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February 5, 2012
Signs of the times: Franklin Avenue, House of D, Southpaw transition
Atlantic Yards Report
So, while some were waiting around for Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn continued to change:
- Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights becomes "the next subway stop on Brooklyn’s gentrification express"
- While the Brooklyn House of Detention was being renovated, six high-rise apartment buildings were built nearby, and a boutique hotel is across the street
- After eleven years, Park Slope music club Southpaw will close and the space, like others on Fifth Avenue, will become a business serving kids
Bonus: Southpaw co-owner Mikey Palms told the Brooklyn Paper how he got the Fifth Avenue building:
“A crackhead and a prostitute were living above the venue and the owner told me, ‘If you can get ’em out, you can have the space,’” he said.
Posted by steve at February 5, 2012 1:13 PM