A bookstore for Franklin and Park Place: Hullabaloo

wow, a pretty miraculous turnaround. i've also seen and backed a LOT of kickstarter campaigns, but i have never ever ever ever seen one like this. with 3 days left, there was a bit over $4k pledged. they got an additional $14k in pledges in the last 3 days. wow. truly magical. or something else.

I think this kind of stuff is pretty common place with Kickstarter. The quick turnaround is definitely suspect, but I worked on a theatre project once where the producers basically budgeted in extra money to make sure they met their goal. And lo and behold, come crunch time, a friend made a last minute $750 donation. For something like a bookstore, I'm fine with it. I would much rather have an intellectually-dishonest-funded bookstore than another nice, fancy bar/restaurant on Franklin.

The photo of GL bookstore above is probably during one of their kids events (storytelling/singing). But yeah, I wont be surprised if the owner has kids events given he has a toddler of his own and also opened It Takes A Village childrens space down the street.

Bookstore is OPEN!!!!!. Nice rack of books outside that are pay what you will. and get this INTERESTING CURRENT MAGAZINES[u] now available in Crown Heights!!!!!!! Knock me down and call me Shorty. We have finally moved past the crappy corner bodegas and tabloid only version of Crown heights and can get decent eats and some food for the head.

I kissed Mr. Zelda's daddy. Get there and show your appreciation!!! On a side note. I complained to him that they were selling out of salted peanut butter cookies at Little Zelda's and he upped the order. You can all thank me for that.

Looks like Hullabaloo has decamped for better quarters. When I walked by this evening, a fella was painting a sign on the door announcing their move to Franklin. They are on Franklin and St. Marks. I haven't gone by the new space (but its got to be better than the old cramped real estate!