Save Brooklyn's Community Living Room and Meeting Space
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Andrew Edwards
11 years ago
This has been a place were so many idea's are created, friendships made & lost. let's keep this beacon of human interaction alive.
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sylvie
11 years ago
I was devastated to learn that the Tea Lounge was closing but am excited to be involved in this initiative. It's been a home away from home for myself and so many of its patrons. I've met many friends here and deeply cherish the community it fostered. Proximity to the Tea Lounge was even a factor in my decision to move to Park Slope. It is a vital space in our community and I look forward to being a part of its next phase!
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Roman Oleinik
11 years ago
LETS DO IT!!!
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sean metcalf
11 years ago
GER 'ER DONE
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shaya weisfeld
11 years ago
we need this. pleaseeeeee
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Joshua Krieble
11 years ago
When I was growing up, the original 10th street tea lounge was where me and my friends hung out. It’s where I had my first cup of coffee. We had several positive encounters with some of the older patrons there. A man named Eddie, who talked to us at length about the merits of veganism and his work exposing animal cruelty. A woman who talked to us about Yerba Mate ceremonies in South America. And another woman who talked to me after I got in a heated debate with two of my friends.
When I was 15 or so, the 10th street Tea Lounge closed on account of the rent being doubled, so me and my friends adopted the one on Union street. This became a place I could go to study and see live performances. I even participated in the Open Mic. My favorite memory of the Union Street Tea Lounge was this one time I was drawing and two little kids were curious about what I was doing. I let them use my materials and we drew together for a while. I think this was the first time they were exposed to the idea of non-representational art, because they were pretty excited about just covering paper in different colors. The parents thanked me and one of the kids said they would miss me.
Personally, I was surprised when I heard the Union Street Tea Lounge had been struggling. When I’m there, people are buying things constantly, and they have the longest lines I’ve ever seen at a coffee shop-type place. This, combined with how the owner seemingly did nothing to discourage the behavior he now attributes the establishment’s failure to (people staying too long without buying enough), leads me to question how responsible this man was really being. In my mind the owners of the proposed Meeting Place could not repeat the old owner’s mistakes: they are stepping up to the plate out of the exact sense of responsibility the old owner failed to demonstrate.
But the ultimate failure of the Union Street Tea Lounge isn’t just showing us what mistakes were made and how we might correct them; it is also
This has been a place were so many idea's are created, friendships made & lost. let's keep this beacon of human interaction alive.
I was devastated to learn that the Tea Lounge was closing but am excited to be involved in this initiative. It's been a home away from home for myself and so many of its patrons. I've met many friends here and deeply cherish the community it fostered. Proximity to the Tea Lounge was even a factor in my decision to move to Park Slope. It is a vital space in our community and I look forward to being a part of its next phase!
LETS DO IT!!!
GER 'ER DONE
we need this. pleaseeeeee
When I was growing up, the original 10th street tea lounge was where me and my friends hung out. It’s where I had my first cup of coffee. We had several positive encounters with some of the older patrons there. A man named Eddie, who talked to us at length about the merits of veganism and his work exposing animal cruelty. A woman who talked to us about Yerba Mate ceremonies in South America. And another woman who talked to me after I got in a heated debate with two of my friends. When I was 15 or so, the 10th street Tea Lounge closed on account of the rent being doubled, so me and my friends adopted the one on Union street. This became a place I could go to study and see live performances. I even participated in the Open Mic. My favorite memory of the Union Street Tea Lounge was this one time I was drawing and two little kids were curious about what I was doing. I let them use my materials and we drew together for a while. I think this was the first time they were exposed to the idea of non-representational art, because they were pretty excited about just covering paper in different colors. The parents thanked me and one of the kids said they would miss me. Personally, I was surprised when I heard the Union Street Tea Lounge had been struggling. When I’m there, people are buying things constantly, and they have the longest lines I’ve ever seen at a coffee shop-type place. This, combined with how the owner seemingly did nothing to discourage the behavior he now attributes the establishment’s failure to (people staying too long without buying enough), leads me to question how responsible this man was really being. In my mind the owners of the proposed Meeting Place could not repeat the old owner’s mistakes: they are stepping up to the plate out of the exact sense of responsibility the old owner failed to demonstrate. But the ultimate failure of the Union Street Tea Lounge isn’t just showing us what mistakes were made and how we might correct them; it is also