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Bright Lights, Big Tizzy: American Apparel Goes Dark On Smith Street

Luminous retailer American Apparel has agreed to turn off its blinding flourescent bulbs at night to appease its complaining Carroll Gardens neighbors, according to this week's Brooklyn Paper. The switch-flipping decision comes as little surprise to The Observer, which previously profiled the same Smith Street location as part of an expose on American Apparel's apparent plan to illuminate all of gloomy Gotham.  read more »