Unfortunately by the time I had time to take pics of the “Yes No Maybe” building on Flushing, the guys who had been working outside were gone. As the pictures I took show, there is a good amount of landscaping going in, a deck being built, a new cobblestone path from the sidewalk, and the concrete lip at the edge of the property has bolts sticking out of it, as if it were waiting for some kind of fence to go up on it. I even took a shot inside through an open window. The back of the place facing Forrest Street is still all weedy and scary, but I’m sure that’s low priority for now.
Some sleuthing turned up some fun info: the owner is Jeffrey Lohn, likely of the late-70s “no wave” band Theoretical Girls. My 1980s-East-Village-punk friend says of the genre it’s a “highly influential artsy fartsy answer to punk rock.” Anyway, I hope the coolness factor of the owner will translate into coolness in the use of the property — though there is pretty much no danger of a place shaped and situated the way this one is of suffering from the lames.
Guessing by the pace of the work going on there, we’ll soon know what the fate of the old garage will be.
david May 17th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Interesting…..
Anything food related would be incredible…….I’m very surprised nothing has followed Life Cafe and Wreck Room on Flushing yet. Those 2 spots next to Life have been dormant for about a year now.
Jeremy May 17th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Honestly, Flushing sucks. It stinks like truck exhaust all the time and it’s impossible to cross. And nobody lives within at least 2-3 blocks. I don’t get why anything is there at all. Not to say AT ALL that I want stuff to stay vacant I just think there are so many better locations — it’s not like the places opening there need a car-visible location.
david May 17th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Actually people live right on Flushing, including the owner of Life. My point is that with the success of Life, it would make sense for more to move in there….especially considering the vacancies. Not to mention that it is right between the loft scene and the bushwick proper scene
Mark May 17th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
FYI,
Did you know that some cafe’s don’t deliver in to bushwick so if you’re in the wreckroom bar which is the othere side of the flushing street they would say ‘we’re not delivering there. You’d have to cross over to the Life Cafe side. Maybe now we’ll finally have our own cafe or what.
This all while in truth Williamsburg was once upon a time just a section of Bushwick. Talk of Rebelliousness of offsprings.
Mr. Kraayon May 17th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Delivery all the way to the Life Cafe? I live off of the Montrose stop on Seigel and I can’t get anyone in Williamsburg to deliver here. Wo are you ordering from?
I am psyched to see something new go in on Flushing. I walked past today and witnessed a great deal of work going on, which peaked my curiosity. It’s nice to see that I wasn’t the only one interested in the new development today.
david May 17th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Mr K – i live off Montrose also and get deliveryn from the following:
Lily Thai on Grand
Wombat on Grand
Cheers Thai on Metropolitan
Anytime off Bedford
Wild Ginger off Bedford
Carmines Pizz off Graham
Life Cafe obviously
Mr. Kraayon May 17th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Thanks David. It’s nice to know I can get my thai iced tea without having to leave the apartment.
Jon Williams May 20th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Maybe we need a googlemap mashup of delivery zones? :D No word on what to call this place?
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