Sunset Park Stills: What I saw in Sunset Park: Don Paco's Bakery

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What I saw in Sunset Park: Don Paco's Bakery

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Don Paco's Bakery 4th ave and 47th street

They sell "rosca de reyes" here. Rosca de reyes is a loaf of bread typically to be eaten as a dessert on the eve or on Three Kings Day (Jan 6th.) The bread is rolled into a ring shape. Inside the bread is a prize. Be careful when eating this! I have heard of people actually cracking their teeth.

What is Sunset Park Stills?

Sunset Park Stills is a photo blog. Mainly photographs of landmarks or happenings in the area. On occasion, if there is some extra information that I did not know or perhaps not widely known, I'll add it in.

Being a photographer myself, I naturally looked for images of the area in which I reside. Finding very few, I went on a personal photo journey and shot just about everything I saw in Sunset Park.

The neighborhood is harmoniously divided between eastern and western cultures. What I have found is that this part of Brooklyn, is fundamentally the same as any other town in the USA. We've got churches, parks, dancers, hipsters, artists, skaters, writers, and entrepreneurs. All of us working class trying to make our way in the world.

Hopefully, you have enjoyed looking at this micro neighborhood though my (and my neighbor's) eyes. Maybe it's just a place to some, for others like myself, it's a live documentation of Living the American Dream.