Pansies Photo Of The Day: Pansies To Plant We’re passing more and more bright colors around the neighborhood as the weather hopefully heads toward spring — these pansies are available for $2.50 per pack at Tarzian Hardware, for those of you brave enough to start planting. Take any photos in Park Slope lately? Send them to editor@
Tarzian Hardware Fall In Park Slope: Wheelbarrows Full Of Pumpkins Since it’s October 1, it’s officially okay to buy a pumpkin, right? They’ve got them by the wheelbarrowful at Tarzian (193 7th Ave), and at pretty much every single bodega we’ve passed in the last few days. Looking forward to seeing them on your stoops! Have
interviews If You Build It, They Shall Come: Talking with John Ciferni, 3rd Generation Owner of Tarzian Hardware Charlie Tarzian (center) and Marty Tarzian (far right) in 1921 Nestled on 7th Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets, Tarzian Hardware has been a staple of Park Slope since 1921. In that time, the family owners have included a boxer, a photographer, two innovative women and three war veterans, including
Fifty Shades of Grey Buying Soft-Cotton Clothes Line Rope Just Got Awkward The New York Post reports that mommy porn sensation Fifty Shades of Grey is a real boon to the hardware biz. Apparently inspired by the BDSM-heavy novel, women are “slipping into hardware stores and demurely asking for bondage material — the very type of natural-filament rope in the trilogy.” And Park
