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<\/a>\nOver the first rainy weekend of Spring Break 2010, lads in tow\u00a0we trundled up on the Amtrak to spend a few sodden days in Brooklyn. \u00a0Having only really been to Brooklyn in a couple of three-hour sittings, we looked forward to digging the scene, as it were. \u00a0Our\u00a0“Nu”Hotel<\/a>, situated directly across Smith Street from the famous Brooklyn House of D (at left), is on the northern end of the Boerum Hill neighborhood south of downtown Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The streets were lined mainly with older 3-4-story brick walk-up apartment buildings and rowhouses, with ground-floor retail on the north-south Smith Street and Court Street (with the latter moving into the adjacent Cobble Hill).<\/p>\n As you would expect, the shops featured a great diversity of items for sale, including several bookstores (new and used) and an array of divine eateries, including the delicatessen\u00a0Mile End<\/a> and the most recommendable breakfast of Cafe LULUc (the “c” standing for cash-only, now appearing at many fine eateries about the city).<\/p>\n There were a few more recent architectural interventions, but the existing building stock is so good-looking it is challenging for the newbies to stand up to them.<\/p>\n Over the first rainy weekend of Spring Break 2010, lads in tow\u00a0we trundled up on the Amtrak to spend a few sodden days in Brooklyn. \u00a0Having only really been to Brooklyn in a couple of three-hour sittings, we looked forward to digging the scene, as it were. \u00a0Our\u00a0“Nu”Hotel, situated directly across Smith Street from the famous Brooklyn House of D (at left), is on the northern end of the Boerum Hill neighborhood south of downtown Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The streets were lined mainly with older 3-4-story brick walk-up apartment buildings and rowhouses, with ground-floor retail on the north-south Smith Street and Court Street (with the latter moving into the adjacent Cobble Hill).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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