A nostalgic look back into Carroll Gardens' past. This moment back in time shows a Coca-Cola truck making a delivery at the corner of Sackett and Court Streets in the late 1920's. Back then, there was a deli/ news stand where there now is the Red Apple Chinese restaurant. And next door, where Caputo's Bakery is now housed, there was a barber shop.
Unfortunately, the beautiful row of brownstones on that block has been significantly altered long ago by the 'newer' and much lower white and blue Caputo's building.
Does anyone know what happened to the original building? I know the bakery has been at that location for a very long time. I'd love to find out.
Below is a photo of the same row today. Much less romantic, I think.
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2 comments:
Ah those were the days when coke was made with good old fashioned sugar and not high fructose corn syrup!!
Actually, if you look closely, both the corner store and the barber shop were part of the first building (note the 3 windows width above); those combined are the Red Apple restaurant space (technically 325-327 Court Street). The second building, now Caputo's Bakery, is 329 Court Street, to the right of what was the barber shop. If you look closely, you'll see an Ex-Lax sign on the window; I can't make out the other words at this resolution so I can't tell if it was a drug store or something similar. According to PropertyShark, 329 was built in 1931, which would explain the white front and horizontal banding common from that period.
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