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Your Open House: Nos. 36 and 55 Montgomery Place, Near Prospect Park West

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:24:07 -0400

Amy Sohn’s Prospect Park West, a gleefully bitchy take on Park Slope moms by a former New York columnist, won’t be released until September—but as of last week, Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company was already looking to turn the novel into an HBO series. The allure of the park is hard to resist. Whether that’s as true for real estate as for chick-lit remains to be seen, but Sunday saw two open houses on...

The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:05:02 -0400

Leading his interviewer up to his second-floor apartment on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, Darcy James Argue, the leader of the Secret Society, a postmodern, 18-piece, big-band jazz outfit, apologized for the mess. He'd just received a new shipment of Secret Society T-shirts.

"They are all over my apartment," he said. Mr. Argue's flat is actually almost disappointingly neat. From his billing of his band as "steampunk" and the persona he presents on his Web...

Brooklyn Housing Has Rough '09 Start; Condo Sales Off 57 Percent Annually

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:48:41 -0400

The median sales price in the North Brooklyn condo market dropped to $565,128 in the first quarter of 2009, down 2.5 percent annually and 1.1 percent quarterly. Pity, that.

It wasn't all that long ago that the North Brooklyn condo market was the great gentrifying hope for real estate developers, marketers and brokers (and buyers and some bloggers!) looking to expand the luxury market into the outer boroughs. Williamsburg developments like Douglaston’s the...

Hipsters Die Another Death at 'n+1' Panel: 'People Called Hipsters Just Happened to Be Young, and, More Often Than Not, Funny-Looking'

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0400

“I am not now, nor have I ever been, a hipster,” vowed Harper’s senior editor Christian Lorentzen at a panel discussion provocatively titled “What Was the Hipster?,” organized by n+1, and held at the New School on Saturday afternoon.

Despite L-train maintenance and the kind of steady rain that can wreck perfectly asymmetrical bangs (not to mention a recent attempted occupation by students), about 100 attendees packed the Eugene Lang Center for a ridiculously...

In Park Slope, Epic Lines and One Quiet Guy in A McCain Cap

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:56:08 -0500

A whopping 248 voters -- plus children and at least seven baby stollers -- waited in a U-shaped line, stretching from the Fourth Street entrance to PS 51, continuing down the entire block of Fifth Avenue, to a spot halfway around Fifth Street when I arrived at the Park Slope polling place at precisely 7:54 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

It's a neighborhood that eats, drinks and breathes "hope" and "change," from the Obama cookies...

Which Brooklyn Nabe Will Wall Street Impact Most? Vote Now!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:59:12 -0400

Brownstoner's holding a vote today on how much (not if!) Brooklyn's housing prices will fall because of the Wall Street crisis. The votes center on the blue-chip neighborhoods like Brooklyn Heights and the up-and-comers like Clinton Hill. Have your voice heard!...

Fourth Avenue, Gowanus--Something to Tell the Grandkids

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:26:18 -0400

"I don't think we live in Park Slope," my roommate said to me one evening, sitting at the kitchen table in our new walk-up. "I think we live in Go-anus. I don't even know how you pronounce that."

My roommates and I had recently moved into a three-bedroom near Fourth Avenue, assuming we'd entered the land of baby strollers and Tea Loungers. (After all, Fifth Avenue is one block away.) But...

In Park Slope, Italian Really Is The New French

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:12:27 -0400

Scarpetta chef Scott Conant may be "too modest" to say it, but here's proof that Italian is the new French.

Literally, in this case: beloved former French bistro Cocotte in Park Slope is being converted into some type of red-sauce joint, described simply as an "Italian restaurant," according to some new signage posted on the premises.

Cocotte, one of this author's favorites in the neighborhood, was suddenly shuttered back in February, with chef and co-owner Bill...

Shocker: Park Slope Loves Its Sex Toys!

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:37:21 -0400

The media hubbub surrounding Toys in Babeland's opening in Park Slope earlier this summer ranged from a Post screamer ("Sex-Toy Shop Has Bad Vibes in Park Slope") to a Daily Intel piece about how Internet buzz on the new store was largely favorable. In between, the Daily News informed that the shop would have a baby changing table to cater to the famously family-friendly hood, a tidbit that netted Babeland’s owners an irate phone...

A Question on Lots of People's Minds

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:12:07 -0400

"What is so special about Brooklyn?? That's all we ever read about in this rag. Are you telling me the snotty (white) infants in Park Slope will be getting a better slice of life than the (brown/white/asian) kids in Astoria and Jackson Heights??" ["Brooklyn, The Borough: Growing Up New...

You Know You're a Brooklyn Renter If...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:46:41 -0400

Flocks of 21- to 35-year-olds moved to Brooklyn in 2008, as the condo boom gave way to a renters’ market, reports The Brooklyn Eagle.

Almost half of the new renters in the first quarter of this year were between 21 to 25 years old, and 93 percent were under 35. The typical renter in neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace and Boerum Heights is usually attached, works...

News You Can Use! Brooklyn's Priciest Nabes for Condos

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:15:14 -0400

The intrepid condo buyers who took a gamble on a modestly priced spread in Brooklyn Heights in April 2007 probably had no idea that they would be living in the borough's most expensive neighborhood for condos a year later.

The average condo price increased 170 percent annually, from $613,750 to $1.65 million in April 2008, according to the report from the Real Estate Board of New York.

Other condo price results results by...

Stat of The Day: South Slope Condos Hot, Hot, Hot

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:47:28 -0400

The average sales price of a South Park Slope condo increased 96 percent from April 2007 to April 2008 to $608,824, according to a report out on Tuesday from industry trade group the Real Estate Board of New York. Condo sales in the neighborhood increased from three in April 2007 to 21 in April 2008.

We're trying to find a link to the full report. ...

'Astronomical' Rent Hike Dooms Brooklyn's 'Mommy Meeting' Mecca

Fri, 23 May 2008 09:47:23 -0400

The Brooklyn Paper is reporting [via Eater] that Park Slope's hallowed Tea Lounge is closing in July after nearly seven years on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 10th Street:

[Co-owner Greg] Wolf blamed his landlord, Georgina Tufano, for doubling the rent on his small storefront, though he declined to reveal the dollar figure.

“It’s astronomical,” said Wolf, whose other bars are on Union Street in Park Slope and on Court Street in Cobble Hill....

Monday Morning Quote: Park Slope Zeitgeist

Sun, 18 May 2008 19:52:27 -0400

From Lynn Harris' essay on Park Slope in the Sunday New York Times, quoting John Mollenkopf, director of the Center for Urban Research:

"There is all this class resentment in New York, and it's very tied up in real estate. People who are well-housed are the envy of others." ...

The Brooklyn Literary 100

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:58:56 -0400

THE PLACES: 1. Tea Lounge 2. Press 195 3. Perch Café 4. Ozzie’s 5. Brooklyn Public Library 6. Brooklyn Writers Space 7. 826NYC 8. Brooklyn Reading Works/ Old Stone House 9. Brooklyn Lyceum 10. Prospect Park 11. Pete’s Candy Store 12. Sunny’s 13. Pacific Standard 14. Moe’s 15. Community Bookstore 16. BookCourt 17. Heights Books 18. Union Hall 19. Brooklyn Social 20. A Public Space 21. One Story 22. n+1 23. Ashbox 24....

Park Slope Living at Manhattan Rents!

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:50:06 -0500

For over a decade now, Manhattan and Brooklyn have competed for the affections of younger or first-time renters. Manhattan was Manhattan, the gentrifying New Rome with all the amenities and nightlife one could want, often with shorter work commutes. Brooklyn was ever-emergent, the cool capital with reservations—longer commutes and sparser retail, plus the burden of pioneering in neighborhoods that didn’t always welcome newcomers.

But, oh, Brooklyn! What deals! Compared to Manhattan,...

Park Slope Condo Prices: Oh, So Trendy

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:03:28 -0500

The average price of a condo in Park Slope, Brooklyn's answer to the West Village, increased by 8 percent year-over-year, from $591,000 in 2006 to $640,000 in 2007, according to the year-end market report released by the Cocoran Group earlier this week. Here are some more Park Slope figures from the report: The average price of a three-bedroom condo rose 11 percent in 2007--the biggest increase of any condo size--to $1.145 million compared...

Shott On Location: Doomed Donuts Coffee Shop Shutters Friday

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:26:46 -0500

The donut case was already empty. The last stacks of coffee cups were dwindling. A bouquet of roses from appreciative patrons adorned the intimate 12-seat counter.

Nostaglic customers snapped photos over breakfast as business winded down on Wednesday morning at doomed Donuts Coffee Shop on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope—pperhaps the last place you'll find a 90-cent cup o' joe in the gentrified nabe.

The longstanding Greek diner closes Friday as its tiny retail...

Park Slope Parents Trotting Tots to Baby Gap Audition Emit Aura of Careful Nonchalance

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:21:41 -0500

Just a few doors up from the Park Slope Coop, where the righteous buy their organic kale, and across the street from the Tea Lounge, where neighborhood mommies meet to nurse, share their in-the-trenches stories, and show off their strollers, a group of 10 or so parents and their babies (and sometimes an extra kid in tow) formed an orderly line outside of Kidville, a child learning and play center.

When a passerby asked one...

Sidewalk Cops Confront Bobo Brooklyn's Sandwich Board Epidemic

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:04:02 -0500

Retailers in the "cradle of tough guys" are under siege as authorities crack down on a rampant form of outdoor advertising, according to a report in this week's Brooklyn Paper:

Shops in Park Slope and Cobble Hill have been slapped with $100–$300 tickets over the last three weeks for the crime of obstructing the sidewalk with their A-frame, or sandwich board,...

Nobody [Messes] With The Community Bookstore!

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:17:39 -0400

Brooklyn-based actor John Turturro has stepped in to help bail out Park Slope's debt-ridden Community Bookstore, according to Sunday's New York Times.

Facing foreclosure, the owner of the Seventh Avenue indie retailer, Catherine Bohne, reportedly "offered up to 49 percent ownership in the store to a group of friends willing to put up at least $10,000 apiece," and Mr. Turturro, a frequent customer, was among the first in line.

"[A]ll these great small bookstores and...

A Grand Opening for Douglas Elliman's First Park Slope Office

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:21:54 -0400

Prudential Douglas Elliman will hold a grand opening for its first Park Slope office tomorrow evening. This office, located at 154 Seventh Avenue between Carroll Street and Garfield Place, comes on the heels of archrival the Corcoran Group announcing a Williamsburg location.

And the invasion of the boroughs by Manhattan brokers continues...

North Slope Too Steep For Music Venues

Tue, 29 May 2007 16:51:05 -0400

Puppets Jazz Bar is a-moseying down Fifth Avenue, while adjacent Somethin’ Else record shop searches for new digs. Sharp rent hikes imposed by a new landlord will split up the side-by-side Park Slope retailers this week.

A broker with Rapid Realty indicated the building’s new owner is asking for $4,000 per month for each 450-square-foot space--a substantial increase and a rather high sum for area retail, in general.

A slightly larger...

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:17:25 -0400

Restoration heroes Beyer Blinder Belle are fixing up the Empire State Building: uncovering the lobby's gold-and-silver "celestial sky" ceiling mural. But, of course, the original lighting will be replaced by "modern, energy-efficient fixtures" [Interior Design] Tragically, Brooklyn bars are now officially over-packed: "Manhattanites are actually commuting to our fair borough to party in Boerum Hill, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Williamsburg." [Brooklyn Record/Time Out NY] Speaking of Park Slope: Residents turned out in droves last night...

The Round-Up: Thursday

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:41:20 -0400

Residents fret Park Slope one-way traffic conversions. [NY Sun] Bistricer-owned Flatbush Gardens seeks change. [NY Sun] Milstein plans apartment tower near Union Square. [NY Sun] "Hotel mania" grips Manhattan! [NY Sun] New York dodges mortgage problems--for now. [NY Sun] Subprime mortgage debacle snags state teachers' fund. [NY Post] Hotels going up across Queens. [Daily News] Possible Sunnyside Gardens historic district moves. [Daily News] Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment stalls. [Daily News] Did we miss any New York City real estate news this morning? Please send...

The Afternoon Wrap: Tuesday

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:14:27 -0400

The greatest thing ever in fake-billionaire furniture will debut by the end of the month. Behold: "Westchester" and "Central Park," two groups of affordable-luxe furniture. Both have been "personally signed off on" by Mr. Donald Trump. [Luxist] It seems that the Department of Transportation's quiet plans to narrow Fourth Avenue (and make Park Slope arteries Sixth and Seventh avenues into one-way streets) has something to do with Atlantic Yards. Frank Gehry probably just wants to...

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:44:14 -0500

Ann Coulter doesn't like inconsiderate liberals in East Hampton: "It does not occur to them that someone has to manufacture the tiles and steel and glass and solar panels that go into those 'eco-friendly' mansions... Liberals are already comfortably ensconced in their beachfront estates." But who else is ensconced? Ms. Coulter has a $1.7 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach. [The Atlantic/Andrew Sullivan] First came Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. Now Park Slope's ongoing quest...

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:15:47 -0500

A skinny, possibly "gloomy" Harlem townhouse is granted "Estate of the Day" honors at Luxist. Why? The 1910 house has a planted terrace, garden, 12-foot-high parlor floor, and original details like mahogany-framed windows and carved staircase. [Lux] The 'New Park Slope' bears shockingly little semblance to the original. Unless the old Park Slope was a pioneer of comfort and style, and a modern and exciting residential corridor, and "rich with the ambience and energy..." [Curbed] Pity...

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:05:11 -0500

What'd you get for that friend who just got the perfect New York pad with a terrace? How about the Cocoon Hammock? Designed by Henry Hall, the hammock becomes its own little outside room, apparently, and so you should be warned: "The hammock is not meant to be moved once it is assembled, as it is roughly 12-sq. ft. and weighs over 400 pounds." [Luxist] Whole Foods plans a new location at Third Street and...

Analyzing Eugene's Win

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:30:00 -0500

An informed reader emailed over a rough breakdown of the results of Tuesday's special Council election in Brooklyn. It turns out that Mathieu Eugene's union-backed victory was just as thorough as the overall numbers indicated. He was the top vote-getter in nearly all of the Assembly districts that lie at least partly within the Council district. The only one he lost was the 44th Assembly District in Park Slope. A more detailed analysis should be ready...

Parking Is Traffic in Park Slope

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:56:26 -0500

Crain's Insider (subscription req'd) carries news Friday that Transportation Alternatives will release a study next month showing that "40% of traffic in Park Slope, Brooklyn, consists of drivers searching for parking." - Matthew...

Bess Rimona Harris Adelson

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:00 -0500

Oct. 28, 2006 6:44 p.m. 7 pounds, 4 ounces St. Vincent’s Hospital Such naches! David Adelson, 36, a rabbi at East End Temple near Stuyvesant Town, has welcomed this beautiful little blessing with his wife of three years, Lynn Harris, 37, a Park Slope writer, whose water broke unexpectedly one rainy morning. “It was due to the changes in biometric pressure,” said Ms. Harris, who had assumed her labor would have to be induced, due to gestational...

The (Big) Round-Up: Monday

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:00:00 -0500

Higher city property values drive higher property taxes. [Daily News] Report: Tribeca, Soho priciest neighborhoods to rent. [Daily News] City property market values up 19 percent in '06. [NY Times] Big-name retail chains invade the outer-boroughs. [NY Times] Nods to China and New York in carpet showroom. [NY Times] Twists of designing a starter townhouse. [NY Times] Story behind new white gleam of old GM Building. [NY Times] Where to find a city townhouse for under $1 million. [NY Times] Living in...

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:31:30 -0500

It's a big deal when a rich writer gets robbed near his lush Park Slope home, and it's a bigger deal when the rich writer and his wife vow on blogs to ditch the borough ("It costs $2,000 a year to insure my wedding ring....We outta here.") But best of all is when the once-hidden vows are dug up in all their Brooklynesque glory. [Gowanus Lounge] Sure, crusading against Marlboros and French crullers is brave....

The Round-Up: Wednesday

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:58:58 -0500

City plans playground near South Street Seaport. [NY Times] New York developer touts "green" office renovations. [NY Times] City OKs schools on toxic Bronx site. [NY Post] New tenants for 1800 Park in Harlem? [NY Post] Brooklyn housing complex selling for $21 million. [Daily News] Mag: Park Slope among U.S.'s top eco-friendly enclaves. [Daily News] Landmarks OKs changes to 195 Broadway lobby. [Daily News] City gives tax breaks to Boerum Hill condo buyers. [NY Sun] Big year ahead for Manhattan office market....

Events for December 9-11, 2006

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:44:10 -0500

On Saturday at 11 a.m., the NAACP protests the police shooting of Sean Bell, at 168th Street between Jamaica and Archer Avenues. At 11 a.m., Councilman Bill de Blasio discusses the need for "e-waste" legislation, outside P.S. 321 in Park Slope. At noon, Manny Innamorato will announce his candidacy for Staten Island City Council seat being vacated by Andrew Lanza. [added] At 1 p.m., the New York Society for Ethical Culture hosts an impeachment forum, with Cindy...

Quinn's Brooklyn

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 03:27:14 -0500

The green outline shows Speaker Christine Quinn's proposed 421-a exclusion zone in northern Brooklyn--the area within which developers would need to include on-site affordable housing in order to qualify for tax breaks. Currently, the exclusion zone covers only well-established neighborhoods (West Village, the Upper East and West Sides), where an automatic 421-a tax abatement for new multifamily housing (which is what the rest of the city currently enjoys) would seem too much of...

The Afternoon Wrap: Friday

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:43:32 -0500

What are Cooper Union students doing about the impending destruction of the Hewitt Building? They're staging school-wide walkouts (and tossing around cruel words like disenfranchisement). Apparently, these young artists really don't want to move out to studios in Long Island City, where they'll work until Cooper Union gets a newer and greener $120 million building. [Villager] The Opening Paragraph of the Day, presented in its glorious entirety: Park Slope's pampered tykes might soon have one...

Wednesday: Luxury Bathrooms vs. 'Green'; Central Park West vs. NYHS

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:30:41 -0500

Mr. Moyers, Mr. CPW Saunas, towel warmers and heated floors are still hot commodities in the luxury home industry, but the single biggest new trend is "everything green." That means New Yorkers are increasingly unwilling to kill a rainforest for "one piece of exotic wood for inlay." (Forbes) Classy behemoth Clear Channel and (at least) two other big billboard companies are suing New York over limitations on outdoor ads. Is it a matter of free...

Be Careful What You Wish For

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:58:26 -0400

The D.O.T.'s traffic-calming plan for Park Slope/Gowanus. Ariella "Scoop" Cohen at The Brooklyn Papers reports that the 68,000-square-food Whole Foods gigantiplex due to open in Park Slope at Third Avenue and Third Street in spring 2008 will have a three-story 430-car parking garage.
Cohen quotes a traffic engineer as saying that as many as 1,800 cars could use the facility per hour.
It seems oxymoronic that a healthy-lifestyle brand such as Whole Foods would promote driving...

Mystery Solved! Park Slope, Please Meet Mr. Bell

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:35:00 -0400

The hunt for the buyer is on Yesterday, Brownstoner broke the exhilarating news that the 31-foot beauty at 45 Montgomery Place had been sold for more than $6 million. (Oval rooms! Fireplaces! It's all there.) According to the website, $6m would be the highest price ever paid for a 1-family townhouse in Park Slope. New Yorkers everywhere asked: who is the lucky, oval-loving owner? According to our calculations (i.e. according to city records), that would...

Friday: A Big Lawsuit, A Big Park Slope Townhouse Deal, A Big Map Of Death

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:30:38 -0400

Headline of the Day: "New York Isn't the World's Undisputed Financial Capital." Maybe so, but at least we're not Chicago. (The New York Times) After a year on the market, 45 Montgomery Place goes for over $6 million, which likely makes it the most expensive single-family townhouse in Park Slope. Mr. and Mrs. Safran Foer have now been utterly humiliated--Slope style. (Check in soon for more...) (Brownstoner) NYC Map of the Month: the "graveyards" of famous...

Countdown to Bliss

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Aaron Matthew Guzikowski and Alison Hope Silverman Met: May 2001 Engaged: Dec. 25, 2005 Projected Wedding Date: Oct. 14, 2006 One morning, Alison Silverman and her roommate awoke to a flashing answering machine in their Washington Heights apartment. I love you, but you have to let me go! sang out an unfamiliar male voice. They were transfixed—and mystified. Ms. Silverman, a whimsical sort, decided they should call every guy they had dated in the past year...

Wednesday: 'Blatant' Corcoran Racism (and Paper Owls) in Brooklyn

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:30:28 -0400

An undercover investigation by the National Fair Housing Alliance accuses Corcoran's Brooklyn office of "blatant housing discrimination against African-Americans." White clients were steered toward white neighborhoods like Park Slope and Cobble Hill, while black clients were deprived of information about incentives. 2006 is the new 1934. (New York Times) An advisor to the Times' architectural selection committee said that though he appreciates Renzo Piano's design for the newspaper's new tower, he is "madly in love...

The Excitement of (Writing About) Haalgaard!

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:01:34 -0400

Ms. 'Haal and Mr. 'Gaard If you're a celebrity-obsessed (or celebrity-loathing?) Brooklynite, the most exciting piece of today's Manhattan Transfers has to be the news that Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal have signed a contract for a grandmotherly $1.75 million Park Slope brownstone. As the Boswell Sisters would say: Yowza! (Also: Don't miss the personal story of our friend Miranda Purves, who couldn't afford said brownstone but resents the fact that Haalgaard snapped it up...

Atlantic Yards DEIS Meeting Tonight

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:09:27 -0400

The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods will be holding a meeting tonight at the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope, at 126 Seventh Avenue at Carroll Street, at 7 p.m. to present its findings on the Atlantic Yards draft environental impact statement.
For more info, check out the CBN Web site. -Matthew...

Civility

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:47:04 -0400

While Mark Green and Andrew Cuomo are still working on their definition of negative campaigning, a similarly constructive dialogue is being carried out between the Democratic candidates in Brooklyn's 11th Congressional district. Outside the candidate forum in Park Slope last night, a flier was distributed that said, "Why is David Yassky, a Democrat, taking money from Jack Abramoff's law firm and from supporters of Rick Santorum?" Yassky, reading from the flier on stage, noted that...

Clarke and The War

Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:57:57 -0400

Tomorrow should be a good day for Yvette Clarke. She's hosting a town hall meeting and getting endorsed by Rep. John Murtha, the hawkish Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania who is now calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq. (Anthony Weiner, who already endorsed her, will also be there.) While all four Democrats in the Brooklyn 11th congressional race have taken similar anti-war positions, Clarke has a unique argument: "Imagine a Congress that was half female,...

Willem Claudio Guzmán Mitchell

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:00:00 -0400

June 24, 2006

12:30 p.m. 7 pounds, 6 ounces New York Hospital–Cornell Crumbs are falling from Condé Nast! Pilar Guzmán, editor of the baby-lifestyle magazine Cookie, has given birth to her second son with Chris Mitchell, the publisher of Details. When Ms. Guzmán’s labor began this time around, she figured she had hours to kill and started making pancakes, a Saturday routine, for her 2-year-old, Henry. Lighting the stove in the family’s Park Slope...