So long Aaron Sukenik and thanks. Just thanks.
Brooklyn to the core. In all the right ways. Aaron Sukenik passed on Feb 17, 2010 at the age of 83. Without him there is no Brooklyn Lyceum.
A Brooklyn Geyser
To paraphrase some guy from wayyyyy back .... There are more things in the boro of Brooklyn....Than are dreamt of ....
So you think you had a tough bathroom to rehab....
Oh my.... the Lyceum was quite a mess back in 1994. Take a look.
Sheetrock is a sin....
Having come from New England in the early 80's where many a crappy dorm-style apartment awaited those just out of the nest. I grew to hate sheetrock.
Preliminary plans for Public Bath #7
Renowned local architect Raymond Francis Almirall was commissioned to do the seventh of seven public baths in Brooklyn. In an era where diseases were running rampant and we were just learning about cleanliness.... cities like New York(I would say Brooklyn but it wasn't a city at that point) went out of their way to create impressive buildings that might inspire the masses to want to clean more often. Thus bathhouses of that era often resemble banks of that era.
You call that a jackhammer?
... or "You Could Land the Space Shuttle There" I am not sure we will ever know all of the odd and mischievous things that happened at Public Bath #7(aka the Brooklyn Lyceum). But each time we had to peel back a layer it seemed we came across some construction or design absurdity or another.
Brooklyn Scrabble... or how to tell when gentification is in full swing
You can tell a lot about a neighborhod by the trash it dumps.....
The Spring Cleaning
As with everything else, life comes and goes in stages. Our next stage should be a less cluttered one.
Con Ed woes.....
Maybe every facility goes through this. If so, sumthin needs fixin... After about 30 calls to Con Edison over at least two years and maybe 20 site visits ... we have a winner. Lyceum brownouts caused by .....
Et Tu, Bloggers?
The growing pains of the blogosphere are now crystal clear. One need look no further than the events surrounding Brooklyn Blogfest 2010. Forbidden entry till now by the mainstream, bloggers have come to outwardly despise that to which they are denied. And, like zombies, they come out at night to eat any other blogger who is not like them. That is, bloggers who are even remotely successful in the old school way.
Where everyone knows your ...... ANKLES
Leave it to Ted Danson to be part of a film shoot that echoes his landmark series, CHEERS.
The Windows(and bruises) Emerge.....
The windows had been covered for years. First by sheet metal coverings were placed in in the late 70's(?). Then by masonite after the window frames were removed.
Trusting your gut.
Sometimes you need to know when to walk away. Newbies never know. That is one major reason you always get to take the first one on the chin in most development or business deals.
The Big Shower....
After we got rid of most of the pigeons there was a big cleaning to do. Years of pigeon presence and too tight of a bottling up of the building had left the building with a funk that was hard to take.
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