{"id":39371,"date":"2020-06-19T05:46:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T02:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=39371"},"modified":"2020-06-19T05:46:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T02:46:04","slug":"picture-postals-from-lovecraft-an-ice-cream-in-red-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2020\/06\/19\/picture-postals-from-lovecraft-an-ice-cream-in-red-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Picture Postals’ from Lovecraft: a cool ice-cream in a hot Red Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Picture Postals’ from H.P. Lovecraft, part of an ongoing series.<\/p>\n

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Sabrett’s horse-drawn ice-cream cart in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City. Also selling coffee, candy etc. On the corner of Bush and Clinton Street, about a mile south of Lovecraft’s room in the notorious Red Hook.<\/em><\/p>\n

“On December 31, 1924, I established myself in a large room … at 169 Clinton St.”<\/p>\n

“Sometimes I get a dime’s worth of ice-cream for breakfast” (said of 1934, but just as likely after his walks in Brooklyn).<\/p>\n

“It takes no effort at all [to imagine] that I am still 12 years old, and that when I go home it will be through the quieter, more village-like streets of those days — with horses and wagons, and little varicoloured street cars with open platforms…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Picture Postals’ from H.P. Lovecraft, part of an ongoing series. Sabrett’s horse-drawn ice-cream cart in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York …<\/p>\n

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