Emily S. Rueb recently wrote a story for the New York Times called A Street Where Old is New, Again about the transformation of the store fronts along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Our shop was lucky enough to be profiled. We have included an excerpt of the story below (slated for print in this Sunday's edition of the paper). We could not be happier. Really and truly.
xoxo COUNCIL
A Street Where Old Is New, Again
2:30 P.M. Walk back toward Atlantic, admiring the Victorian rope moldings on buildings along the way, and stop at Council, 360 Atlantic Avenue, (718) 522-6906. The store is named for the collaborative decision-making of its three owners: Miranda Bennett, below, who uses details from vintage pieces to design items like a pier dress with a bubbled waistline ($365); Pamela Johnston, who offers hair combs, necklaces, earrings and other jewelry ($25 to $400); and Genie Lee, who has rescued a five-drawer 1940s oak secretary and bureau ($400), along with other Southern Gothic furniture. Ms. Johnston likens the collective to “an old sewing circle of friends and designers.”
Caption: On any given day at Council, visitors are likely to see at least one of the three partners greeting customers from behind a desk.
Caption: Miranda Bennett sells her vintage creations at Council, a collective owned by Ms. Bennett and two other women who each bring an expertise to the space. She shares the store, on Atlantic Avenue, with Pamela Johnston, a jewelry designer who does her own metalwork, and Genie Lee, who rescues Southern Gothic furniture.
Photos: Julie Glassberg/The New York Times
