Next Stop DUMBO

ON OUR WAY TO THE BIRTHDAY DINNER IN PARK SLOPE, WE STOPPED AT S.'S OLD LOFT ADDRESS, 247 WATER ST., IN DUMBO (DOWN UNDER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE OVERPASS). HE MOVED AWAY FROM THIS LOFT 15 YEARS AGO, AND HADN'T BEEN BACK SINCE. THE BUILDING WAS BOARDED UP, BURNED OUT INSIDE.

HERE'S THE GRAFFITI DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET . . .


. . . AND THE GENTRIFIED BUILDING ON THE NEXT BLOCK, WHERE WORKING ARTISTS WERE OFFERED $100,000 EACH TO GET OUT. S.'S OLD BUILDING IS RIGHT THERE IN THE FOREGROUND.