER wrote in the Sunday New York Times: “Gus Vlahavas, the owner of Tom’s Restaurant on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, watched the white flight from the neighborhood in the 60’s, and its descent into crime and drugs in the 70’s. By the late 80’s, Mr. Vlahavas saw that some people — Park Slope types, he thought — were trickling to Prospect Heights, but he became convinced that change was afoot only in 1992, when a photographer named Randy Duchaine appeared and said he was shooting a calendar about Brooklyn icons. ‘I was in it,’ Mr. Vlahavas said, proudly. ‘Mr. January.’”

LINK: The Day When ‘Back in the Day’ Ended [New York Times]
PHOTO of TOM’S RESTAURANT, INTERIOR: Food, NYC, Life is Good [Snap City]

THANKS FOR THE TIP!: Candicissima

On the walls at Gallery on Dean (backroom of Tavern on Dean). Unfortunately, I lost the text description. And I’m not sure if the show is still up. However, it’s worth clicking here to see a larger-size image, including 4 paintings. The idea is that the artist is taking well known subjects from classic paintings and putting them behind the wheel of classic automobiles.