The best part of the storm

The best part was when the snow was just starting to fall. There was nothing to do but wait and see how much it would be. No use watching TV because they had nothing new to say.

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Sandwiches all night, they say

The deli claims it’s open 24 hours a day, though they appeared to be partly closing down operations at 9:30 PM. I could make an excursion there at 3:00 AM some time to see… nah, I’ll take their word for it.

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F is for Famous

And S is for Summer, which is unofficially over, and School Supplies. NYC schools open on Thursday, so it’s time to get some Pens and Pencils, and probably a whole lot more, for the kids.

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The theater that dares not speak its name

For it might cause a lighting malfunction elsewhere on the premises… this week the sign listing the movies gets to be lit up.  What’s showing at The P? Not much you’d want to see. The owners of the sensible vehicles – we are in Park Slope – probably took their kids to see the latest Madagascar.

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Pavilion Theater is really open

OPEN banners are flying outside the Pavilion Theater. Was it closed, or are they acknowledging that the movie theater is staying open and showing movies though the building is falling apart bit by bit? Ticket holders pay to trip over frayed rugs and sit in broken seats.

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Is there a P?

Piece by piece, the Pavilion Theater is falling apart. The condition inside matches what’s going on here in front, except my feet don’t stick to the sidewalk and there are fewer people having loud conversations outside.

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Prospect Park West bike lane

The paint on the bike lane is still wet and drivers are unsure about the new parking areas. Here’s the hierarchy you need to remember: bikes should yield to people on foot, cars yield to bikes, and above all, everyone freely interprets traffic rules to their own advantage.

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Litchfield Villa in the rain

Built in 1857, Litchfield Villa was nearly torn down eleven years later during the construction of Prospect Park. Brooklyn was mostly farmland then, and the weathly Edwin Litchfield owned the land all the way down to the Gowanus. He built his mansion on a hill so that he could see the harbor. Litchfield wasn’t happy, being forced to give up his house, but he didn’t have a choice.

Currently the headquarters of Brooklyn’s Parks and Recreation and Prospect Park Alliance, Litchfield Villa, with its porch columns decorated with corn cobs and wheat stalks, is considered a stellar example of 19th century romantic Italian architecture.

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