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Room with a (Rear) View

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 16 August 2005 at 11:45 pm


ana.log writes: I snapped some random pics on my way home from Soda Bar tonight. This was the oddest … a rearview mirror hung just outside the window of an apt. building on Prospect between Washington and Underhill. I can’t decide if it’s clever or paranoid….

Discussion (and larger image) here.

Beer, Glorious Beer

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 16 August 2005 at 2:00 pm

Rhodamine reports: “Looks like the C-Town on Washington (bet. Park and Prospect) has just decided to scrap the lunch meats section in favor of TONS OF BEER. Take that, meat! Time to go to C-Town and get tipsy!”

Check out the entire C-Town Beer photo essay.

Is it 5 p.m. yet?

(And what are these guys thinking, anyway? There’s about 300 places on Washington Ave. to buy booze, not to mention the new-ish beer distributor down the street…)

Bob Dylan and Brooklyn Heights

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 16 August 2005 at 1:02 pm

From a CUNY student project page on Brooklyn Heights: “Montague Street was also a place for musicians where live music made Brooklyn Heights a destination for those seeking lively nightlife. Bob Dylan in his song “Tangled up in Blue” sings of the street’s lively cafes and air of revolution:”

“I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air”

- “Tangled Up In Blue” - Blood On The Tracks (1975)

Check out the interesting discussion on Brownstoner…

LINK: Did Bob Dylan Really Live in Brooklyn Heights? [Brownstoner]

Beast is Back

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 16 August 2005 at 12:29 pm

…in this week’s NY Metro, spinningpinwheel reports.

“Depending on how you look at it, Beast is either a not-strictly-Spanish tapas bar, an American bistro with a dark, pubby vibe, or a casual place to grab a burger and a beer over a spirited game of Tapper at the bar…” Read more…

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DO NOT REMOVE

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 16 August 2005 at 12:00 am

do not remove.jpgWell, this one stumped me. Found it taped to the wall next to the laundromat at Underhill and Sterling. I was too intimidated by the handwritten warning to look inside. I came by the next day to find the box had been ripped from the wall and thrown in the garbage pile on the curb. Lizzie?

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