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s m sRamble ThroughThe P astPresent On Parascourt%u2019BY NINO PANTANOCourt Street is a bustling, active, ever growing entity, full of memories-to be sure!.,.but also very much of the present.Court Street has its fair share of markets, shops, stores, saloons, small businesses, large firms, barbers, beauty salons, and people, all of whom cast a multi-ethnic rainbow on the canvas of existence.One doesn't write objectively on the subject of Court Street--one lets the mind do the walking, and in the stream of consciousness rambling, all the colors of Court Street pourMany of the old timers like John Berte, a former stone mason from President Street who frequents the Carroll Gardens Senior Citizens Center right opposite Carroll Park on Court Street, were eager to share memories about Court Street. 1 John told me about the old theatre on Butler and Court (now called the REX).Back then, it was called the Parascourt and was owned by the Parascandola family. Berte also recalls a dance hall on the spot.Now an occasional disco bar replaces the dance halls of old but lovers of dance take note--theOctober 5,1978, THE PHOENIX, Page 15