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    1. whynot_31
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      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    2. brooklynian
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      After artisan pencil sharpening, banking, donuts, and whatever that Prospect Heights store is selling that I can't remember offhand, I think "artisan" is probably going to become an "off-limits" term if you want to be taken seriously. Though this market does sound awesome.

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      Funny, I would have gone to Spatula City.

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      3 weeks later, The Patch learns of the store:

      http://prospectheights.patch.com/articles/pop-up-artisan-market-aims-to-help-fill-washington-s-empty-storefronts

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
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      brownie

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      Anybody know the permanent use for 774 Wash?

    6. whynot_31
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      Not me.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    7. whynot_31
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      "Artisan" and "artisinal" are definitely two of the words that are going to need to be banned soon.

      http://nymag.com/news/features/artisanal-brooklyn-2012-4/

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    8. whynot_31
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      He is survived by his wife, Organic, and their two small boys, Natural and Green, as well as his cousin Hipster, though the two had fallen out in the '70s and were no longer on speaking terms. 

      http://m.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/05/artisanal-reluctant-branding-pioneer-dies-age-474/52969/

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    9. That video is AWESOME.

    10. whynot_31
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      This pop-up has now closed and has been replaced by a pop-up store that sells sparkly tiny outfits, and large feather head wear for the 2012 West Indian Day Carnival.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.
    11. goodprospect
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      Passed by the new pop up store last night and couldn't look away....even witthe outfits on mannequins, not people.

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      yes, there is something about the outfits that make them far better than mere bikinis.

      For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor.

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