flickr.com — The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store in Park Slope is a front, an elegant sham and a beautiful hoax. The store itself is a cover for the 826NYC program, a nonprofit that offers free homework help to kids between the ages of 6 and 18.
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kahlessrebornSep 12, 2007
For More Cool Places Read the Book, "Weird New York" You can read some pages here:<a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/Weird-New-York-Chris-Gethard/dp/1402733836/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9526850-3566266?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189578771&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Weird-New-York-Chris-Gethard/dp/1402733836/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9526850-3566266?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189578771&sr=8-1</a>
camnericSep 12, 2007
Be sure to check out the other 826 locations at 826national.org. Seattle is space travel supplies; San Francisco, everything you need to be a pirate. More locations in Michigan, Chicago, LA...
koonchuSep 12, 2007
There's an almost exact version of this storefront called "The Boring Store" here in Chicago. Looks like a big production on the outside ("nothing to see here" and "definitely not a spy store!"). They also help kids with their homework and have a tiny section at the front selling spy gear.
gfixlerSep 12, 2007
Don't forget their many other locations, listed on their many locations' websites, and below.SF: <a class="user" href="http://www.826valencia.org/">http://www.826valencia.org/</a> - pirate shop! - <a class="user" href="http://www.826valencia.org/store/shop.html">http://www.826valencia.org/store/shop.html</a>LA: <a class="user" href="http://www.826la.org/">http://www.826la.org/</a>Chicago: <a class="user" href="http://www.826chi.org/">http://www.826chi.org/</a>Seattle: <a class="user" href="http://www.826seattle.org/">http://www.826seattle.org/</a> - space store! - <a class="user" href="http://www.greenwoodspacetravelsupply.com/">http://www.greenwoodspacetravelsupply.com/</a>Michigan: <a class="user" href="http://www.826michigan.org/">http://www.826michigan.org/</a>
mwexlerSep 12, 2007
I am reminded of the late, lamented Villainsupply.com site which went down a few years ago. Archive.org still has a copy; <a class="user" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020220030126/http://www.villainsupply.com/">http://web.archive.org/web/20020220030126/http://www.villainsupply.com/</a>
hiredhomeworkFeb 22, 2010
<a class="user" href="http://www.HiredHomework.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.HiredHomework.com/</a>HiredHomework.com is an online service provider of homework auctions. Registered users can serve as Students and/or Tutors. A Student post an assignment and waits for bids. Tutors find assignments and post the amount for which they are willing to help complete the assignment. The Student selects the most attractive offer, and the selected Tutor completes the project by the specified deadline. Both users then rate each other for the quality of work received or given. Payment for the work is in the form of deposited funds. These funds are transferred to the Tutor when the Student has accepted the Tutors's work. The Tutor may then withdraw the funds or use them to post his or her own assignments.