All kinds of new stuff popping up

Last weekend a mysterious-looking dormitory appeared on Atlantic Avenue between Smith and Hoyt. I think the orange banners on hanging off the front of the building advertising ASA are for one of those art colleges that advertise on late-nite TV. I'm curious to see the inside of this building if, in fact, young'uns are actually living there these days. That building was empty and available as office space for as long as I can remember.



A few blocks a way, Re-Dress, a new re-sale shop specializing in vintage dresses for women in sizes over 14 just opened. Perhaps an act of genius or just one of those real-estate funnies, the store is directly across the street from NY Sports Club on Boerum Place, which in my opinion is the most jam-packed gym in the neighborhood. This gym used to be packed with sexy young dad-types but now it seems to be overflowing with out-of-place d-bags in track pants who must have recently migrated from the Upper West Side (if anyone knows where the sexy dads went, please email me. they are not at Equinox in Brooklyn Heights, in case you were wondering). So now I guess if no treadmills are available I can just go across the street and buy a plus-size dress (and stop at One Girl Cookies on the way home). At any rate, the storefront is really cute, and I never thought any business would ever open on that block, which is mostly taken over by a parking lot that is operated by enormous feral cats.