Red Hook: 360 on hiatus, life at Lillie's

So much going on out here ...

The 360 restaurant has had its shutter down. If you call, the message says they're closed as of May 23, "for repair and maintenance until further notice." I walked by the Saturday prior and they were completely packed.

And on the other end of the spectrum (a 180?,) I was by Lillie's this past weekend and the shutter was up for the first time in more than a year. I poked my head inside and two guys were cleaning up. They said they hope to reopen the place this summer as a bar - but not as Lillie's - and with a restaurant next door. No name yet.

What else? There are no-parking signs all over Van Brunt and along the side streets to Conover for two different films shotting in the neighborhood this Wednesday and Thursday: "Diminished Capacity," (a film with with Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda, according to IMDB,) and Charlie Kaufman's "Synecdoche," (with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener, says IMDB.)

Oh, and last week when I was walking by the site just between the demolition of the sugar refinery and the Ikea site (where it looks like they're building a whole bunch of berths/docks for boats)I got into an argument with a guy who might have been a security guard who asserted I had no right to take pictures eventhough I was standing on a public sidewalk. He said the owners of the property intended to put up a sign blocking the demolition, but since they hadn't yet, it was his job to tell people they're not allowed to take pictuers. So in his honor, here's what it looks like:




Oh and heck I forgot all about the destruction of the Red Hook Flea Market:

Labels: brooklyn, pictures, red hook

- posted by Amy @ 5/29/2007 03:48:00 PM