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Sep 8, 2023·edited Sep 8, 2023

https://twitter.com/BrocanteBedStuy exists, though not sure if related. The linked website in the profile was never archived in the wayback machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://brocantebedstuy.com/)

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If it was related, I wonder what return address would be on any of the etsy products

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Good find! Jutta has been messaged on multiple platforms. We shall see!

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My tin hat conspiracy: Brocante = Broke + Auntie?

Auntie who owned the store (and the property) went broke. Then she disappeared. No one knows where she went. But also no one is coming after the property — not worth the city's time to try and collect taxes. So here it sits.

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It's ALL RIGHT THERE, MAN! Who's the broke auntie?!

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I feel like this happens sometime where the landlord used to run the store, and they haven't gotten around to getting a new tenant because they have a bunch of stuff they don't know where to put.

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Totally! Except this store wasn’t run by the landlord.

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