COBB: Greenpoint Through the Eyes of Mary Meserole Bliss
August 26, 2026
By Geoffrey Cobb | gcobb91839@aol.com In the fall I am going to self-publish the last book I will ever write about local history. The book
By Geoffrey Cobb | gcobb91839@aol.com In the fall I am going to self-publish the last book I will ever write about local history. The book
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com If you have ever lived in Brooklyn and have had the misfortune of having someone close to you live in
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com (Spoilers ahead for the newly released film The Odyssey) I am very, very well aware that The Odyssey – the
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com The way most people feel about winter — so put off by the cold and short days that the term
GEOFFREY COBB Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past” gcobb91839@Aol.com Greenpoint has a fascinating industrial past. It was once home to a variety of factories. When I
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com I believe my ten-year-old niece to have one overarching impression of me, based on the thing she tells me the
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com We come to this place for magic, Nicole Kidman says in the AMC pre-movie spot that launched a thousand memes.
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com In the year 2019, an email appeared in my inbox. The subject line was “Stilt walking?” It was from a
GEOFFREY COBB | gcobb91839@Aol.com Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past A friend considering opening an Irish bar in Greenpoint asked me for help naming it. I suggested, “The
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com At the climax of the film The Devil Wears Prada, Andy (Anne Hathaway) is stuck in a car with her
By Geoffrey Cobb | gcobb91839@aol.com In the fall I am going to self-publish the last book I will ever write about local history. The book
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com If you have ever lived in Brooklyn and have had the misfortune of having someone close to you live in
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com (Spoilers ahead for the newly released film The Odyssey) I am very, very well aware that The Odyssey – the
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com The way most people feel about winter — so put off by the cold and short days that the term
GEOFFREY COBB Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past” gcobb91839@Aol.com Greenpoint has a fascinating industrial past. It was once home to a variety of factories. When I
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com I believe my ten-year-old niece to have one overarching impression of me, based on the thing she tells me the
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com We come to this place for magic, Nicole Kidman says in the AMC pre-movie spot that launched a thousand memes.
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com In the year 2019, an email appeared in my inbox. The subject line was “Stilt walking?” It was from a
GEOFFREY COBB | gcobb91839@Aol.com Author, “Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past A friend considering opening an Irish bar in Greenpoint asked me for help naming it. I suggested, “The
By Lana Schwartz | lana.schwartz925@gmail.com At the climax of the film The Devil Wears Prada, Andy (Anne Hathaway) is stuck in a car with her
