apparently, not only do other people care about the weird little old corner building on 3rd & 3rd (where whole foods is having entirely foreseeable brownfield probs [nod to curbed.com]), but -- according to a recent ny times article -- there is some ominous aesthetic appeal about the south brooklyn casket company. the place is a low brick warehouse with a (possibly imagined) sinister air, located in gowanus. the appeal may be that we neo-yuppies grew up in residential zones away from such straight-forward, morbid industry, so it's a novelty. i think there is definitely something that is unique about the place, but wifey -- who has lived near a casket company in mexico -- thinks that its a function of location (smack in the middle of hipper-by-the-day park slope and carroll gardens) and we sheltered suburban kids just need to get out more and see the rest of oddball brooklyn.
