Episode #4
Once the watering hole of choice for sailors, longshoremen, and dock workers of all types, Montero’s has seen the neighborhood around it gentrify while it retains its nautical roots.
Once the watering hole of choice for sailors, longshoremen, and dock workers of all types, Montero’s has seen the neighborhood around it gentrify while it retains its nautical roots.
Davon Rainey works at Pianos and dances for Company XIV in Brooklyn, New York. Their production Le Cirque Féerique runs May 8 - June 6.
Freddy’s closes for business on April 30, 2010. In Episode 2, manager Donald O’Finn explains how his business was shuttered by a coalition of land developers and the government—breaking their lease and emptying a once-great neighborhood.
Donald O’Finn is a bartender, manager, and video artist at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom. In Episode 1, Donald discusses the repurposed video constructions he has been making and screening at his bar since the days of Betamax. More of his work is online at donaldofinn.com
