The origins of BoroThreads begins as many great tales start out
these days–with an ad on Craigslist.
Marcos Salazar and Gabriel
Barbaro first got to know each other in the
spring of 2008 when
Marcos needed to move out of his overpriced
apartment in Park
Slope for a month (which incidentally has one of the
most
incompetent landlords in all of New York—never, ever rent at 492
3rd Street).
As Marcos searched Craigslist he came upon a two
bedroom a few blocks
away with an extra room. The next day he
went to visit the place and
met Alex, the fellow subletting his room,
as well as his roommate,
Gabriel. The three gents quickly hit it off
and the deal was sealed
with a handshake…and of course, a
subletting agreement
(make sure to always use one when subletting – it definitely helped
Marcos a
renter spilled red wine all over his sheets, comforter,
and bed).
Over the next month, Marcos and Gabriel became good
friends while hanging out in the apartment,
talking about computers,
websites, tech, the neighborhood, New York, Amherst
(where Gabriel grew up
and Marcos went to college), and many other
super neato things. After the month was up Marcos moved
out of the
apartment, but both continued to stay in touch and hang out at cafes
around The Slope.
Then one fall day when they were hanging out
at Cocoa Bar Gabriel started talking to Marcos about
Marcos’ DC based
t-shirt business DistrictTees.com.
Gabriel asked if Marcos had ever thought about
opening up a similar
type of store in New York. Marcos admitted he had given it some thought
shortly
after launching DistrictTees, but at the time he was living in
DC and didn’t know New York well enough
to come up with enough shirts.
But as Gabriel and Marcos started discussing the possibility of such a
t-shirt company, they realized that both of them had a lot of great
ideas for designs that focused on
the fun and interesting things about
living in the New York City. They quickly got to work and after
many
months of planning, designing, and coding, BoroThreads was born! And the rest is history - just
like Elliot Spitzer’s political career.
We
hope you enjoy our designs and would love to hear from you on the
hyperlocal BoroThreads Guys
Blog, or via Twitter, Facebook, and our FB
Fan page. Also, when you follow us on our Blog, Twitter, and
Facebook
you will be entered to win free shirts, monthly Metro cards, as well as
be the first to find out
about new designs and sweet discounts.
A shout out to Craigslist, Park Slope, and Destiny for pulling this all together.
Peace out my brother and sisters,
Marcos Salazar and Gabriel Barbaro
The BoroThreads Guys
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