Now Doesn't This Break Your Heart?

Apparently, the owners of 1314 Cortelyou Road - right next door to the Picket Fence - see no aesthetic value to keeping the old tin ceiling that had graced the store for a good part of a century. This was ripped out of the store last week and was hauled off by someone with better taste...Pigeon just stood next to the dumpster and cried.

On another note, I asked the owners who or what will occupy the store and they told me that they are hoping to attract another restaurant to the area. Great news! (I wonder if they new tenants would have liked a tin ceiling?)

Images of The Cortelyou Tot Lot Mural

Vignettes of our Wonderful Cortelyou Tot Lot Mural. (So,..maybe it could use a touch-up. Still, it's a great mural.)

New Street Clock Installed on Cortelyou Road.

We've all been expecting aesthetic and practical improvements on Cortelyou. The new clock that was installed yesterday near the corner of Rugby Road is certainly one of them. Yet it's placement is peculiar as it was actually installed on the edge of P.S. 139's school property. Well, Whatev'. At least, we'll know if we need a late pass

Night shot of the new timepiece