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Buy the LockThat Cost MeY t i h h r i J L %u201c scen in %u2122 E POST, April 1978 **W1 1 (1 *Lock Picker%u2019s Grand Tumble%u2018Some locks [uhiumn] only take about four[ahhh] to get through, but this thing [ghrrr]seem possible,M groaned lock-picking expert .Schillizii as he struggled with the Ficbet 10/10lock.A prize of $1000 is offered to anyone who can picklock on exhibit at the Crime Prevention Fair atFederal Plaza. Schllllzzi gave up after an hourfrustration and dozens of burglar tools.%u201cNobody%u2019s gonna hear about this, are they?%u201dmoaned. The lock sells for $50.All Security Locksmiths 81 Pineapple Walk%u00a735 CRANBERR Y fATMOSPHERE, COMFORT,FOOD SPECIALTIES35 C R A N B E R R Y S T 624 - 3500RESTAURANT 114-116 HENRY ST.858-0073SPECIAL $2.50 LUNCHincludes choice of entree, soup, fried rice, noodles&tea.Specializing in Hunan and Szechuan CuisineOpen 7 days M -F 11:30 artviO pm,Sat &Sun3 pm-11 pmCome have dinner in our lovely gardenHAIRCUTTINGFORMEN & WOMENThe Cutting Senwe use and sellCustomizedHi super permsbyL o c a t e d In H o t e l S t. G e o r g e A r c a d e(C la rk & H e n ry Sts.) T e l. 6 2 4 -9 5 1 7H U H Ut u a jl x7 8 C la r k St. 5 2 3 -1 2 2 2custom made & ready towear clothingSculptures, Drawings andW atercolors by LocalArtists now on Display50 Hicks St. 625-7453B IL Q U IS82-84 CLARK ST.237 - 9361WE OFFER AWIDE VARIETYOF DELICIOUSDISHESBRING THIS AD& GET AFREE%u00ab ( ^ 6 V O R HOMMOS0 *sSUMMER HOURSMon.Wed.Thurs.Sun.6 pm-MidnightFri.Sat.opm -i amClosing for VacationAug. 21Re-open Sept. 844 Henry St.834-1776the ne%u2019er do well cousin of the rest of the chic Heights. They are also aware that a gradual rebirth is beginning to give the North Heights a %u201cnew%u201d identity.standing at the intersection ot nerrepont and Monroe Place, the visitor sees the long history of the North Heights manifested in its contrasts. It is characteristically quiet; a few pigeons peck on the still streets. Two fresh-looking young women wheel their babies by in carriages, while from the other direction a tattered derelict stumbles.Lining Pierrepont Street are the earliest of Brooklyn's brownstones. Dark and neutral in color, with stained glass windows and arabesque iron work, they have recently been renovated and are in good shape. Look to one side and you can see a magnificent old structure on Henry Street, while in another direction sits the handsome Long Island Historical Society, complete with arched windows and historic gargoyles peering from the elaborate stone-work. Visible from the same vantage point are outlines of modernistic apartment structures, the stately Appelate Division of the Supreme Court building and the First Presbyterian Church, a majestic 1844 Gothic structure. Next to the church stands a rundown structure, with sheets of wood and metal coverinc its doors and windows.SHOE-STRING BUSINESSThe North Heights%u2019 commercial sector is largely comprised of the few blocks between Clark and Middagh streets on Henry, where small neighborhood specialty shops offer groceries, magazines, clothing, pizza, liquor and records. They are informal, unpretentious establishments, places where proprietors know clients by-name. But collectively, they offer neither the variety nor scope of service to draw a market.Don Beckerman, President of the North Heights Merchants Association and the owner of Henry%u2019s End, a restaurant on Henry Street, estimates that some 20 businesses come and go each year along the few blocks there. %u201c They are sort of shoe-string businesses,%u201d he points out. %u201c Most of them start without the proper experience or funds backing them.%u201d A second problem, of course, is that they face stiff competition. %u201cThis is a bedroom neighborhood,%u201d said Beckerman, referring to the fact that the bulk of North Heights residents spend most of their waking hours working and shopping in Manhattan.%u201c The shops here are very locally oriented,%u201d Beckerman continued, adding that they are stores where people do %u201c piece-shopping%u201d and that they don%u2019t offer %u201cthe flavor or the conveniences%u201d to be found in Manhattan.But the North Heights has other attractions. It is respected and noted as the most historical part of Brooklyn. A walk through it gives a sense of its histoiy. Quiet, narrow streets are lined with sometimes sloping, often tiny houses, huge and graceful trees and more wooden structures than one expects to come across on any New York City stroll.But probably the most striking are the North Heights%u2019 contrasts. The neighborhood has seen the worst and the best. Ask any long-time resident of the area.WHAT IT USED TO BEEmma, 84 years old, talks of how the North Heights used to be. Born and bred there, Emma still remembers dancing in the large ballrooms at some of the local hotels. She lives on a fixed income now. She refuses to leave Heights and at the same time speaks bitterly of it. %u201c When people first came in with their big buildings, we told them to get out,%u201d she said with a distant smile. She walked along Pierrepont Street, towing behind her a wire basket of groceries. %u201c Things will never be the same.%u201d She shook her head. And though she was headed for the St. George Hotel where a group of older people had gathered, Emma refiised to say where she lives. %u201c Can%u2019t trust anyone,%u201d she said.As the first settled part of Brooklyn, the North Heights was the first to become fashionable%u2014and the first to decay. And now, while in the midst of an on-going aging process, the North Heights is experiencing a renovation and revitalization of its own.Until recently, the North Heights wasprotected\the efforts of a few powerful people. (%u201c Which is how it should%u2019ve stayed,%u201d Emma contends.) It all began when the industrial revolution began sweeping the city around 1810. A man named Hezekiah B. Pierrepont, a Brooklyn Heights chauvPaoe 10 T H E P H O E N IX A u n i < f i f i 1Q?%u00a3 * - w -