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Brooklyn Today July 12: How Much Are You Willing to Pay to Avoid the Trader Joe’s Line?

July 12, 2017 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Good morning Brooklyn! Have you waited in the long, long line at Trader Joe’s on Court Street in order to nab those low prices? If so, what would it take to make you shop elsewhere? You may have noticed that gas stations are slowly disappearing from the borough, and BP Eric Adams has a plan to address the issue. Meanwhile, a film school in Williamsburg remains decidedly old school, and a pack of decked-out doggies will soon descend onPark Slope. Today’s Staff Picks include an interview with the director of this year’s Shakespeare in the Park performance, and an argument for why Brooklyn will never best Texas in the BBQ game.
      
IMPRINT: He may be modeling on the cover of AARP, but Steve Martin still looks sharp.

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The Rundown
 

~HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY TO AVOID THE LINE AT TRADER JOE’S ON COURT STREET?: The prices at this and other national mega-chains may beat your local neighborhood supermarket, and most Mom-and-Pop stores don’t even try to compete in that arena. Instead, they aim for the “slow dollar” by trying to give consumers a more pleasant (and less hectic) shopping experience. Here’s a look at how the independently owned Montague Street Key Food stays afloat amid Gristedes and Trader Joe’s. (via the WSJ) 
 
~WHERE ARE ALL THE GAS STATIONS?: Nine gas stations in Brooklyn have dried up since 2012, and a new report from BP Eric Adams indicates that another 12 could follow within the coming three years. That’s why he’spushing for backup power sources and sustainable fueling optionsthroughout the borough. He says he’ll back funding for new electric vehicle stations in Brooklyn, and also call on city and state agencies to help gas stations implement backup plans in case of hurricanes and power outages. (via the NYDN) 
 
~WELCOME TO BROOKLYN, CHELSEA PIERS: The company behind the 28-acre Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex on the westside of Manhattan will be opening a 52,000 square foot complex in our boroughon the border of Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill. Jake Elghanayan, the senior vice president of developer TF Cornerstone says the deal reflects the area’s shift toward becoming a 24/7 hub of activity. (via the WSJ)  
 
~LET THERE BE LIGHT (BUT NOT A ZILLION LIGHT FIXTURES) AT LUNDY’S: That’s the verdict by the Landmarks Preservation Commission(LPC) on the Lundy Brothers Restaurant building, which is Sheepshead Bay’s only city landmark. The LPC instructed Lundy’s Management Corp. to remove most of the sconce light fixtures that are already on the building instead of adding new ones, and to position proposed light poles in a parking lot so they’re set back from the building’s rear facade. In its heyday, the iconic shoreline seafood restaurant served 1 million meals per year, and it was designated as a city landmark in 1992. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle) 
 
~A RETURN TO OLD SCHOOL IN WILLIAMSBURG: The digital revolution didn’t necessarily skip over Mono No Aware in Williamsburg. Rather, the film school has simply turned its back on it in favor of shooting footage on film stock and making a purposeful return to analog filmmaking. After all, says founder Steve Cossman, “it makes more sense to shoot on something archival that will last 100 years rather than to a hard drive that will crash in four years.” The school hosts workshops and monthly screenings, as well as lectures like “Introduction to 16-Millimeter Filmmaking.” The roughly 400 students who filter through the school annually hail from a range of backgrounds–from PhD students to retirees to 13-year-olds. (via the NYT)  
 
~DOG DAYS OF SUMMER IN PARK SLOPE: This Saturday, July 15, catch the paw-some action at Freddy’s Bar 4th Annual Doggy Fashion Show, with a red-carpet entrance (6 p.m.) for canine stars, step-and-repeat banner photo shoot for pupperazzi and free doggy swag. The fashion show celebrates the first of this summer’s Park Slope Fifth Avenue’s four Summer Strolls, when the street transforms into a giant block party, where you can wolf down some kibble, lap up delicious drinks, dance like a dingo, howl along with live music and go bow-wow over fabulous fashion. Other activities include ping pong, a vintage car show, giant street chess, a rock climbing wall, mini golf and — I shih-tzu not — a pup-up park-in-the-street with a 79-foot turf lawn. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

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Staff Picks:    
 

READ: “Why You Can’t Make Great Texas Barbecue in Brooklyn.” (via GQ)
 
INTERVIEW: Lear deBessonet, director of the Public Theater’sShakespeare in the Park production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” talks about lovers and madmen, and her latent dreams of directing an Olympic opening ceremony. (And no, she’s not named after King Lear.) (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)     
 
LOOK: “Three Generations of Black Women in Family Photos,” taken in a contemporary Brooklyn apartment, and beyond. (via the NYT) 
 
WATCH: What’s next for “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins? A film adaptation of James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” (via Hollywood Reporter)  

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NATIONAL BULLETIN: Boston is experiencing the biggest building boom in its history, and laws that ban new construction from casting shadows on cherished monuments may be overturned for a 775-foot tower…Twitter users blocked by POTUS file a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds…Microsoft angles to bring broadband internet to 2 million rural Americans within the next five years…Young men aren’t the only ones playing a lot more video games…And for some much-needed feel-good news, here’s a quick video of 4 times good Samaritans came to the rescue. (via the NYT, Nieman Lab and WaPo)
 
FOREIGN FLASH: The newest additions to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list? A Brazilian slave port and a men-only Japanese island, among others…In France, local police stumble upon a flourishing hemp farm for the first-ever architectural biennial and tear it up, mistaking it for an illegal cannabis farm…It turns out North Korea maintains a surprisingly lucrative relationship with southern Africa…And in India, rhinos escaping flooding are fleeing directly into the hands of poachers. (via Hyperallergic, WaPo and the NYT) 
 
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 ROYAL WATCH: David Beckham attends a tea party at Buckingham Palace, and causes a royal stir on Instagram. (via Newsweek)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT  
 

10:00am – 11:00am – Music in the Grove at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center.Details.  
 
6:30pm – An Evening with Power at the Paley Center for Media. Details.
 
6:30pm – NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board at Medgar Evers Oasis Beacon Program at PS 323. Details.
 
7:00pm – Nordic Noir Cinema: Norskov at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. Details.
 
7:00pm – Moves at MetroTech: Madagascar at MetroTech Commons. Details.
 
7:00pm – #IStandUpForShowcase at the Knitting Factory. Details.
 
7:00pm – Book Launch: Reckless Years: A Diary of Love and Madness by Heather Chaplin. Details.
 
7:00pm – The Prospect of Dying Badly: Tibetan Book of the Dead Book Club at the Rubin Museum of Art. Details.
 
8:00pm – Jill Scott at Kings Theatre. Details.
 
8:00pm – Dead Darlings with Amanda Duarte: Shame Edition at Judson Memorial Church. Details.
 
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 ON THE PITCH: A look at Wayne Rooney’s sentimental return to his boyhood club, where he returns “as a champion but not a conqueror.” (via the NYT)

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MILESTONES

Happy birthday to Malala Yousafzai, Topher Grace, Richard Simmons, Michelle Rodriguez and the late George Washington Carver…also, “Mr Television,” the late  Milton Berle, the late Oscar Hammerstein and living legend under fire, Bill Cosby!


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