by Emma Davey Big cities are living organisms, contracting and expanding every day. And in a competitive place like New York City, it’s cause for celebration when a local business can celebrate five, ten, or twenty years in operation.
Though the Pencil Factory (142 Franklin St.) just barely misses the 25th anniversary milestone, it remains a stalwart local business, a veritable bedrock as the surrounding area fluctuates with new storefronts and new residents.
Unfortunately, as the adage goes,…
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Best wishes for the future Louise and Co.
Money talks, all else walks. If somebody can tell me why every young person in the world wants to come to Greenpoint with skyrocketing everything, let me know. Oh well, the current generation will die off. The people who run the Java St Garden gave a party for the area with many children in mind and no kids showed up. Re this topic, a female writer in The NY Times said it best, there must be an alternate for women between Joan of Arc (ie dying for King Trump) and cat ladies ie we don’t need men.