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The Down Low: Calling Santa From A Streetcorner, The History Of A Gendered Hat & Other Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

Paul Stremple

Dec 14, 2017 — 1 min read

Even as the restaurant returned to its disco club roots, the window display of Bamboo Garden in Bay Ridge stayed firmly rooted in Chinese cuisine (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)

The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn.

Before “PC” Culture As We Know It: A Blue Hat in Park Slope Sparks Gendered Debate [The Cut]

A Greenpoint Park Comes Together At The Base Of A Luxury High Rise [Curbed NY]

Turning Seasonal Work Into More Than Just A Holiday Gig [The Bridge BK]

“Brooklyn’s Sweet Ruin,” The Domino Sugar Factory, Memorialized In Photo Book [The Brooklyn Daily Eage]

Youngsters Get Hands-On With Science in Park Slope [Brooklyn Paper]

Loft Tenants Say City OK’d Their Dangerous Building [CityLimits]

Call Santa From A Streetcorner [Patch]

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